Tomorrow is 1/2 way on the route!

Mini update:  Next checkin call from Code will be at 4 pm EST.  I will update the website again after that!

Had a technically challenging conversation tonight with Code.  Maybe it is because they are halfway, which may be that they are switching satellite coverage from the US to Europe.  I could hear about every other word, at best.  He could hear me better, which is good, since I am the weather lady.

They are currently at 39 N and 51 W.  They go about 3 degrees per day (mini update:  I checked and it there are 53 miles for each degree at 39N...obviously the miles/degree varies depending where you are N/S.  At the equator it is something like 69 miles because the world is fatter there!  The longitude is alway 69 miles/degree because longitude doesnt change as it goes from pole to pole, not around the world like a series of belts).  The Azores are at 28 West.  So by tomorrow (Thurs) night, they will be at 48 W, then 45 on Friday, and so on.  Winds tomorrow afternoon are diminishing, it looks like about 10 to 15 knots, E/NE (direction that it blows from).  They had a windy day today and will be windy for most of the night (about 20 to 30 knots from the North) and they were happy to hear that things are going to give them a break, at least for tomorrow.  Triple reef was in for some of the day today.  Winds look like they kick up again

Kids had a minute to say hello and goodnight (of course, now they are mad at me for making them go back to their beds..., oh the joy...).

So far, it sounds like it has been a long haul with winds blowing unpredictably in unusual directions.  Could it be related to the heat wave we're having, record tornados in the midwest, and flooding in the south.  Climate change at work.