>>Will it or won't it……            The ubiquitous question amongst windsurfing weekend warriors, Will there be wind? Thanks to the Taiwanese Central Weather Bureau or C.W.B, the days of skunked windless weekends in Penghu are mostly a thing of the past. The C.W.B. Provides Web based, detailed isobaric weather charts of the region. Which, with a little interpretation supply us with a good idea of what the wind strength and direction will be up to a week in advance.www.windguru.com       If you are thinking of coming over and are not sure quite how to interpret the C.W.B weather map. contact us directly for the coming weeks prediction.   >>Weather Phenomenon……       Why is a small island located just above the tropics so windy? Well, from September to late April or early May, massive high-pressure systems over Siberia produce cold fronts that generate strong winds over most of northern Asia as they are drawn southwards towards the warm air over the Pacific. This is the "northeast monsoon", and is particularly powerful in Penghu because the wind funnels down through the Taiwan Strait, accelerating between the land masses of China and the Taiwanese mainland.       A typical pattern is for the wind to hover at around 25-35 knots for several days, surging to 40 knots or more as a high-pressure system approaches then subsiding for a day or two before the next high rolls southward. Sometimes however the wind doesn't back off at all and it can howl for two weeks without a break. Every so often, especially late December onwards, as the highs are accompanied by the first really big cold fronts, a particularly intense band of high pressure will come through and you'll get a crazy period when it blows 50 knots or above.       Some years ago an American windsurf magazine ran and piece on 'the Baron's last crossing' the upshot of their background research showed that statistically for November (below the 45th parallel ) The Taiwan Strait is the windiest place in the northern Hemisphere!!…       Best of all though, Penghu lies just above the tropic of Cancer, so the water never really gets that cold. Wind chill factor makes a full suit a necessity come Jan & Feb but the rest of the time you're in a shorty.