Hello Marilyn and Paddlewise, I checked out the USA Today link that Marilyn posted and agree with all of it, however, their text says: "SNIP...barometer falls steadily, a storm is approaching from the south or southwest, and its center will pass near or to the south of the observer within 12 to 24 hours....SNIP ...."As a rule, winds from the east quadrants and falling barometric pressure indicate foul weather, and winds shifting to the west quadrants indicate clearing and fair weather, but again there are exceptions and in some parts of the country these rules do not apply." I'd like to point out that the first statement concerns a weather front, not a thunderstorm. In thundery weather, the rapid fall in the barometer indicates an *Imminent* storm, maybe even less than 30 minutes! The second statement about direction from which fair or foul weather comes may be true there "with exceptions", but in other parts of the world, such as here in Switzerland, the storms move in from the NW to SW. So it's a good idea to carefully research this point before paddling in regions you don't know before hoping to use your barometer. Hope I didn't repeat what someone already said, Cheers, Kevin D *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Aug 27 2002 - 08:26:22 PDT
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