"Jed Luby" <JLuby_at_TeamNorthAtlantic.com> wrote: > Subject: > I've been delving deeper into the use of a barometer to help improve > my ability to forecast. But I keep getting this nagging sense that it > can only confirm the info the I'm getting from other weather signs. Pretty much true, although others have catalogued some of the info a barometer provides. The main use I have made of one is to "track" the progress of a predicted front. What I do: listen to NOAA/EnvCanada weather radio for the general scheme of things. When they predict a front (Env Canada is much more informative about this in marine areas), they usually give a rough time of expected passage. As the front passes, there is normally a detectably sharp rise in pressure, which is my signal to break camp and paddle like hell! Many times, that has provided me the "window" to get around a headland or other barrier in my coastal paddling ... in the midst of a series of fronts during a time when the weather has been consistently stormy. This is a big-time safety issue, the way I paddle. Four years ago, in the Charlottes, we had a taste of the weather Kirby describes, and were able to move camp, nonetheless, during the lulls between storms. We got to Ninstints. Kirby did not. (Gotta give Kirby credit: his storm was a worst case event; ours were minor in comparison.) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Aug 26 2002 - 08:15:45 PDT
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