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06-11-2008, 08:18 AM
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What sort of clouds to watch out for? Whichever ones spike the wind into dangerous gusts, change wind directions blowing you offshore or stalling your kite, kill the wind entirely leaving you offshore and more. Some from the area of Florida follow. There are other varieties of clouds of differing appearance worth watching as well. There is a lot more to know and do than to simply watch for threatening clouds in kitesurfing, see below for more ...
 A summer squall skids across the Tongue of the Ocean, east of Andros in the Bahamas  Getting a closer look at one of those summer squalls or cumulonimbus clouds  Something evil this way comes?  A supercell storm cloud near dusk (Click photo for full sized image) I just updated a post dealing with Weather Planning and Monitoring for kitesurfing. Based upon analysis of hundreds of accidents and incidents over the last eight years, I believe ALL kiters should undertake similar steps to the following for each kiteboarding session. More at: http://fksa.org/showthread.php?p=33852 Photos by Rick Iossi
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi Last edited by ricki; 06-11-2008 at 01:08 PM. 
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