This summer weather wise is one to remember for seasons to come. We’ve had all sorts of interesting weather patterns: Big storms with hail, big winds with huge waves, & weather moving in from the east.
I was out on a Sonar with my Adult Keelboat class getting ready to wrap up our day on the lake. We started our beam reach east back towards the sailing center. As soon as we got to the breakwater, I could see this rogue storm cell coming from the east right behind the Moran Plant. I immediately grabbed my radio and hailed the center alerting everyone of the impending storm. At about that time, Emma had seen the storm pop up on the radar. She scrambled all the staff onto motorboats to assist the numerous 420 renters out on the lake. Meanwhile, I could see the squall coming in our direction aboard the Sonar, so I decided to execute a 180 degree turn and flee west. To our dismay, we didn’t quite dodge the wall of rain that swept across the lake pretty quickly. This story is a perfect example of how we can never predict what will happen with the storms and wind on the lake and how you always need to be looking east & west for approaching weather.
I’m sure this summer will again break records for rainfall as long as this pattern continues. Everyone seems to be in the groove of breaking down boats and moving into the big white tent as soon as our guaranteed afternoon storm rolls in. We are all keeping our fingers crossed for a sunny second half of the summer.
