Tag Archive 'Sailing'

Oct 22 2008

Anatomy of a Santa Ana Wind Storm

Published by sailtimeci under Random Thawt

Fall in Southern California means Santa Ana winds. Its the changing of the seasons, when pressure gradients form between a High and a Low. This causes the winds to blow from the hot deserts to the coast, creating an offshore wind event. What you hear most about in these blue sky storms are the fires. [...]

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Oct 15 2008

Hurricane Omar to Track Over Virgin Islands

Published by sailtimeci under Random Thawt

As of mid day Wednesday, the forecast track for Hurricane Omar brings the eye over St Croix and just North of Tortola. The big worry beyond the possibility of a Category 3 is rain. The quadrant to the South and East of the storm will contain the most rain with predictions as high as 20 [...]

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Oct 14 2008

Omar Threatens the Virgin Islands

Published by sailtimeci under Random Thawt

Tropical Storm Omar wants to imitate Hurricane Lenny of 1999 and very well could. The difference this time is that Omar is still only a tropical storm while Lenny had become a hurricane moving West when it decided to turn around and head East. This caught many people off guard as they thought the storm [...]

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