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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 01/11/2009 :  21:53:31  Show Profile
Was watching the Weather Channel the other day thinking about what it's like for all you southern Californians - what's the story with the Santa Ana winds?

The winds can be pretty fierce in the hills, but what about when they're blowing offshore?

I'd imagine sailing on a beam reach out of So Cal on the Santa Anas would be pretty exciting.

With Catalina Island and the Channel Islands, what's it like when the wind's up?
Bruce Ross
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 01/12/2009 :  11:47:42  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Right near the coast the NE Santa Ana winds usually cancel out the NW onshore breeze with the result - no wind. Sometimes the Santa Ana breaks through in the late afternoons.

Offshore and especially up north it is a different story. Catalina and the Channel Islands can get fierce winds and waves on what is normally the lee side. This can cause serious damage.

Today - Monday 1/12 it is forecast to be 85F at my house. In the high 70s at the beach. Saturday we had no wind and hot dry air so I cleaned the inside of the boat and sunned all the cushions.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 01/12/2009 :  16:33:08  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
I am in Newport-Orange County- north of where Jim is. We had very strong winds Sat and Sun. Gusts up to 45mph. Today, Monday, is hot with a small craft warning, gusts up to 30mph.
Jim is correct re Catalina Island. I never plan those trips during Santa Anas(Nov-March/April).
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/12/2009 :  20:14:31  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by JimB517</i>
<br />...Today - Monday 1/12 it is forecast to be 85F at my house. In the high 70s at the beach...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...and 3" of new snow with 1/4" of ice on top of it... in Connecticut. The sun felt good behind 72 sq. ft. of glass in my office--overlooking the ice on the river.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 01/13/2009 :  09:08:51  Show Profile
My buddy in Santa Rosa, south of the SF bay, said they were getting 83 degrees. I love Newport CA and Marina del Rey. Hey, I think my customer in SoCal needs a visit right about now . . . after I get back from South Dakota!
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 01/13/2009 :  12:48:18  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
92 degrees yesterday at my house, today I had the Air Conditioning on in my car.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 01/13/2009 :  13:34:31  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">92 degrees yesterday at my house, today I had the Air Conditioning on in my car.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I miss San Diego sometimes, especially the sun. We haven't seen the sun in more than a month here, and no apparent end in sight. We're currently sitting under a giant high, but it's trapped moisture with us, so we have "mist" instead of sun. A few years back the town I lived in went 164 days in a row with no sun. Dismal at best, and when there's no sun, I really have to get motivated to get up off the couch & do anything. Can you say Seasonal Affective Disorder?
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 01/13/2009 :  17:06:10  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Voyager</i>
<br />...Hey, I think my customer in SoCal needs a visit right about now . . .<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">My FL client always timed things so I'd have to go there July-Sept., when you can get second-degree burns from touching the steering wheel in your parked car.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 01/13/2009 :  17:08:36  Show Profile
It's not nice to gloat! Supposed to be in the teens here tonight and down to 7 tomorrow night, once the mid-west nastiness gets here. How are you guys up near the northern border holding up?
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 01/13/2009 :  23:13:14  Show Profile
Dave - the 2nd part of my sentence was the kicker - my customer in Vermillion SD has invited me to see his new system in two weeks.

I love visiting the midwest in spring, summer and fall, but not in winter, that's why God invented California and Key West!
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 01/14/2009 :  10:03:15  Show Profile
I was talked in to staying in Ohio until friday - it was 9ΒΊ this morning and its supposed to actually get cold tonight. If my wife had been heading south before me instead of next week, she would have been on a plane yesterday when it when it was 30ΒΊ. Now I'm freezing while she finishes packing the stuff I'm taking down for her. Sometimes I wax nostalgic for my youth in San Bernardino and La Jolla.
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