Bahamas Wind?

[ricki]

Thanks for the links and commentary! So, for last Saturday the wind archive says you had ESE winds averaging 18 to 20 mph gusting to about 22 to 23 mph. Would you say that is pretty accurate? Are there any wind directions when the accuracy falls off?

If you are an ikitesurf member you can access this station. btw, ikitesurf has added a stupid number of stations, about 4 x more in south Florida. I think these may only be accessible to members.

[Sam]

thanks for the info. probibly bring my kites just in case but at least there should be some good fishing if not kiting.

[ricki]

Just came across another weather page, this time for the area of Abaco. There are some nice large scale color radar links in this one.

http://www.abacomapbahamas.com/weather.php

There is also a good interactive satellite map of the Abacos at:
http://www.abacomapbahamas.com/gmaps/abaco-gmap.htm

More sites at:
http://abacomessageboard.com/AbacoWeather.html

Of course there is Barometer Bob, a standby in the Abacos with lots of content on his site including realtime winds:
http://www.barometerbob.com/

Still more wx from Abaco:
http://abacotoday.com/weather/index.shtml

Have no clue how accurate this site is, but it deals with some out of the way places in the Bahamas:
http://freemeteo.com/default.asp?pid...d=3572658&la=1

[mocean]

the season is over..the wind has been so unreliable..
bring ya gear just in-case.
aj

[ricki]

May get some in Hope Town a few days around Sunday, I hope. You should get it right after on New Providence AJ. Late season present!

[captadamr]

Hope your packing your gear, its going to be a good few days and maybe the 31st weeekend will be windy....wierd

[ricki]

27 gusting to 35 mph Hope Town, Abaco, yee ha! Indicas here I come.

[ricki]

Just learned of yet another site, possibly with useful weather info not only in the Bahamas but also for getting there.

Wind and pressure
http://www.passageweather.com/index....da/mappage.htm

On the Florida Current/Gulfstream
http://www.passageweather.com/index....a/mappage2.htm

Be sure to animate the charts to help with spotting trends.

[ricki]

Originally Posted by Michelks

Great exuma and TCI
I'm thinking of going to one of these places in the last week of july or first of august.
How bad is the wind there during summer ,Can I get at least 10 Knts everyday?
Checking windguru and windfinder, wind stays in the 15 knots range direction e/se, what's verry good.
Is it right?? or I shoud forget these places since season is over.
Michel

I suggested getting in touch with http://www.exumakitesurfing.com/
but apparently they are out of there at that time of year.

Originally Posted by RickI

For only a week or so it is hard to say what might come through. This is the off wind season for the Western Bahamas. Just put up windgraph records for Georgetown, Exuma from last year for July and August. I've often wondered if they have summer tradewinds in that part of the Central Bahamas. Looking at the consistent easterly direction, it looks like they do, weaker ones anyway. The graphs are in mph not knots. It isn't as bad as I thought it would be, looks rideable rigged for light conditions (big board, good sized kite). Each year varies in these strange weather times were in however. A tropical system could increase or completely mess up the winds you see below. You're in prime time for tropical activity in late July and August. Contrary to common belief hurricanes and tropical storms can really mess up kiting (kiters too) at times.

[ricki]

Eddie Toy just told me about this site on Elbow Cay, Abaco (Rocky Bay).

http://www.rockybay.com/webcam_page_sml.htm