mike dziobak wrote: > Check out this forecast for the inshore waters south shore Lake > Superior: > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 533 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 FOR > WATERS WITHIN FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE LSZ241-242-040600- .WED...N > GALES TO 40 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT. .WED > NIGHT...NW GALES TO 35 KT. SNOW SHOWERS. WAVES 20 TO 25 FT. > I can't find my wind speed/wave height tables but is this even possible > with only 40 kt gales? Yes. With sufficient fetch, the "observed average" produced by a sustained 35 knot gale runs about 20 ft [Bascom; Waves and Beaches; 1980 version; page 48]. I suspect the "observed average" relates closely to the "significant wave height" figure given by the buoy reports. -- 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 Tue Apr 03 2007 - 18:57:16 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:23 PDT