Project Aware
Weather Underground
Good morning from the Florida Sea Base. I just have a few minutes so this will be brief.
The weather forecast is near perfect; enough wind for the sailors but still calm enough to have great diving conditions too. Here is the marine forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today…Southwest to west winds 5 to 10 knots…becoming southwest and increasing to near 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas beyond the reef 1 to 2 feet. Seas inside the reef 1 foot or less. Nearshore waters smooth to a light chop. Isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Tonight…Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots in the evening…becoming west to northwest and decreasing to 5 to 10 knots. Seas beyond the reef 1 to 3 feet. Seas inside the reef 1 to 2 feet…subsiding to 1 foot or less. Nearshore waters a light to moderate chop…becoming smooth to a light chop. Isolated showers.
Wednesday…Southwest to west winds 5 to 10 knots…becoming southwest and increasing to near 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas beyond the reef 1 to 2 feet. Seas inside the reef around 1 foot. Nearshore waters smooth to a light chop. Isolated showers.
Wednesday Night…Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots…becoming southeast to south after midnight. Seas beyond the reef 1 to 2 feet. Seas inside the reef 1 foot or less. Nearshore waters smooth to a light chop. Isolated showers.
Thursday…East to southeast winds increasing to near 10 knots. Seas beyond the reef 1 to 2 feet. Seas inside the reef around 1 foot. Nearshore waters smooth to a light chop. Isolated showers.
Friday And Saturday…East to southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas beyond the reef 2 to 4 feet. Seas inside the reef 1 to 2 feet. Nearshore waters a light to moderate chop. Isolated showers and thunderstorms friday…then scattered showers and thunderstorms saturday.
Our temperatures are running from a low of about 80 to highs around 90 each day. UV is at or near the maximum level and sunscreen is definitely our friend this time of year. Some participants who fail to heed our advice (one or two per week) will earn a trip to the ER to be treated for serious sunburn, dehydration and even sun poisoning. Many of these people will have second degree burns from the sun. The tops of feet are frequently left exposed. That is a nasty place to have severe radiation burns.
Most things are going really well. There are 75 days left in the summer program season. Today is opening day for the Order of the Arrow Oceans Adventure (OAOA) so everything is in full swing now except the Open Oceans’ opening season which will get cranked up soon.
It is time for me to make the long commute from the dock to my office (about 200 feet). I hope your morning commute goes well.
Capt. Steve Willis
Aboard S/V Escape