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Weather and Kayaking Andree Hurley Kayak Instruction Excellence onwatersports.com
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Weather Changes …all day, every day
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Pulpito Calm
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Pulpito OK
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Remain Flexible Sobering, but your life is worth more than your schedule Plan enough extra days into your trip so you can afford layover days Extra days? Take day trips by kayak, circumnavigate an island, go hiking, fishing, photography Weathered in? Skip the kayaking - add to the above by reading a book, playing some games Sobering, but your life is worth more than your schedule Plan enough extra days into your trip so you can afford layover days Extra days? Take day trips by kayak, circumnavigate an island, go hiking, fishing, photography Weathered in? Skip the kayaking - add to the above by reading a book, playing some games
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Be Prepared My drysuit is my best friend! Dress for the water Dress for the weather - layer Hats - fuzzy rubber scull cap Wide brimmed sun hat Water - drink a lot, cold or hot My drysuit is my best friend! Dress for the water Dress for the weather - layer Hats - fuzzy rubber scull cap Wide brimmed sun hat Water - drink a lot, cold or hot
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What if? What if the weather changes? What if the wind comes up? What if fog comes in? What if it gets too hot? What if it gets too cold? What if it starts to rain, snow, hail? What if the weather changes? What if the wind comes up? What if fog comes in? What if it gets too hot? What if it gets too cold? What if it starts to rain, snow, hail?
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Be Aware Always be on the lookout! Did the breeze shift? Are there more little ripples? Waves/swells before the wind? Did that point disappear? Does the sky on the horizon look different? Clouds? Particles? What are other boats doing? Always be on the lookout! Did the breeze shift? Are there more little ripples? Waves/swells before the wind? Did that point disappear? Does the sky on the horizon look different? Clouds? Particles? What are other boats doing?
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Have Alternate Plans Where is the closest takeout? Will it require a surf landing? Can we see it when we get there? Is it rocky, steep, sandy? Where is the closest takeout? Will it require a surf landing? Can we see it when we get there? Is it rocky, steep, sandy?
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So, what can we do? Check the weather, beginning a week in advance Newspaper, television, online NOAA - National Oceanic Atmospheric Association Check the weather, beginning a week in advance Newspaper, television, online NOAA - National Oceanic Atmospheric Association
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The Web
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Weather Underground
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NOAA
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Ferry Weather
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Gather Instruments VHF Radio Several weather stations Channel 16 Ability to communicate with others Kestral Barometer, Dew-point, Wind speed, Temperature GPS Garmin, etc. VHF Radio Several weather stations Channel 16 Ability to communicate with others Kestral Barometer, Dew-point, Wind speed, Temperature GPS Garmin, etc.
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What is really important? Is the pressure dropping? Low pressure, worse weather Is wind predicted? Big waves, swells Will there be rain, or thundershowers Lightning, stay off the water Foggy? Get out the compass as you won’t be able to see Sunny? Nice, but what about sunburn and heat stroke? Is the pressure dropping? Low pressure, worse weather Is wind predicted? Big waves, swells Will there be rain, or thundershowers Lightning, stay off the water Foggy? Get out the compass as you won’t be able to see Sunny? Nice, but what about sunburn and heat stroke?
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Hydrocycle
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Renner Hazards
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Renner Book NW Weather
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Lilly
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Miller
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Sun Everyone loves a sunny day What if it is ninety degrees all day? Drink a lot of water, wear a hat, splash yourself Watch for signs of heat problems
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Cold
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Clothing
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Fog
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A couple of stories Baja Flat calm, follow the shore, little archway San Juan Island, Jones Island Five a.m. thick fog Wait or go? We went Compass Course Dead reckoning Aim off Baja Flat calm, follow the shore, little archway San Juan Island, Jones Island Five a.m. thick fog Wait or go? We went Compass Course Dead reckoning Aim off
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Low Pressure What are low pressure systems (depressions) - Weather is getting worse http://nodehillenvironmental.typepad.com/take_the_weather_with_you/low_pressure_systems/index.html http://nodehillenvironmental.typepad.com/take_the_weather_with_you/low_pressure_systems/index.html Low pressure systems are formed when cold and warm air battle away in the atmosphere. Warm air wins at the front of the system creating a warm front and pushes the cold air back forming a cold front behind it. Winds in the upper atmosphere push depressions in an easterly direction. Depressions which affect the UK usually come across the Atlantic from America. When a depression passes over you get weather associated with the warm front first followed by the cold front. Air travels around a depression in an anti-clockwise direction parallel to isobars. These are lines which join points of equal pressure which is measured in millibars (mb). The closer the isobars are together, the stronger the winds. Expect wind, rain Listen to the radio to see what the millibars are in other areas Low pressure systems spin counter clockwise - visualize what is happening where Low Pressure What are low pressure systems (depressions) - Weather is getting worse http://nodehillenvironmental.typepad.com/take_the_weather_with_you/low_pressure_systems/index.html http://nodehillenvironmental.typepad.com/take_the_weather_with_you/low_pressure_systems/index.html Low pressure systems are formed when cold and warm air battle away in the atmosphere. Warm air wins at the front of the system creating a warm front and pushes the cold air back forming a cold front behind it. Winds in the upper atmosphere push depressions in an easterly direction. Depressions which affect the UK usually come across the Atlantic from America. When a depression passes over you get weather associated with the warm front first followed by the cold front. Air travels around a depression in an anti-clockwise direction parallel to isobars. These are lines which join points of equal pressure which is measured in millibars (mb). The closer the isobars are together, the stronger the winds. Expect wind, rain Listen to the radio to see what the millibars are in other areas Low pressure systems spin counter clockwise - visualize what is happening where
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Fetch Swells Periods, seconds between swells Height Swells wrap Breaking Waves Off shore reef Shore slope (steep, long and shallow) The lee vs. windward shore Beaufort Wind Scale Fetch Swells Periods, seconds between swells Height Swells wrap Breaking Waves Off shore reef Shore slope (steep, long and shallow) The lee vs. windward shore Beaufort Wind Scale Wind
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Pulpito Windy
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Beaufort Wind Scale
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Wet, wet, wet Everything is wet Dress carefully Set up tarps Keep tents closed when packed and up Wet, wet, wet Everything is wet Dress carefully Set up tarps Keep tents closed when packed and up Rain
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Now What? Extrapolate! You are on the beach, ready to go Day one, or you just woke up at camp. You checked the weather last night Now you look around and check your instruments How does this current information compare with what you know? You are on the beach, ready to go Day one, or you just woke up at camp. You checked the weather last night Now you look around and check your instruments How does this current information compare with what you know?
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