Hurricane Season Can Make For Good Fishing
Whether you follow the intricate rules of meteorology or the knowledgeable voice of the experienced angler, the message is the same.
As bad weather approaches, the barometer drops, and the fish want to feed. Once the bad weather passes and the barometer begins to rise, the fish will stop biting—or at least be more challenging to catch. So, how do you know how to time it? As with everything else, it’s nuanced. The barometer typically begins dropping for a hurricane 12 to 24 hours before storm arrival. However, changes in the barometer can happen quickly, slowly or somewhere in between and are measured in millibars or fractional inches of mercury—in Hg. Rapid changes involve increases or decreases of more than 0.18 in Hg in less than three hours. Slow changes involve increases or decreases of 0.003 to 0.04 in Hg within three hours. If changes are less than 0.003 in Hg in that timeframe, the pressure is holding steady. As a rule, the longer it takes the barometer to change, the longer the weather will last. Likewise, the faster and deeper the drop, the stronger the storm will be. In some cases—like a quick cloudburst—the weather event may be so brief that the barometer doesn’t change at all.
Remember....Safety First To be clear, an actual hurricane is no place to be, and even an everyday storm can bring lightning, heavy rains and winds that can grow deadly.
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