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1 Weather and Kayaking Andree Hurley Kayak Instruction Excellence onwatersports.com

2 Weather Changes …all day, every day

3 Pulpito Calm

4 Pulpito OK

5 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

6 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

7 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?

8 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?

9 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?

10 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

11 The Web

12 Weather Underground

13 NOAA

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17 Ferry Weather

18 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.

19 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?

20 Hydrocycle

21 Renner Hazards

22 Renner Book NW Weather

23 Lilly

24 Miller

25 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

26 Cold

27 Clothing

28 Fog

29 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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31 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

32  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

33 Pulpito Windy

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37  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

38 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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