Hello fellow paddlers, The 1998 Texas Water Safari got underway this morning at 9:00 a.m. Texas time and officially ends Wednesday, June 17, at 1:00 p.m. where participants will finish by paddling 15 miles across San Antonio Bay from the mouth of the Guadalupe river to Seadrift, TX. After 240 + miles of non-stop river paddling, the last leg of the trip has often proven to be the toughest where many boaters have been rescued due to rough open-water conditions. In past years of the TWS, as few as two teams out of 60 starters have managed to reach the finish line. So far, however, the weather doesn't look too bad (for open water paddling, that is... the heat and smoke, however, is another story). We *are* talking about Texas weather, though, which can do just about anything in the next couple of days :-) There are 69 teams/individuals entered this year. While most entrants are from Texas, there are also participants from CO, MO, UT, GA, LA, NC, TN, AZ, FL, OH, NV, AR, WA, MD, CA, NJ, Puerto Rico, and Canada It's going to be hot out there. Temps are forecast for the upper 90's to 100's for some areas. Winds do not appear favorable as far as smoke from Mexico. For more info on the Texas Water Safari, check out the following website: http://nacpc2.tamu.edu/~x075bb/safari/ Good luck to all the participants! Here are some local weather forecasts for the area.... COASTAL MARINE FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FROM RIO GRANDE TO HIGH ISLAND OUT 50NM .SYNOPSIS...TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN WEST TEXAS AND RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. GMZ150-155-170-175-132130 COASTAL WATERS PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS RIO GRANDE TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY 20 TO 50 NM- WATERS RIO GRANDE TO PORT MANSFIELD 20 TO 50 NM- 1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OVER INLAND WATERWAYS AND BAYS... .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT OVER INLAND WATERWAYS AND BAYS....15 KT OFFSHORE. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SLY WINDS 15 KT...GUSTY NEAR SHORE. SEAS 5 FT. GMZ250-255-270-275-132130- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 50 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 50 NM- 1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OVER INLAND WATERWAYS AND BAYS... .THIS AFTERNOON..SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT OVER INLAND WATERWAYS AND BAYS...15 KT OFFSHORE. SEAS 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. .SUN...SLY WINDS 15 KT...GUSTY NEAR SHORE. SEAS 5 FT. GMZ190-290-390-132130- OUTLOOK BAFFIN BAY TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 50 NM- OUTLOOK MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL TO HIGH ISLAND OUT 50 NM- OUTLOOK RIO GRANDE TO BAFFIN BAY OUT 50 NM- 1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 MON THROUGH WED...LITTLE CHANGE WITH ONSHORE WINDS TO PREVAIL. Weather Conditions at 12 PM CDT on 13 JUN 98 for San Antonio, TX. Temp(F) Humidity(%) Wind(mph) Pressure(in) Weather ======================================================================== 88 55% SOUTH at 13 29.93 Clear ATASCOSA-BASTROP-BEXAR-CALDWELL-COMAL-FAYETTE-FRIO-GONZALES- GUADALUPE-HAYS-LEE-MEDINA-TRAVIS-WILLIAMSON-WILSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...BASTROP...FLORESVILLE... GEORGETOWN...GIDDINGS...GONZALES...HONDO...JOURDANTON...LA GRANGE... LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...PEARSALL...SAN ANTONIO...SAN MARCOS... SEGUIN 430 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 1998 TODAY...SOME MORNING CLOUDS...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AND HOT BY AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SUNDAY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AND HOT BY BY AFTERNOON WITH A LESS THAN 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. *********************** State extended forecast *********************** EXTENDED FORECAST... MONDAY AND TUESDAY...LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING CLOUDS. OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE 90S SOUTH CENTRAL...100 TO 105 EDWARDS PLATEAU. LOWS IN THE 70S. WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 70S. HIGHS IN THE 90S TO NEAR 100 EAST TO BETWEEN 100 AND 105 WEST. The National Weather Service data is provided by the University of Michigan Weather Underground project, National Science Foundation-funded Unidata project, and Alden Electronics, Inc., and is for non-commercial use only. Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jun 13 1998 - 11:35:10 PDT
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