Strange Phenomenon

[30yearslater]

All kidding aside, this was like someone hit a switch. The shoreline is virtually flat with no mountains within several hundred miles. In fact the shoreline is featureless for the most part. The weather was scattered stratus clouds with no vertical development. Some light rain began about 4 hours after I departed by which time I had returned to port. The water temperature is being reported as 71F from the data buoys. The phenomenon lasted over a 3.5 hour period which was about the length of time I was out. The two people with me were also surprised at how it went from hot and sticky in the harbor to cold then back to warm as we proceeded farther out. At this point I am leaning toward the upwelling at the near shore bottom slope as this was the distance that it occurred. I may ask a local weather person if they might have an explanation since this was such a quirky situation.

[Dave_S]

Originally Posted by 30yearslater

Good one Jim. I may never sail again if it is the result of aliens. I can't abide being probed.

Too late

[30yearslater]

Well we may have the explanation. I contacted a local meteorologist and was informed I wasn't the only one who had experienced this. The most probable cause was a rare upwelling event where the wind and waves have to be just right and strong enough to trigger the event. Good thing since I misplaced my tinfoil hat and I do really enjoy sailing.

[belizesailor]

Well...whose to say that strange upwelling wasnt caused by aliens!

[wallythacker]

The opposite happened to me in Sudbury about 25 years ago in winter. While riding my sled I suddenly starting sweating like mad and then realized the outside air temp had risen from -25c to +25c within 1/2km. This continued on for about 5kms then just as suddenly everything was very cold again.

Nobody in our group that day ever figured out why it happened.

[Variant]

You sailed through a time warp

[30yearslater]

Originally Posted by Variant

You sailed through a time warp

That certainly explains the Japanese Zeros strafing me and the F14s chasing them off. I also posted to a facebook group Lake Ontario Effect and it seems this was a massive event over a very long distance.