Stand out spots were just too burly, no way to paddle out into 20'+ swell on Lake Superior in 40knot winds. No channel, no current and a 10 second period. Still, some sizable sets were found even under more sheltered conditions. What a day!!

Liam sizing one up and charging it.



For the record from Weather Underground.com --

"Yesterday's 28.20" (955 mb) low pressure reading in Minnesota breaks not only the 28.28" (958 mb) previous "USA-interior-of-the-continent-record" from Cleveland, Ohio during the Great Ohio Storm of Jan. 26, 1978 (a lower reading in Canada during this event bottomed out at an amazing 28.05"/950 mb), but also the lowest pressure ever measured anywhere in the continental United States aside from the Atlantic Coast. The modern Pacific Coast record is 28.40" (962mb) at Quillayute, Washington on Dec. 1, 1987. An older reading, taken on a ship offshore from the mouth of the Umpqua River in Oregon during the famous "Storm King" event on January 9, 1880, is tied with yesterday's 28.20" (955 mb.)

So, the famed storm that sank the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald in 1974, , was weaker than the current storm."

So wild.
So much respect.

peace
e

On track



peace
e

I seldom if ever post without a photo, but in this case i'll stick with tonight's forecast from NOAA and let you conjure up a probable image.


And I shit you not!

OPEN LAKE FORECAST FOR LAKE SUPERIOR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
927 PM EDT SUN OCT 24 2010
FOR WATERS BEYOND FIVE NAUTICAL MILES OF SHORE ON LAKE SUPERIOR


TUESDAY NIGHT
SOUTHWEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 60 KNOTS. RAIN
SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES BUILDING TO 25 TO 30 FEET.

WEDNESDAY
WEST STORM FORCE WINDS TO 60 KNOTS. RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY. WAVES SUBSIDING TO 12 TO 17 FEET.

WILD.


e

NORTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
WAVES 12 TO 17 FEET SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 14 FEET.


Lakes should be rocking, although a north wind does little for creating waves on our side of the lake obviously. For the rest of the lake surfers though, it could be a different story.
Holdin out for some much anticipated waves later in the week though.

peace

e