Climate effects?

[boatman37]

I have started noticing a pattern. Every year I start out really good then through the winter months I struggle then when the weather warms back up I start doing better. Thoughts on why? I'm sure it's related to humidity, etc but what should I try to combat that? Seems to me the lanes would dry up more in winter with lower humidity? So maybe try balling down in colder weather?

[Aslan]

I'm just guessing....but it seems like the summer months the oil evaporates a little more and a little faster. So, you end up getting dialed in to a certain path...then the temperatures drop, the humidity starts to increase, and that oil doesn't evaporate as much anymore. So, then you have to readjust your starting position and everything. I don't see it as much as I did in Iowa. Kansas is pretty dry and a bit warmer than Iowa was. We get snow in the winter...but its a short snow season. In California it obviously was even less of an issue...never snowed...only rained about 7 times a year.

[boatman37]

Humidity should be higher in summer, right? So it would evaporate more in the winter when the air is drier?

[Aslan]

Humidity should be higher in summer, right? So it would evaporate more in the winter when the air is drier?

Depends on where you are. The Southwest is going to have high heat with relatively low humidity (dry heat). The South is going to have very high humidity and high heat. The oil, if it behaves like standard oils, would evaporate the fastest in dry, high-heat environments. And, subsequently, it would evaporate least in colder, high-humidity environments.

But, you're right. Humidity does tend to lower in the colder, winter months...which should 'help' the oil evaporate...but its likely the temperature is far more of a factor than humidity on evaporation rate.

For me, humidity is mostly a "pain" when it comes to approaches. They tend to get "stickier" and ya gotta keep messing with your shoes to find the right slide/stop.

[J Anderson]

For me, humidity is mostly a "pain" when it comes to approaches. They tend to get "stickier" and ya gotta keep messing with your shoes to find the right slide/stop.

Ah the joys of bad ankles and bum knees. I can sympathize with the bum knee. My left knee, actually the better one, is starting to protest having to push the clutch pedal in my Ranger pick up. Thankfully it doesn't do it all the time.

[boatman37]

Tonight wasn't a bad and the weather is the coldest we have had so far this season but will monitor it

[Aslan]

Ah the joys of bad ankles and bum knees. I can sympathize with the bum knee. My left knee, actually the better one, is starting to protest having to push the clutch pedal in my Ranger pick up. Thankfully it doesn't do it all the time.

I've always had to struggle with the left knee...even when I was 50 pounds lighter. It's just a lot of weight to put on one joint repetitively. Its just a matter of not pushing myself too low at the foul line. Ya wanna get low so you have leverage on the ball...but if that knee bends too much...ouch. Shooting pain.

What really freaked me out was when the right knee blew up like a balloon and was causing me so much pain I would have to walk with a cane sometimes. To this day, I don't know what caused it. Eventually, I got a cortisone shot and it has been fine since.