Day 10 Squally times

We managed to avoid one squall but then an hour later another appeared on radar very quickly. We have radar guard zone setup if a squall gets within 10nm, somehow this one sneaked in and the alarm went went off when it was only 5 miles behind us and closing fast. We furled in the jib and donned our foulies but it was only packing 27 knots and rained for a few minutes. Later at dusk we had a couple more come close. Seems we are officially on squall watch now. On my pacific crossing we encountered many big squalls especially around the doldrums but none packing more than wind speed plus 10knots. Apparently in the Atlantic you can get squalls that pack 40 and even 50knots. So we have to be on squall alert especially when the CAPE readings are high. No rest for the wicked it seems 🙂

Chet