PHREERIDER - 29-6-2009 at 07:18 PM
out on the water today, PL V13
at about 6pm for a ride, really nice ,
plenty of wind 15-20mph
rippin' it/jumpin' general fun stuff...then
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.as...
this was in the blink of eye no real warning except for the sand i could see blasting down the beach from the water on an air when i just happened to
catch a glimpes and immediately headed in. on the beach, i dropped the kite and like a explosion hit, just as the kite starts to flag. stuff is
flying by chairs/ umbrellas/beach junk.
couple of odd direction changes which was the really intense. the kite is whipping all over the place. with gloves on it was difficult to hold.
one gust partically had me on the ground.
trying to find out the peak gust but only one good station relatively close.
you never know.
:wow:
beachrights - 29-6-2009 at 07:24 PM
Look how the dew point dropped at 6:30- looks like a cold thermal came in and thats what caused the dramatic winds.
Should have grabbed one of the umbrellas and done some buggying!
mgatc - 29-6-2009 at 07:46 PM
In tune and in touch saved the day. Nice awareness!
Lesson to be learned for all of us. Glad you saw it early and shut it down in time.
nwsurfwakeskate - 29-6-2009 at 08:06 PM
wow! sounds like a near kitemare! glad you saw what was happening and got out in time.
Scudley - 29-6-2009 at 08:06 PM
Sounds like a few stories from NABX
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johnnylaing - 29-6-2009 at 09:44 PM
I'm lucky as most afternoons I hit the beach...you do get a sense of awareness with time spent...BUT I always know to be wary of gifts from the
west....
keep it up! i always enjoy your posts...we had the same twitchy stormy stuff lately
arkay - 30-6-2009 at 01:46 AM
where were you (zip code)?
acampbell - 30-6-2009 at 04:57 AM
zip code looks like 29928 or thereabouts
wow, glad you are OK. The same front hit us with gusts and dropped the temp about 20 degrees, but it arrived with a line of boomers that gave a
tell-tale. Looks like your gusts topped out at 40. Could have been a mess. Good on you for coming in when you did.
We are still going to top 100 degrees today. Darn.
PHREERIDER - 30-6-2009 at 04:59 AM
where were you (zip code)?
29928
hhi SC
not as werid as friday
from the wsw this black cell with lightening for legs,
in the past 2 weeks we have had 3-4 strange conditions show up they are all in the thermal zone time around 5-7pm
arkay - 30-6-2009 at 08:38 AM
:eekdrull:
PHREERIDER - 30-6-2009 at 09:23 AM
wow ! like i said intense
that's what it felt like, no wonder i could hold the 13 down
huge gust no doubt
that dissection of the broad data i had really explains nicely
+ 60mph incredible
what site ?
acampbell - 30-6-2009 at 10:58 AM
We had the same bump at Jekyll Island station but not as intense. I was inside as it looked bad in the sky.
The site is iKitesurf.com and they have a feed from the new station on Jekyll
Drewculous - 1-7-2009 at 06:19 AM
went nice to nuclear to me and a buddly last night... one minute gravy winds, good boarding, and pow! Winds skyrocketed! we had virtually no
warning! rain, hail, and nasty winds... but it left as fast as it came.. we had a good time after thath tho