[Paddlewise] Internet Wind Site

Occasionally, the subject of accurate wind reports has come up on 
this list.  I found this site, which has free daily wind meteograms 
for the previous day
from dozens of sites on the east coast:


http://www.windhotline.com/

The site is desgned mostly for wind-surfers (for a fee, you can get 
current wind conditions).  But the wind sites are close to a lot of 
popular kayaking areas, too.

Now I can say I was paddling in honest gusts to 25 knots on the 
Hudson yesterday evening, with seas that had been building all 
afternoon in gusts to 30 kts (the marine forecast, by the way, was 
for winds diminishing to 10 kts).  Not Tsunami Ranger stuff, but 
pretty wild, anyway. Definitely some waves that were over eye level 
(i.e., above the horizon) -- maybe three feet.   My Guillemot and I had no
trouble staying breathing side up, and for a few moments there I had that
sublime  feeling of  being at perfect oneness with my boat and the seas,
 bobbing over the waves with a relaxed stroke and hearing the symphony
 of wave crests surrounding me.

Now if only there were accurate wave height information for the 
Hudson on the net . . .

Happy paddling--


Professor Karl S. Coplan
Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, Inc.
78 North Broadway
White Plains, N.Y.  10603
kcoplan_at_genesis.law.pace.edu
(914) 422-4343
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