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Paw Paw - Log Day 185: Another Wave of Unpleasant and Unforecasted Weather



Today, we baked fresh bread to take ashore for the Marine Park Rangers and we were looking forward to our picnic on the beach. Unfortunately we ended up having to stay onboard due to another wave of unpleasant weather passing over us.

While we expected a change in the wind direction due to an outer band of a cold front passing hundreds of miles to the south of us, we were not expecting the unforecasted strong winds. The forecasts indicated that the light 5-10 Kts of wind we had yesterday would last until Thursday, not have 20-25 Kts, resulting in a fetch coming across the lagoon that we would prefer to do without.

The weather moderated slightly this afternoon, but has picked up again tonight. Given the total unreliability of all the forecasts, we have no idea what to expect tomorrow. While we are not in any danger, we are nonetheless praying for a safe night and hope the light winds set in tomorrow so we can get out of the pass and leave for American Samoa before the next low pressure system hits.

To put this weather phenomenon in perspective; this is like a low pressure system with its associated cold front coming off the continental US and hitting Grenada in the southern Caribbean. It's just unheard of, but our reality.



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