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-===== The Secret Sauce for Good Days =====
+===== The Secret Sauce for Good Days? =====
+<WRAP indent>
 The conversations below are a sampling of the great variety of conditions on Bellingham Bay that can result in wave catching, great fun, and/or consternation and befuddlement.
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   - [[:magic_carpet_tide_change_thing_2019|Magic Carpets... 7/10/2019]]
-===== Too Big?/Too unsettled? =====
+</WRAP>
+===== Too Big? / Too Unsettled? =====
+<WRAP indent>
+There are periodic discussions about whether it was wise to paddle on Bellingham Bay on big days. To a certain extent the conversation gets rekindled because newer paddlers are trying to find their limits. There seems to be a consensus among most local boaters that with the exponential increase of force of greater wind speed, there is a point when the difficulty presented by the wind outweighs any enjoyment from surfing on the resultant waves. And there are days when the wind is in most folks' high range when the waves are cluttered enough to not provide enjoyable paddling. There is also a general understanding that **weather patterns**  that are unclear, expected to change at an inexact time, or subject to various factors that tend to make things unpredictable (like [[:stories:wind_convergence_2_24_2007|convergence]]) **can present excessive risk**. Beam winds (from the West or East in the Bay) that are too strong for laps generally also reduce or eliminate the likelihood of safe or even enjoyable downwind runs.
+  * [[:stories:little_too_nuclear|A Little Too Nuclear 2/04/2006]]
+  * [[:stories:big_wednesday|Big Wednesday/Paddle Friction Fit Woes 11/15/2006]]
+  * [[:stories:monday_madness_12_11_2006|]]
+  * [[:stories:upside_downwinder|Upside Downwinder - On the Edge of Uncomfortable 4/12/2009]]
+  * [[:stories:mousley_2010|Rob Mousley on Paddling in Extreme Conditions 3/04/10]]
+  * [[:stories:downwind_se_wind_2012|To Downwind or Not to Downwind Bay w/ High SE Winds 11/03/2012]]
+  * [[:stories:should_we_have_been_out_there|Was it A Good Idea 8/31/15]]
+  * [[:stories:tad_spicy|]]
+  * [[:stories:sunday_weather|Sunday Weather 3/30/2021]]
+  * [[:stories:wildcat_westwind_4_4_2022|West and North Wind Makes Wildcat Run Go South 4/4/2022]]
+  * [[:sloptest|]]
+</WRAP></WRAP>
+----
+==== Seasonal Wind History - Bellingham ====
+<WRAP centeralign>
+{{:locales:bellingham:bellwind.jpg?nolink&624x332|bellwind.jpg}}
-There are periodic discussions about whether it was wise to paddle on Bellingham Bay on big days. To a certain extent the conversation is rekindled because newer paddlers are trying to find their limits. There seems to be a consensus among most of the boaters that with the exponential increase of force that comes from greater wind speed, there is a point when the difficulty presented by the wind outweighs any enjoyment from surfing on the resultant waves. There is also a general understanding that weather patterns that are unclear or expected to change at an inexact time present unnecessary risk. Beam winds (from the West or East in the Bay) that are too strong for laps generally also reduce or eliminate the liklihood of safe or even enjoyable runs.
+{{:weather:windkey.jpg?nolink&493x56|windkey.jpg}}
-  * [[:surfski.wiki:stories:should_we_have_been_out_there|Was it A Good Idea]]
+chart: windalert.com
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