If you've got a warm suit and some small gear, you may want to check the forecast for Wednesday...

Drew

Hey Andrew, I'm thinking about hitting Gun Lake. I've had some great times on it this year when Lake Michigan has been too cold. Hoping I can get someone to join me. Last session Dr. Henry Lyons brought jugs of warm water we used to warm feet and hands, it really makes a difference.

Yeah, looks exciting! Where are you sailing? I’m going to put that Gun Lake in my favourites, its 3 hrs drive from me and it could be an alternative when nothing here. For Wednesday I’m thinking Wolf maybe.

That robin's egg blue stuff is 60+ mph in the gust forecast. And an air temp that starts with a 3.

Gust Forecast mph - 12:00 pm

Haha... I was just rechecking the local forecast graphs and was like, "wow, the temp is going to be 49 at 3pm!"

Then I realized that I was looking at the wind gust graph. Temp at 3pm is 41, windchill 35

A "dawn patrol" day for sure!

Drew

A helmet and an impact vest would have come in handy

Huh, dodged the bullet! Roman spared me the misery this morning. He got to Wolf at 7:00 and called me around 8 o’clock, when I was just about to leave home, that it’s terrible and he is packing up. It shouldn’t be a surprise that I gladly went back to my warm bed. Thanks Roman! I owe you one!

Yes, it was nasty weather. I watched it for a while, and it was white smoke and then a few minutes later almost dead. Then it would get reasonable for a while (maybe 20 min) and then rage again, with gusts busting through at very different directions. I rigged my 5.3, then my 5.8 and took a few runs which fun, but saw white at the other side of the lake and zoomed back to shore. Within about a minute it was at least 4m wind, if not 3.5!

If it was in July and 80 degrees I would have put up with it

Drew