Yeah. Very weird. Oddly enough the predictions were more accurate than the
live readings I was getting from the Ikites sensors.

--- In CTKitesurfing@yahoogroups.com, "JnG" <gnjef28@...> wrote:
>
> Shanks was 12 mph when I got there at 10AM- The meter read 4mph at Hammy but
the Uconn meter in the sound was 12-18 mph on a south flow, so it was a just a
question on wether the water temp would couple the wind- While I was setting up
the wind was building up to 17mph and while I was riding it some of the gust
were over 20mph. I started on my 11m but switched over to my 16m not long after.
I left the beach around 1PM and I guess it died out.
>
> No one can predict the wind. Somedays none is forecast yet mother nature finds
a way.......
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mmathews858
> To: CTKitesurfing@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:14 PM
> Subject: [CTKitesurfing] Re: Yesterday's wind. What's the deal with the
Ikite sensors?
>
>
>
>
>
> 14m an6 16m kites were flying at LB yesterday. wind dropped off a little
after 6pm. When I got there around 3:45, Rosen had a wind meter...read 13.5mph
and it was blowing harder than that shortly after.
>
> --- In CTKitesurfing@yahoogroups.com, "Juri Henley-Cohn" <jurihc@> wrote:
> >
> > So yesterday evening I was riding with Vin at Lighthouse Point for at
least
> > 2 hours. I wasn't lit or anything but was easily staying upwind. I was on
> > my Cult 12m and a Recoil Comp 134. I weigh 165lbs. So I get home and
> > check the graph and the graph shows that the wind was hovering around 10
> > mph. No way. There were definitely whitecaps out there and my wind meter
> > showed 12-15 mph. Is this a problem with just the Lighthouse Point sensor
> > or everywhere? The graphs for Bridgeport and Hammy and Saybrook weren't
> > much better either. Were folks riding there? What was it blowing?
> >
> > -Juri
> >
>