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Sailing Report

Chris Lee reports:
The strong NW flow over the weekend appears to have killed the morning wind based on report from others. However, this morning, I thought the "dying" NW flow and the forecasted high temp might give the morning wind a little kick to be sailable.

I got there a little after 6am with Jim V. deciding on what to rig. I rigged my usual 5.5 and went out on my 100L slalom board by 6:20. There were some lulls coming through but the gust were pretty good (fully powered). I quit about 7:45 a.m. (when) it was still blowing but seemed to have backed off a little.

NOAA observations for Jun 16, 2008

 Time    Weather               Vis Tem Dew RH  Wind         Baro     dP*

Boise 9:53pm Clear 10.0 79 37 22 N 6 29.88 8:53pm Clear 10.0 85 34 16 NNW 5 29.87 7:53pm Clear 10.0 89 32 13 NNE 5 29.88 6:53pm Clear 10.0 89 34 14 VRBL 6 29.88 5:53pm Clear 10.0 88 33 14 CALM 29.89 4:53pm Clear 10.0 88 35 15 VRBL 3 29.90 3:53pm Clear 10.0 87 35 16 WNW 7 29.91 2:53pm Clear 10.0 85 35 17 VRBL 3 29.92 1:53pm Clear 10.0 82 39 22 VRBL 3 29.94 12:53pm Clear 10.0 80 39 23 W 8 29.96 +0.12 11:53am Clear 10.0 76 39 26 CALM 29.97 10:53am Clear 10.0 72 41 33 WNW 5 29.98 9:53am Clear 10.0 69 41 36 VRBL 5 29.98 8:53am Clear 10.0 66 40 38 W 3 29.98 7:53am Clear 10.0 63 40 43 SSW 6 29.97 +0.13 6:53am Clear 10.0 57 37 47 SSE 5 29.96 +0.14 5:53am Clear 10.0 55 40 57 SSE 5 29.95 +0.14 4:53am Clear 10.0 57 40 53 CALM 29.94 +0.14 3:53am Clear 10.0 58 39 49 SSW 3 29.94 +0.14 2:53am Clear 10.0 62 36 38 S 5 29.94 +0.14 1:53am Clear 10.0 65 31 28 CALM 29.94 +0.14 12:53am Clear 10.0 67 30 25 SSE 7 29.93 +0.15
Mt Home RAWS 09:52pm 79 33 19 NNE 7 G13 08:52pm 87 33 15 NNE 8 G18 07:52pm 90 30 12 NW 9 G17 06:52pm 94 29 10 W 6 G16 05:52pm 95 29 10 WNW 9 G18 04:52pm 94 29 10 WNW 8 G17 03:52pm 92 29 11 SSE 8 G13 02:52pm 90 30 12 NNW 4 G13 01:52pm 90 30 12 NW 4 G11 12:52pm 86 37 18 W 3 G10 11:52am 82 35 19 S 3 G 9 10:52am 79 35 21 N 1 G 9 09:52am 73 36 26 SE 2 G 9 08:52am 66 39 37 NW 4 G 8 07:52am 62 39 44 NNW 4 G 7 06:52am 55 39 56 N 5 G 8 05:52am 49 33 54 NNW 4 G 9 04:52am 51 32 49 NNW 3 G 9 03:52am 54 30 41 NNW 7 G10 02:52am 56 30 37 W 5 G10 01:52am 57 26 31 E 3 G10 00:52am 62 28 28 N 7 G 9
Caldwell 10:15pm Clear 10.0 75 45 34 WSW 3 29.89 9:55pm Clear 10.0 75 45 34 CALM 29.88 9:35pm Clear 10.0 79 45 30 CALM 29.88 9:15pm Clear 10.0 79 46 32 CALM 29.88 8:55pm Clear 10.0 81 48 32 NNE 5 29.88 8:35pm Clear 10.0 82 52 35 N 6 29.88 8:15pm Clear 10.0 84 50 31 N 7 29.88 7:55pm Clear 10.0 86 46 25 N 6 29.88 7:35pm Clear 10.0 88 45 22 N 8 29.88 7:15pm Clear 10.0 90 41 18 NNE 6 29.88 6:55pm Clear 10.0 90 41 18 NE 3 29.88 6:35pm Clear 10.0 90 39 17 NE 5 29.88 6:15pm Clear 10.0 90 41 18 NE 6 29.89 5:55pm Clear 10.0 90 45 21 NE 8 29.89 5:35pm Clear 10.0 90 36 15 ENE 7 29.89 5:15pm Clear 10.0 90 37 16 NE 7 29.90 4:55pm Clear 10.0 90 36 15 NNE 3 29.90 4:35pm Clear 10.0 88 37 17 CALM 29.91 4:15pm Clear 10.0 88 39 18 NE 6 29.91 3:55pm Clear 10.0 88 43 21 NNE 5 29.92 3:35pm Clear 10.0 84 41 22 CALM 29.92 3:15pm Clear 10.0 86 45 24 NE 5 29.93 2:55pm Clear 10.0 84 45 25 CALM 29.93 2:35pm Clear 10.0 82 45 27 CALM 29.94 2:15pm Clear 10.0 82 45 27 ESE 3 29.95 1:55pm Clear 10.0 81 45 28 CALM 29.95 1:35pm Clear 10.0 81 45 28 CALM 29.96 1:15pm Clear 10.0 79 45 30 NW 5 29.96 12:55pm Clear 10.0 79 45 30 CALM 29.97 12:35pm Clear 10.0 77 45 32 NNE 3 29.98 12:15pm Clear 10.0 75 45 34 NE 3 29.98 11:55am Clear 10.0 75 45 34 NNE 6 29.98 11:35am Clear 10.0 73 45 36 NE 7 29.98 11:15am Clear 10.0 73 45 36 NNE 6 29.99 10:55am Clear 10.0 72 45 38 CALM 29.99 10:15am Clear 10.0 68 43 40 N 3 30.00 9:55am Clear 10.0 66 43 43 N 3 30.00 9:35am Clear 10.0 64 43 45 NE 5 30.00 9:15am Clear 10.0 63 43 48 N 3 29.99 8:55am Clear 10.0 63 43 48 NNE 3 29.99 8:35am Clear 10.0 61 43 51 N 5 29.99 8:15am Clear 10.0 59 41 51 N 3 29.99 7:55am Clear 10.0 59 39 48 NW 6 29.99 7:35am Clear 10.0 57 41 55 NW 3 29.98 7:15am Clear 10.0 54 41 62 WNW 6 29.98 6:55am Clear 10.0 52 39 62 NW 3 29.98 6:35am Clear 10.0 52 39 62 N 3 29.97 6:15am Clear 10.0 52 39 62 N 5 29.97 5:55am Clear 10.0 54 39 58 CALM 29.96 5:35am Clear 10.0 54 39 58 N 3 29.96 5:15am Clear 10.0 55 37 51 WNW 3 29.96 4:55am Clear 10.0 55 37 51 WNW 7 29.96 4:35am Clear 10.0 55 37 51 WNW 7 29.95 4:15am Clear 10.0 57 39 51 WNW 8 29.95 3:55am Clear 10.0 59 39 48 WNW 9 29.95 3:35am Clear 10.0 57 39 51 W 9 29.95 3:15am Clear 10.0 57 39 51 W 10 29.95 2:55am Clear 10.0 59 41 51 W 12 29.95 2:35am Clear 10.0 59 41 51 W 8 29.95 2:15am Clear 10.0 59 41 51 W 9 29.95 1:55am Clear 10.0 59 41 51 W 9 29.95 1:35am Clear 10.0 61 39 45 SW 5 29.95 1:15am Clear 10.0 61 39 45 SW 6 29.95 12:55am Clear 10.0 63 39 42 W 5 29.94 12:35am Clear 10.0 63 39 42 WNW 3 29.94 12:15am Clear 10.0 63 39 42 WNW 9 29.93
LP RAWS 09:31pm 74 37 27 W 5 G 9 08:31pm 79 38 23 NW 4 G 6 07:31pm 88 34 15 WNW 2 G10 06:31pm 90 28 11 W 5 G13 05:31pm 92 34 13 WNW 3 G14 04:31pm 91 29 11 SSE 5 G12 03:31pm 90 30 12 NW 2 G11 02:31pm 87 32 14 S 4 G14 01:31pm 86 34 16 S 7 G12 12:31pm 82 35 19 ENE 4 G 7 11:31am 78 36 22 E 3 G 8 10:31am 76 38 26 ENE 2 G 8 09:31am 65 38 38 NW 8 G17 08:31am 56 36 47 NNW 11 G20 07:31am 52 36 55 NW 13 G23 06:31am 49 34 58 NW 14 G22 05:31am 50 34 55 NW 15 G21 04:31am 53 36 53 NW 14 G20 03:31am 53 34 49 NW 13 G20 02:31am 55 35 47 NW 11 G19 01:31am 58 33 39 NNW 5 G15 00:31am 64 33 32 N 12 G21

* dP is the pressure difference between Hailey and Boise; +0.10 or better and easterly flow is good.

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