[Rhodes22-list] Wind forecasting

[Richard Smith]

The NOA broadcasts will give you a GENERAL idea of the winds but that will
be little or no help when it comes to costal sailing.

During the summer months local effects get overlaid on the overall
(synoptic) wind flow patterns and distort them enormously.  On Long Island
Sound it's not unusual to find oneself becalmed while 5 miles away others
are sailing in a fresh breeze.

Nothing replaces local knowledge.

Richard Smith