John Ross, of the University of Washington's Department of Atmospheric Sciences, suggested I access a weather forecasting model his department produces (Pacific Northwest MM5 Mesoscale Numerical Forecasts: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/mm5.cgi), in lieu of another, more established atmospheric modeling regime (MRF -- available many places, most popularly off the Purdue server: http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/mrf/index.html). The UWDAS-supported model appears to be at least as good as the MRF, and the "picture" is much more informative, both for its apparent validity (seems to "predict" better than the MRF), and *for the clarity and beauty of its graphics.* It is especially detailed - maybe the limit for weather forecasting in a coastal area. If you live in the Pacific Northwest (rain forest coastal area, anyway), I think you'll really like this weather-predictor. The interface demands a little getting used to, but the rewards are large. I use what they list as the "36 km domain: Western North America and the NE Pacific Ocean" choice, and ratchet it out to its max at times (48 hours; 'bout the limit for predicting weather around here!). This is pretty much the default choice when you access the URL above. I just sort of blundered around until I found the forecast choice that fit my needs. Could be John Ross would have recommendations for your area, if you emailed him. (He's a really nice guy.) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
Hey! PaddleWise's first post! Hello and welcome new members! (and that would be all of us :-) Hiya Dave, > From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_seasurf.com> > > John Ross, of the University of Washington's Department of Atmospheric > Sciences, suggested I access a weather forecasting model his department > produces (Pacific Northwest MM5 Mesoscale Numerical Forecasts: > http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/mm5.cgi), in lieu of another, more > established atmospheric modeling regime (MRF -- available many places, > most popularly off the Purdue server: > http://wxp.atms.purdue.edu/mrf/index.html). > > The UWDAS-supported model appears to be at least as good as the MRF, and > the "picture" is much more informative, both for its apparent validity > (seems to "predict" better than the MRF), and *for the clarity and > beauty of its graphics.* It is especially detailed - maybe the limit > for weather forecasting in a coastal area. > > If you live in the Pacific Northwest (rain forest coastal area, anyway), > I think you'll really like this weather-predictor. The interface > demands a little getting used to, but the rewards are large. I use what > they list as the "36 km domain: Western North America and the NE Pacific > Ocean" choice, and ratchet it out to its max at times (48 hours; 'bout > the limit for predicting weather around here!). This is pretty much the > default choice when you access the URL above. > > I just sort of blundered around until I found the forecast choice that > fit my needs. Could be John Ross would have recommendations for your > area, if you emailed him. (He's a really nice guy.) > > -- This is *some* site. He gives you ample blundering opportunities :-) I see email info for Mark Albright or David Ovens but I didn't see any email info for John Ross. What's his email address? I would like to blunder into my area if possible. btw, this is a good site for weather links for those who have paddling web sites. Going up a level to http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/ gets you to National Data, Satellite Imagery, and lots of other stuff. Thanks, Dave. Cheers! Jackie _ _ _ _ _ \\ / \0/ \ / \0/ \ \\ " " `\ ,sSSs,\, )\w/( ,sSS..)/{) <<..> sSSS_v)/ \ )<*> sSS[(\_]___\ <(_/_o_o_ 'sS[_`-+---+) \----+-------+-------'---`-----\-------------') ~~~~~~~ ~~jf ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~\~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ o \ o \\ o o \\ o o ` (\ o o >jf:-) o (/ o *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ***************************************************************************
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