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Wind effected by tide?
From: Russell Sher
Date: 2000 Feb 14, 12:53 AM
From: Russell Sher
Date: 2000 Feb 14, 12:53 AM
The other day I was sailing into a bay on our West Coast of South Africa -a few hours from Cape Town. Someone asked the port control for the wind speed reading. After this was given, I though that I heard something about the wind speed would probably increase because of the expected state of the tide. (I can't quite remember whether it was high or low) - Is there any truth in saying that the state of the tide affects the prevailing wind speed? Regards Russell
