how's Nitinaht this week?

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how's Nitinaht this week?

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hey all - thanks for the info last week! i had a great 2 days at Nitinah! so great in fact i wanna come back this week on weds and thurs.
how's it looking? i dont know how to interpret all the sources for reliable nitinaht conditions...
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It will be good!
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Thats good im goin up tomorrow am see yall ther :!: :D
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The pressure gradient is pretty flat tomorrow

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/images/sew/gafd ... 0pic10.jpg

So it will probably be light, even starting with an outflow in the early afternoon.

Wed and Thurs look good but not epic. There is some divergence in weather reports about a front on Thursday but so far EC's temperature difference for PA and Tofino looks good for both Wed and Thur.

Have fun all.
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I think we are on almost 40 days streight of wind at the lake.
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Except that day on the windfest weekend where it didn't blow, and then a couple weeks before that when it rained on saturday (and I believe a couple other days too).
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Hey manmoo,you should win an award for most posts in one year that serve no purpose other than you not spending time talking to your wife to be
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wow

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Ouch, I love bigwavedavebook.
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Ed... Are you taking a page out of my book? ;)
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Ed: BWD Marriage councilor ... If only I'd known ... Keep up the good work Dude 8)
Thermals are good.
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Glad to see the discussion didn't take notice of my failed wind prediction for today. It looked like it DID blow this afternoon.

Thursday still looks flaky IMHO.

Hope everyone is happy with their spouses and partners.
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Thanks Ed, be sure to say hi on the beach so I can thank you for all your commentary.

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Re: how's Nitinaht this week?

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joelhampshire wrote:hey all - thanks for the info last week! i had a great 2 days at Nitinah! so great in fact i wanna come back this week on weds and thurs.
how's it looking? i dont know how to interpret all the sources for reliable nitinaht conditions...
Read Randy's Nitnaht forecast on BWD, check the temps/weather in PA and the coast...as long as there is a temp gradient and nothing else odd happening NN will be windy.

I've been skunked one or two days this year out of 25 or so at NN...pretty good odds.
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Oddly enough though... they say the same is true for PA, yet on Sunday, when my car said 18.5 C at the HQ, and EC said 15-16 in Tofino, I was completely cranking on a 4.7 (25+). I haven't read through the logs, but I assume Nitinat was the same despite a very small temp gradient.
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Good comment, Nanmoo. You're right, there's much more to it than the the temp gradient from PA and the coast. We are discovering that the summer thermals rock in the Alberni inlet, but also there's strong winds when the thermals are not going off, which is a very exciting/promising prospect for the upcoming fall season. Wind, wind and more wind!
Life is all about balance, and a dose of healthy wind addiction
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