This past weekend, 3 of us Atlantic salties headed for the mountains and some fresh water paddling on the Saranac Lakes in the Adirondacks of NY. Much to our dismay, when we were preparing for our day of paddling and turned on the weather, we got nothing but static. I tried it on my VHF, someone else tried it on their little weather radio. Nothing on all 3 receivers. What gives? Weather only happens on salt water? As it turned out, a terrible storm did kick up; downpours, a good 40 mph wind, thunder/lightening. Fortunately, it came in the evening when we were off the water and back in camp. Please advise; I hate not being able to monitor the weather regardless of where I am. Debbie Reeves Atlantic Sea Kayakers Sandy Hook, NJ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
>> This past weekend, 3 of us Atlantic salties headed for the mountains and some fresh water paddling on the Saranac Lakes in the Adirondacks of NY. Much to our dismay, when we were preparing for our day of paddling and turned on the weather, we got nothing but static. I tried it on my VHF, someone else tried it on their little weather radio. Nothing on all 3 receivers. What gives? Weather only happens on salt water? As it turned out, a terrible storm did kick up; downpours, a good 40 mph wind, thunder/lightening. Fortunately, it came in the evening when we were off the water and back in camp. Please advise; I hate not being able to monitor the weather regardless of where I am. Debbie Reeves Atlantic Sea Kayakers Sandy Hook, NJ >> ************************************************************************** * NOAA weather stations have a range of only about 40 miles, depending on terrain, so there are some coverage gaps. Only about 70% of the country is covered. Since VHF frequencies are line-of-sight, mountains would easily block VHF transmissions. For a list of NOAA weather stations in New York, see http://www.disastercenter.com/newyork/NOAA.html. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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