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spennie
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:55 pm Post subject: Windmills at Sherman |
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There was a discussion a while ago about the windmills upwind of the Sign, and if they were reducing the wind. I don't think there's any doubt of that any more, but I saw this image, posted by Da News on Facebook, showing their turbulance trails, and thought it was interesting. I don't know where this photo was taken, looks like one of those ocean wind farms to me.
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superkraut
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windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1905
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Hi Gang,
I am slowly working on a blog about turbines and Sherman Island winds. There is no easy answer to the question but the amount of downwind impact of turbines depends upon the wind direction, wind speed and the stability of the near surface atmosphere.
Plus in the last 20 years the average marine layer depth has decreased a lot which impacts the wind distribution and strength.
All of which makes it difficult to make a simple judgement about the impact turbines on the winds near the Sign.
Mike Godsey
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vbr1
Joined: 05 Mar 2013 Posts: 28
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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windfind wrote: | Hi Gang,
I am slowly working on a blog about turbines and Sherman Island winds. There is no easy answer to the question but the amount of downwind impact of turbines depends upon the wind direction, wind speed and the stability of the near surface atmosphere.
Plus in the last 20 years the average marine layer depth has decreased a lot which impacts the wind distribution and strength.
All of which makes it difficult to make a simple judgement about the impact turbines on the winds near the Sign.
Mike Godsey
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Especially if you spend ZERO time there
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windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1905
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Vbr,
You said: "Especially if you spend ZERO time there"
Actually I windsurfed at Sherman Island for 20+ years making the drive along Hwy. 37 or 12 for endless morning sessions or camping at Little Baja or the Access in my camper.
And before Sherman Island was even "discovered" by windsurfers I sailed Rio's Glass Beach, The Jungle and Glass Beach. Those were back in the days when the best shop in the Bay Area was at the foot of the Rio Vista bridge.
And of course I wrote the definitive and popular "Windfinder windsurfing Guide to the Bay Area" which you can still buy on Amazon.com and which covered Sherman Island with multiple maps and text detail. I spent hundreds of hours hiking and boating in the Sherman area doing the maps and text for that book.
And I did the Sherman Island forecasts for companies like the North Coast Windline, WindSight (shudder), Call of the Wind and now iwindsurf.com & ikitesurf.com
Oh yea, did I mention that I am currently employed by a little company called Google to do forecasts for a wind project on Sherman Island?
And I am one of the people who has taken a boat out in mid winter at Sherman Island to fix the sensors on the Nav. Aids for you and other sailors.
And even now several times each year I hit Sherman when there is a good chance of Rio Daze.
I love the creative math that allows you to define all that experience as "Zero"!
Now tell me about your long time experience as a Sherman Island expert. Oh, sorry I just noticed you signed up for iwindsurf.com way back in March 2013.
But I always have more to learn so send me your insights about the wind turbines. mike@iwindsurf.com
Mike Godsey
iwindsurf.com
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MULLDE102f
Joined: 15 Jun 1997 Posts: 131
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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BURN!!!!
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aguasonic
Joined: 18 Apr 2012 Posts: 11 Location: San Jose, California
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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If the wind is less than 25, and anything north of West, anything east of The Sign is hosed. Powerlines North? Forget it. Edgewater? toast. There is _definitely_ an effect, and a significant one. And one that could have been avoided if they had skipped that last southern-most row next to the river.
I would add the caveat that if it's on, the effect gets less and less meaningful as you head above 20 knots steady... if you get to 30, what windmills?
In summary the windmills effectively wipe out any light-wind opportunities east of The Sign.
Mark
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ps. On a north breeze the pylon-thump, as it is known, will drive you nuts. Nice sub-sonic Chinese water torture...
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vbr1
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Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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windfind wrote: | Hi Vbr,
You said: "Especially if you spend ZERO time there"
Actually I windsurfed at Sherman Island for 20+ years making the drive along Hwy. 37 or 12 for endless morning sessions or camping at Little Baja or the Access in my camper.
And before Sherman Island was even "discovered" by windsurfers I sailed Rio's Glass Beach, The Jungle and Glass Beach. Those were back in the days when the best shop in the Bay Area was at the foot of the Rio Vista bridge.
And of course I wrote the definitive and popular "Windfinder windsurfing Guide to the Bay Area" which you can still buy on Amazon.com and which covered Sherman Island with multiple maps and text detail. I spent hundreds of hours hiking and boating in the Sherman area doing the maps and text for that book.
And I did the Sherman Island forecasts for companies like the North Coast Windline, WindSight (shudder), Call of the Wind and now iwindsurf.com & ikitesurf.com
Oh yea, did I mention that I am currently employed by a little company called Google to do forecasts for a wind project on Sherman Island?
And I am one of the people who has taken a boat out in mid winter at Sherman Island to fix the sensors on the Nav. Aids for you and other sailors.
And even now several times each year I hit Sherman when there is a good chance of Rio Daze.
I love the creative math that allows you to define all that experience as "Zero"!
Now tell me about your long time experience as a Sherman Island expert. Oh, sorry I just noticed you signed up for iwindsurf.com way back in March 2013.
But I always have more to learn so send me your insights about the wind turbines. mike@iwindsurf.com
Mike Godsey
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funny to hit that nerve there
chill out on your patting of yourself on your back
you are not always right but you do provide a great service for weather
at least someone with a clue is trying
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noshuzbluz
Joined: 18 May 2000 Posts: 791
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all your hard work Mike! I'm curious to see what you find out about the windmills. I sailed Windy Cove for as long as it was open and noticed that it's not as windy there than it used to be. Same with the Powerlines (both upper and lower) which was back in the old days a zoo on the weekends.
Don't get why vbr1 took a jab at you when he obviously doesn't know your past experience??
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windfind
Joined: 18 Mar 1997 Posts: 1905
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:30 am Post subject: Fucking Godsey |
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Quote: | Vbr said: funny to hit that nerve there. chill out on your patting of yourself on your back you are not always right but you do provide a great service for weather at least someone with a clue is trying |
Hi Vbr,
No, you did not hit a nerve. You were factually wrong and I corrected you with facts. I would not be doing this job if my nerves were so fragile.
Actually I really enjoy customer criticism, that is how I learn and sloooowly improve the forecasts. And sometimes even factually wrong comments, unlike yours, can be funny.
Like the time I was at Swell City and spotted a California license plate. I always head towards California vehicles to solicit criticisms of the forecasts. So I walk up to this California dude in his mid 30’s standing with a bunch of the local crew and introduce myself as Mike Godsey
And with an utterly straight face he says “Mike Godsey, Mike Godsey… Do you mean your first name is actually Mike?"
Puzzled I said “Yea, its Mike.”
And he says, “But I have always heard guys refer to you as 'Fucking Godsey' so I just assumed that Fucking was a weird nick name you used. So I usually refer to you as Fucking Godsey."
You had to be there to appreciate the story but it was was my best customer comment ever!
And here is the 2nd best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOY1VBfO-aU
And thanks for the nice compliment even if you can't apologize.
Mike Godsey
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