Wunderground or NOAA?

Post by **Redbelly** » October 27th, 2007, 9:42 am

Wunderground says wind up to 12mph for St Marks....NOAA says scary winds!

Who to believe?

Post by **wevans** » October 27th, 2007, 9:58 am

Believe yer eyes

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SGOF1

Post by **Redbelly** » October 27th, 2007, 10:07 am

The sea in the picture looks calm.....

Post by **MudDucker** » October 27th, 2007, 10:24 am

Its blowing pretty good down here at the Cape.

Good Times · Post by **Good Times** » October 27th, 2007, 10:49 am

Dang!

beatswork · Post by **beatswork** » October 27th, 2007, 9:55 pm

If NOAA states winds at 5-10 and seas 2 foot or less...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fX2Augg8Zk8

Post by **Chalk** » October 28th, 2007, 5:08 pm

beatswork wrote:If NOAA states winds at 5-10 and seas 2 foot or less...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fX2Augg8Zk8

Looks like me and birddog in Apalachicola the other day

Post by **birddog** » October 28th, 2007, 5:32 pm

Yep. That's about how it was.

EddieJoe · Post by **EddieJoe** » October 28th, 2007, 6:27 pm

wevans wrote:Believe yer eyes
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=SGOF1

Yep, but that wind reading is 100' above sea surface, which usually is a lot higher than at sea level. Still, if it is 25k at C-tower reading, probably is pretty snotty down below.

EJ