Force	Mph	Water Conditions	Observable Phenomena	Windsurfer comments
0	<1	absolutely glassy	trees perfectly still	Damn!
1	0-5	jetskis out in force	birds circle overhead	(*%^&(*
2	0-10	mirage whitecaps	faint rustling in trees	"It's buildin'!"
3	0-12	faint ripples	Gentle breeze	"Shoulda bought a wide-tail!"
4	0-15	kites rise only to plummet seconds later	NOAA continues to say: 10-15	"Was that a bird or a whitecap?"
5a	2-18	occasional patches of whitecaps	parking lot begins to fill	"In the footstraps twice already!"
5b	18-2	many whitecaps close to shore	short gusts, long lulls	"Why did I sail all the way over here?!"
6	2-26	dark bands on the water on the other side of the lake	one sailor rigs a 4.0	"I'll be planing all the time!"
7	8-29	huge 2 ft. swells	atomic power plant plume nearly horizontal	"It's crankin'!"
8	11-35	whole lake covered in whitecaps	newbies drift hopelessly downwind	"It's nukin'!!!!!"
9	8-40	entire lake covered in whitecaps except those spots where you try to jibe	unattended boards tumble downwind	"Holy shit!"

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