myiW Current Conditions and Forecasts Community Forums Buy and Sell Services
 
Hi guest · myAccount · Log in
 SearchSearch   ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   RegisterRegister 
Windmills at Sherman
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  Next
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    iWindsurf Community Forum Index -> Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Arrgh



Joined: 05 May 1998
Posts: 864
Location: Rio

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love it. Burn that coal, feed that grid, reverse those turbines and Power Lines becomes the most reliable windsurfing spot in the world. Plus--the earth doesn't get flung into the sun. Not right away, anyhow.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
tstar



Joined: 10 Apr 2000
Posts: 46

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think anyone is suggesting that we start turning off those propellers. It's just that there is a negative aspect to wind power. Both to wildlife and we windsurfers. However I will take them over fossil fuel any day. I can always rig big Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
airwave



Joined: 29 Jun 2000
Posts: 386

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@Bonner,

I do not presume to know if it is about Global climate change. It might very well be local micro climate change. I'm just saying that the amount of days that we see W to NW at M-10 and M-14 seems to have increased and the amount of days that we see W - SW have decreased. And that the W - SW days favor M-14 and the W- NW days favor M-10.

It might very well be climate change. But it might also be a two year prelude to whatever causes El Nino's and La Nina's. It could also be micro changes caused by the same frontal changes that caused all of the east coast snow this year, perhaps the same prevailing wind changes that have brought about sea ice melting in the Arctic.

It might even be that the windmills have diminished the NW winds at M-14. But those winds were never that good anyway.

But for certain the SW winds we have seen this year have provide good sailable winds east of the County Park and down to M-14.

I guess in simple terms I am saying it would be sensible to have this conversation based 1st on the wind speeds west of Sherman (compared over time), 2nd on the direction of those winds. And then 3rd you can make a reasonable deduction about the affect (effect) (sorry) of the windmills.

But you can't just decide it's the windmills fault when all the other details are left out of the equation.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
airwave



Joined: 29 Jun 2000
Posts: 386

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@Bonner,

I get it now.
To you this is some sort of political discussion, not worthy of deductive rational, just something based on a belief system about global warming.
Something the politicians need to decide, or at least the public voicing their political views, instead of looking for all of the data that might be at play.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Arrgh



Joined: 05 May 1998
Posts: 864
Location: Rio

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

airwave wrote:


But for certain the SW winds we have seen this year have provide good sailable winds east of the County Park and down to M-14.
I guess in simple terms I am saying it would be sensible to have this conversation based 1st on the wind speeds west of Sherman (compared over time), 2nd on the direction of those winds. And then 3rd you can make a reasonable deduction about the affect (effect) (sorry) of the windmills.

Agreed, the SW seems better this year than last. Tough to compare historic wind speeds west of Sherman, though, now that M10 sensor has replaced M12. Port Chicago? A bit too far west maybe?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
airwave



Joined: 29 Jun 2000
Posts: 386

PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

@dennis_c
I agree, good info west of Sherman is not available, at least not on iW.

As you probably know at fair number of Sherman sailors use the info for Davis (Travis) as an indicator. That area seems to show more of the prevailing wind condition instead of the ventured flow that tends to meander through with the direction of the river. That might be a starting point that would be better than Port Chicago because Port Chicago is part of the venture effect.

Admittedly I have never figured out how to use Davis or the Sacramento conditions to help determine Sherman but there are those that live out east that do.

This morning looks good for M-14. There is a S component to it. But in looking at the forecast it appears there will be a redirect to the W. I'm betting the afternoon will favor M-10. M-14 might work if the W does not clock beyond to a WNW component. But if it does clock farther N everyone will need to beat a path up to the County Park.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
swchandler



Joined: 08 Nov 1993
Posts: 10588

PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

While there are varied wind directions like airwave and others have noted that affect Sherman Island, there is always the fact that wind tends to clock during the day moving in a more west to northwest direction. This happens at all spots during the day, including those on the coast. So, towards the end of the day at a place like Sherman Island, the wind around Powerlines and The Sign can get sketchy, and these days the presence of wind turbines only seems to exacerbate the problem.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
summertime



Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Posts: 89

PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

that onion video is great! like!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
beallmd



Joined: 10 May 1998
Posts: 1154

PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SWC points out the clocking effect but I would have thought it clocks the other way; that is the wind starts at Park/Access and clocks more SW so that the sign and then powerlines start later. I always see it going that way but there are guys with more experience there than me. There have been times in the past when folks at the sign have come up to Access/Park to sail when not good downwind. Maybe the new turbines now so much closer to the Access/Park have just made us aware of the NW in the wind?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
beallmd



Joined: 10 May 1998
Posts: 1154

PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh yeah, Onion piece was funny-always good (and healthy) to laugh.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    iWindsurf Community Forum Index -> Southwest USA, Hawaii, Mexico All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  Next
Page 7 of 10

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You can attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum

myiW | Weather | Community | Membership | Support | Log in
like us on facebook
© Copyright 1999-2007 WeatherFlow, Inc Contact Us Ad Marketplace

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group