Hi, When paddling in Canada's eastern arctic a few years ago, I used a barometer a lot because I was concerned about being caught too far offshore by foul weather. While conditions are not the same as those in more temperate climes, I found the barometer not to be a sufficiently reliable predictor of coming events. It seem to jump all over the place which indicated very unsettled weather. The actual weather moved from warm, calm and sunny to cold and very windy a few days later. I suppose the erratic barometer at least told me not to trust the weather, but to listen carefully to my gut feelings and head to shore earlier than I might otherwise have done. That has to be worth something if one is taking more than the usual risks when paddling. Since then I have come across a booklet called the Sagar Weathercaster which uses barometric pressure, cloud cover and wind direction to make weather predictions. Using it here in Quebec, I have found it moderately accurate. Write me off the list and I'll give you an address for the publisher. Michael Bradley *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Aug 25 2002 - 09:51:13 PDT
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