From this morning's National Weather Service forecast discussion:
"WEAK TRADES TODAY WILL TURN TO SOUTHEASTERLIES OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS."
(Sigh) Yesterday was light trades, hovering around 10 mph most of the day. So far today, we have winds up around 12. Doubtful that it will get sailable.
There seems to be some confusion about what the wind is going to do a couple of days from now. Most forecast discussion are saying it will get windy but from the southeast, which generally means that on Maui we don't get much since we're shadowed by the Big Island. The GFS model on WindGuru.com however shows nice windy NE winds (as of this morning anyway).
"WEAK TRADES TODAY WILL TURN TO SOUTHEASTERLIES OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS."
(Sigh) Yesterday was light trades, hovering around 10 mph most of the day. So far today, we have winds up around 12. Doubtful that it will get sailable.
There seems to be some confusion about what the wind is going to do a couple of days from now. Most forecast discussion are saying it will get windy but from the southeast, which generally means that on Maui we don't get much since we're shadowed by the Big Island. The GFS model on WindGuru.com however shows nice windy NE winds (as of this morning anyway).
posted by Jeff at
9:52 AM
2 Comments:
Makani,
don't give up the hope - it might happen by tomorrow - and sometimes those SE winds don't work for Kanaha but still at Ho'okipa.
Just checked Ho'okipa around 1 p.m., sideon, light, NE swell.
By
Pascal, at 1:33 PM
I think tomorrow may be our best shot at wind. Today is looking light so far and with the extensive cloud cover we have today, I don' think daytime heating is going to be able to help the winds build. But, gotta remember my #1 rule of Maui windsurfing... never count Maui wind out. It has a way of sneaking up on you even when you least expect it to get windy.
By
Jeff, at 10:42 AM
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