eMail sent to list 12-4-09 4:34 p.m.
Hi,
The Race is Saturday, 9 a.m. start, SHARP. Be
ready to launch then!
Here's why. Reading the weather has
been tough deciding which day and when. If you've been following
the weather, it's been all over the place. Here's what I'm looking at now,
4 p.m. Friday:
NOAA Marine
Forecast
TONIGHT
SOUTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
SATURDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3
FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE
OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
SATURDAY
NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 14 TO 19 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5
FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
SUNDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16
KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS.
From the model tables:
CMC .6 Degree
From Accuweather (Land Based, not marine):
Saturday launch at 9 a.m. gives us plenty of time to complete
the race in good planing wind. SSW is sideshore in Fort Lauderdale &
Pompano and tends to stay sideshore even after it's clocked inland. All
the reports have plenty of wind for Saturday. Sunday, not so, and I have
very strong doubts that it will blow any harder than 10 mph from the NE on
Sunday in which race completion would be very difficult.
Shorebreak tomorrow should look about like it is
now:
Sideshore launching is the easiest conditions because you
blast out through the zone.
Great prizes to be awarded including a Neil Pryde RS:Slalom MK
II 5.4m sail, board bags, back packs, pads, harness lines and $150 for the
8th place finisher.
See you early tomorrow!
More details, maps, etc. on
www.i-to-i.org and the 2009 NOR found
there.
Ron
