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Subject: TWL: Weather Information Decision Rules
From: Kim Cimmery (kcimmery@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 10:24:20 EST
We own a 38' powerboat, sedan-style with flybridge. This summer or next
summer we intend to take it up to the Puget Sound/British Columbia cruising
areas. I have helped two friends take their trawlers up, from Portland to
Port Orchard/Nanimo, on the "outside". Both trips were boring and I desire
my future experience to be the same. I am interested in learning if there is
a publication or a short course offered (not the standard coastal navigation
course) that explores how to use appropriate websites for reviewing and
collecting
available weather and marine conditions information. My objective is to
cross-reference web available information to verify that a weather/ocean
condition window of opportunity will exist starting in the next 24 hours and
lasting for at least 24. I have found these sites to be helpful for
information:
Fleet Numerical Meteorology, www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC
Ocean Weather, www.oceanweather.com
National Center for Environmental Prediction, www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Marine Weather, www.marineweather.com
Buoy Map, www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/rmd.shtml
(Buoys 46005, 46029, and 46041)
Whidbey Island NAS, wx1.naswi.navy.mil
Naval Research Lab Monterey, kuai.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-products.html
(Good satellite images, enhanced)
Does anyone know of a good publication that explains how to use information
(in non-technical terms, appropriate for coastal navigation) from websites
like these? Does any organization offer a short-course (correspondence?) on
this
subject-matter?
-Kim Cimmery
MV Moon Magic
Portland, OR
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