Last night a bunch of Bay locals joined me. We were sitting around my firepit and the talk ran to the best wind sites via Internet and other
predictors. I decided to predict the winds for tomorrow/today by looking at the stars. What I saw turned out 100% correct.
Calm in the morning...Wind in the afternoon. Who needs Bouyweather??
I took the above 2 photos this morning on the way to Mulege...about 8:30 am. Pretty flat, eh?
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Later..about noon at mi casa in Coyote. A zepher-like breeze.
(I used to get 5 cents a tail for zephers when I was a kid.)
About 2:30 pm my front door blows open...I look outside. Hmmm...mite windy now.
Actually, it's a mite gusty out here...
Some of my palms are getting a frond cleaning. (okay..say THAT real fast!)
We have 2 resident ravens...named Coy and Ote. This is Ote trying to make a crash landing in his favorite palm. Unsuccessful and now grounded, that
flying menace needs glasses.
Gusty, my burro..It's now blowing HARD!
A damn good lesson for finding the LEE when at anchor. I remember those times only too well...groan.
Welcome to Windy Afternoon, BOC. Who's up for some spirited sailing? BajaBlanca - 4-8-2011 at 02:56 PM
really nice front porch you have. what a spectacular view of the WIND !!!windgrrl - 4-8-2011 at 03:00 PM
Wind? I'm on my way!!! Well, I wish I was.Cypress - 4-8-2011 at 03:01 PM
When the wind starts whipping from the north up into the Bay of Conception, looks like ocean rollers. Good time to be heading south.BajaGringo - 4-8-2011 at 03:02 PM
We get it over here too Pomp. Expecting some really strong gusts tomorrow through Tuesday...mcfez - 4-8-2011 at 03:12 PM
by looking at the stars......
Explain that please. I have heard that before, and am curious of that. Thanks.
Sure thing, mcfez...glad to share my deepest secrets!
Pompano - 4-8-2011 at 03:27 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
by looking at the stars......
Explain that please. I have heard that before, and am curious of that. Thanks.
Not much of a secret, mcfez...old stuff to hunters & commercial/sport fishermen.....I was taught this as a kid from
Hudson Bay natives in Far North Canada..and also Manuel Diaz here in Coyote Bay...'back in the day'...or about 1971 or so.
p.s. On second thought, I HATE opening those highlighted threads...so here is the main gist of it:
"Quote:
Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
What's the method, Roger?...
Please excuse me, I should have included this old post about fishing forecasting in my first post here...so here it is.
Will the Fish Bite?..and The Wind Blow?
If the moon will hold water.....
Just in case anyone is not familiar with this old method of looking at the moon phases to forecast fishing success...here it is again:
The day before fishing..or early that morning...take a look at the moon if possible. Note the shape of it's outline. Imagine pouring water into that
shape. Will it hold that water? If so, then the fishing the next day..or current day..will be GOOD. If not, then maybe you should go off-roading or do
something landwise. Bonafacio y Manuel Diaz taught me this trick many moons ago right here at Coyote Bay and it has been my guideline for a long, long
time. I find myself using it everywhere I fish.
Another forecaster is watching the stars to predict winds the following day.
Calm mornings: If the stars directly overhead are 'still'...not twinkling...then at least the morning will be calm.
Calm afternoons: If the stars on the horizon are still.
Calm all day: Both overhead and horizon still.
Opposites for windy days. Twinkles = Wind!
(Mares-Tails are good wind signs, too, but that's a new ballgame.)
example: Let's see...it is now 4:14 a.m. I will go outside now and check the wind indicator.
Grrr...not so good, but could be worse. The stars overhead are bright and still, but the horizon twinkles. So...calm morning going out, but we are
going to have some wind coming back in the afternoon.
Give this a try...but I am not responsible for wrong observations due to tequila overload.
p.s. I also have a sure-fire way to predict the coming winter."
It's ain't rocket science, amigo. Try it tonight where you are..
[Edited on 4-8-2011 by Pompano]wessongroup - 4-8-2011 at 03:35 PM
Will do, pretty neat....mcfez - 4-8-2011 at 05:46 PM
Thanks for taking your time to explain that. Always up to learning something new.
You have any way to predict the IRS with my taxes CDB - 4-8-2011 at 07:06 PM
They will take too much.Bob H - 4-8-2011 at 10:07 PM
Roger, I'm soooo glad you are still posting. Great stuff man. Bob HBob and Susan - 4-9-2011 at 06:17 AM
our "rule of thumb" for the winter wind is...
three days on - three days off
summer wind is...
one day a month...maybemcfez - 4-9-2011 at 07:01 AM
I learned in Newport beach that every 7th wave will be much bigger. And they were bigger.Bob H - 4-9-2011 at 09:09 AM
Roger, great wind photos... unreal.
I remember, as a kid, growing up in Miami... just before a hurricane would be coming in... the lull before the storm. It was unbelievable how calm it
would get and all the birds were gone! Then, here it comes, growing larger and larger, the wind and rain, then flooding. I'll never forget it, time
after time.
One time, a kid across the street attached a sail on his bike and came flying by my house in 100+ mph winds and ended up in the lake at the end of the
road.Skipjack Joe - 4-9-2011 at 09:33 AM
The twnkling stars must be due very distant winds that haven't reached us yet.
It probably takes some practice I imagine. Stars twinkle anyway, don't they?
This calls for a google search. Isn't the internet fabulous? Just type in the search field "What makes stars twinkle".Pompano - 4-9-2011 at 10:09 AM
Igor....stars twinkling......think 'dust particles' in your part of the world's atmosphere ...or the ilk.
btw, I love roast ilk.Skipjack Joe - 4-9-2011 at 11:56 AM
Twinkling.
Let's see it the animation works.
Oh, looks like it's got a copyright. Better remove it. Too bad.
Yesterday, while reading Osprey's essay on Drought, I started thinking about camels. Specifically, I wanted to know if they do so well in the deserts
because they store water in that hump.
So, I searched for about 20 minutes.
Turns out it wasn't so simple. The hump is a giant lump of fat that puts off starvation. They have many adaptations that deal with dessication. They
store water in their gut. They have a different way of cooling that requires almost no sweat. Their feces is bone dry and they hardly urinate. Their
blood cells can collapse to a greater level and don't require as much liquid pressure to stay functioning.
Well, I have to say, the idea of a storage tank on their backs is far more appealing to me.shari - 4-9-2011 at 06:27 PM
muchas gracias Igor for providing my new truth for the day....and that link on twinkling stars was ...stellar! I love the phrase "astronomical
scintillation" .... sounds kinda kinky eh! cant wait to fit it into some idle chatting around a campfire.
but like Pompano, Juan can look at the night sky and tell me what tomorrow will bring too...he said it would rain last night..and folks we RARELY get
rain and he was right on the dinero...as usual.
