Southern Lows are Tough Business
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Date: March 6, 2019
Noon Position: 47 19S 118 48W
Course: ESE 7
Wind: NW 21 – 34
Noon to Noon Miles: 155
Barometer: 997, falling
Sail: Working jib, heavily reefed.
Evening now. We’re in the heart of it, so just a quick note.
The barometer has been falling dramatically all day, from 1008mb at 2am to 995.5mb as I type. I’m hoping that’s the bottom, but I’ve been hoping that since 998mb.
Wind is *still* NW, which means that for hours now we’ve been stuck in the initial, NW phase of this low. I’m tired and wet through. A ...
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