This is today's marine weather forecast for northern Lake Michigan. Anyone want to go sailing? Waves of this size are much more dangerous on the Great Lakes than the ocean. The short fetch on the lakes means the waves are very steep and close together, unlike ocean swells. The lakes are more like the English Channel. The water temperature is down to 40°F. Tom
How many feet??? Bloody hell. I have been on Lake Alexadrina in a bit of a blow and it's dreadful but it wasn't 10 to 14 feet!! Might have to go for a sail in my 14 foot Sabre.
The freezing spray is a nice touch too. You make ice on all of the topsides and rigging, and everything gets heavier. It's a good way to turn over. Tom
A little cool weather never hurt a sailor. That forecast sounds like a summer day on SF Bay...25-35 knots. Including the wind-chill makes the temp seem normal. Luckily we don't get iced up rigging which could certainly put one in peril.
the difference is the air temp: This Afternoon: Snow showers and widespread blowing snow. High near 11. Wind chill values between -10 and -20. Windy, with a west northwest wind between 26 and 31 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight: Snow showers likely and widespread blowing snow, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around -1. Wind chill values between -15 and -20. Blustery, with a west wind between 15 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
We are at 10°F now and dropping. All of the 40°F water around us keeps us a little warmer than your location. The water keeps us warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. I realize that you are also close to the water, but we are located 25 miles out into the lake. Tom
Hi qbee42, I am about 30 miles inland, so the only effect the lake really has is once in a great while we will get lake effect snow this far inland. Like the day I drove my Prius home. Thank goodness the sun is out here now, or it would be really cold. The wind chill was down around -25 F at 8 am . It actually got colder beween 6 and 8 am .
Pish-posh, 'tis but a slight breeze! Still, I don't plan to be one of the "Polar Bears" taking their annual New Years Day wade through the ice into Lake Michigan! Jim
I'll take flipping my small boat in high surf any day to those conditions. At least I stayed warm until I was rescued.
I know why it's so cold. A guy I know who works in the illumination business told me, so it must be true. For the last two decades, we've been sending one of our most treasured national assets, our sunlight, overseas at grossly reduced prices. This is accomplished with a very simple system of smoke and mirrors. We've done this out of sheer perversity, of course. We all are to blame. To make every thing OK, Congress has approved a bailout plan for our domestic light bulb industry to the tune of $50B... but only so long as they make historically correct reproductions of Edison's original human hair element bulb. These bulbs will cost 10 cents to produce and will sell for $10... except during the semi-diurnal "Employee Pricing" and fortnightly Red Tag events when they'll go for $9.99. They have a service life that is rumored to exceed the warranty period of... Oops, it just expired. :brick:
Those ice sculptures look great, just like real cars! No, wait .... I hope no one let their cat out that day! Jim
Reading the thread title made me smile, and I had to check it out. i am a great fan of PBS's British Comedy, "As Time Goes By," with Dame Judy Dench. On the show, Mrs. Beal is constantly interrupting to announce the boating forecast; that would be for the English Channel.
Around back of the NSUV (Non Sporty Utility Vehicle) there is a dog who last night decided to take a whizz on the wheel. Ouch!!
Just a thank you to the engineers and line workers at Toyota for taking extremely sophisticated machinery and making it work in all temperature extremes. The attached photo of the MFD on my 2008 was taken this morning prior to the drive in to work. Jim
