Hi folks: Just a posting of old news to keep people interested. This is called a "grib file". We get it from appropriate sources via the ham radio. The arrows show the wind direction, with the number of feathers depicting the average strength of the wind. A few days ago, we were on a mooring, hoping we were safe from a hurricane forecasted for the region. This is the estimated readout of the storm Kyle which was provided to us on the day of the storm, showing the projected landfall pretty much directly on top of us. Of course, Kyle hit more than 50 nautical miles to the east of us, and was rather weak. Still, you can imagine Dawn's concerns when this appeared on her screen.
Wednesday had us sitting in Portland under overcast and drizzly skies, and running errands to keep the boat going. We've been advised to stay put tomorrow, by Herb Hilgenberg, our weather guru. Instead of travelling, we'll get propane for the heaters, parts, fuel, and maybe some local Sam Adams. Downtown Portland was pretty neat 4 years ago. Maybe we'll go again. Beats crawling through the damp boat running the new GPS antenna.
Cheers, Laurie and Dawn
