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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

We wanted to go out on our boat a few years back, leaving from Parker Marine in Alton Bay, and go out to Chestnut Cove / Robert's Cove for a little peaceful anchor time and swim to cool off. Hot humid day. Checked the weather radar just before leaving, and there was a line of thunderstorms in upstate NY and VT moving basically east. I even clicked on the "cell direction tracker" feature, and it also showed the storms moving basically east, and would remain north of the Ossipees, up toward No. Conway. Headed out as planned. We got out there, found our favorite (secret) spot, and dropped anchor. All the way out the bay, we could see the storms over toward the Meredith end of the lake, still looking well north or northwest of the lake, and it still looked good. As I was opening the bimini, and walking forward to hook the tiedowns, I glanced at the Ossipees, and the left edge (NW end) were obscured by rain. We stared at it for a few minutes, and decided that discretion was the better part of valor. While I put the boot back on the bimini and pulled the anchor, my wife pulled out her phone and checked the radar. The line had turned more southeast, and was now bearing down on the lake. Fired up, and headed back to the dock. We got tied up and buttoned up, and as we pulled out of Parker's parking lot, the skies opened up. Thank God for being smart enough to look around, check the weather radar once again, and being smart enough to get the heck out of Dodge!!!!

Good observation!

Take it from a sailor who always has his AM radio on, and keeps his eyes on the weather:

If you're on the lake, there is probably no better assurance that you're going to get wet if the western end of the Ossipee Mountain Range is obscured by rain.

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