Friday, November 6, 2009

This forecast is out of our league!

 From the Weather Underground Marine weather page:

 Synopsis
Strong high pressure will continue to build over the eastern Seaboard leading to increasing northeasterly winds across the waters through the weekend. Rough and hazardous marine conditions are expected through the weekend. The high will move east Monday and Tuesday...allowing Ida to move northward from Central America...possibly into the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday.
Small Craft Advisory in effect through Monday morning
Forecast as of 4:03 am EST on November 6, 2009
Coastal Waters From Jupiter Inlet To Deerfield Beach, Fl Out 20 Nm-
Waters From Jupiter Inlet To Deerfield Beach, Fl Extending From
20 Nm To 60 Nm-
Today
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet. Intracoastal waters rough in exposed areas. Slight chance of showers.
Tonight
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 8 to 10 feet. Intracoastal waters rough in exposed areas. Slight chance of showers.
Saturday
Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet. Intracoastal waters rough in exposed areas. Slight chance of showers.
Saturday Night Through Sunday Night
East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet. Intracoastal waters rough in exposed areas. Slight chance of showers.
Monday
East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Intracoastal waters rough in exposed areas. Slight chance of showers.
Monday Night
East winds around 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Intracoastal waters choppy in exposed areas. Slight chance of showers.
Tuesday
Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Intracoastal waters choppy in exposed areas. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.

Call us wuzzy, we don't care! Note all of the shift in direction as well. That (in my experiece) leads me to believe the stream is going to be a washing machine that throws furniture around. We're not talking mere cushions on furniture, we're talking the whole enchilada here.

So the work on the boat continues.

Sadly if we had been here a day earlier we had a shot at crossing before all of this started. That's Boating!

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