Video: Eddys, Fog and Micrometeorological River Spirits
A couple of days before Sunday, October 1st I saw a sailing window that might be doable before the strong northwest coastal winds were going to come back. These short windows can appear when a counterclockwise spinning eddy forms along several hundred miles of the coast. This produces southeasterly flow along the coast and keeps the strong northwest winds farther offshore.
But the eddy effect can make it a chore to sail the 1st mile upstream on the Russian River. When there’s fog the...
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But the eddy effect can make it a chore to sail the 1st mile upstream on the Russian River. When there’s fog the...
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