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I just drove across the country late this week (Houston to Flagstaff &
back), and I couldn't miss the high winds in the Amarillo area. Does
anyone sail up there? I noted local lakes I saw on the map.

Dan Donahoe
Spring, TX

You bet we have winds.  I sail near Abilene (to the south of
Lubbock) and today we have 20 gusting to 26, not unusual.  Lake
Fort Phantom is pretty famous for its windy conditions.  There
used to be lots of sailboat racing, typically one design and all
comers.  A few years ago, I had gotten several college guys into
windsurfing and racing but the racing has died out.  The only
problem is prolonged lack of rain so that windsurfing is about
the only thing we can get into the water.  I windsurf and play
golf -- and spend half my time in Abilene and half in the
Houston area.  It always seems to me Houston has no wind and
Abilene has too much.

CI

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Amarillo WX radio weather roundups sound like a broken record all summer:
For weeks on end it reports 18-19 mph all night and 22-24 mph all day. Lake
Meredith, ~half an hour north, runs SW to NE, just waiting to scoop up that
prevailing SW wind. My two trips there agreed, but I'm not sure how well the
lake wind agrees with NOAA. Meredith sailors say the lake's not quite that
good; the rangers say their instruments show the lake blows harder than NOAA
reports.

Conchas Lake in eastern NM whitecaps 2 days out of 3 all summer, according
to the Corps of Engineers who runs the lake. Water skiiers have to do their
thing in theh AM, 'cause they get blown off the lake most afternoons,
probably by very steady 15-18 mph breezes. It's a favorite spring and early
summer spot for NM windsurfers, 'cause it flat RIPS then, with MANY days at
30 and 40 mph from mid-AM to dark. It can also be dead calm, but that's rare
from March through July.

Mike \m/
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Thanks.

Debbie