First of all, Season’s Greetings to all of you and thank you for taking the time to, I hope, enjoy my musings about our most interesting weather.
I think most of us will be enjoying the weekend with friends and family as well as watching a lot of football (Go Hawks!!) even though it will be a relatively benign weekend on the water. Today is the day for wind and if you’re heading out to enjoy a long weekend on the water, head south in the northerly and then on Tuesday you can sail north in the southerly. The rest of the weekend we will be between fronts.
As you can see from the current surface chart and the Langley Hill radar at 1300 hours it’s going to remain wet for a while. However, after the front passes the winds will back off and we may even get a light dusting of snow in the lowlands. It won’t last until the 25th as the freezing level will head back up to the passes by Saturday afternoon.
The picture for the 27th shows another front over us and the isobars tightly bunched which will mean some wind with the rain. All in all, very typical!
Be safe, enjoy the holiday and let’s all decide we’re going to spend more time on the water in 2017 enjoying our amazing Salish Sea.
Ed. Note: And best holiday wishes to Bruce, Kerin, their families and their rather large circles of friends. Peace to all. –KMH
Bruce has raced and cruised the Pacific Northwest his entire life. He earned a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Washington in Biological Oceanography and learned meteorology “to keep from getting kicked around on the race course.” Bruce spent nearly two decades as Associate Publisher for Northwest Yachting Magazine, retiring in mid-2015, and was the chairman of the board of trustees for the Northwest Marine Trade Association in 2014. (photo of Bruce driving Playstation is a bit dated, but cool)
Dear Bruce- I read your weather and pre-race blogs regularly and have learned a lot from them. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It makes it much easier for those of us relatively new to sailing and racing to learn the ropes. Happy Holidays, Leo (Wizard, J27)