Blog: Autopsy of a "blown away" forecast

[windfind]

Hi Gang,

Ever wonder why forecasts sometimes are very different from the actual winds? Yesterday's Gorge forecast was not as bad as some of the horribly wrong forecasts I have sometimes made in the Bay Area but Ben's forecast for low to weak mid 20's in the Hatch and Swell was clearly a bit lower than reality.

So here is an autopsy of that "blown away" forecast:

http://blog.weatherflow.com/gorge-winds-autopsy-of-a-blown-away-forecast/

Mike Godsey
iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com
Weatheflow.com

[stu2]

Sorry to hear about your ankle Mike - did you sprain it kiting?

It looks like you slammed pretty HARD in that photo.

-S

[windfind]

Hi Stuart,

Actually I sprained it windsurfing at The Wall 3 weeks ago. Deciding it would be smart to follow the advice of an engineer friend I tried weeks of heavy windsurfing therapy to get it to heal.

Somehow that made it worse so now walking is lopsided. And it was a drag missing Sunday's incredibly steady winds at the Hatch!!!!

Actually the blog "photo by Mike" is of Stuart, our inimitable west coast sensor wizard, falling while trying to retrieve a beer from a Weatherflow skiff while testing a new Outer Banks sensor. See below.

Mike Godsey
iwindsurf.com/ikitesurf.com
Weatheflow.com