In a message dated 12/14/98 5:09:46 PM EST, lbowles_at_bmts.com writes: << Sure, push a weather course but don't expect interest from the weekenders who need >> Who isn't a weekend paddler? VHF is the way to go but a RS weather radio is better the none. There is also the Internet. I scourer these sites looking for interesting weather. Is the Washington coast swell over 15 feet? Is the wind in the Sound going be to be over 15 knots? Here are some of the sites I check: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/cgi-bin/forecast_marine (Washington Marine Forecast) http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/wam.html (Global WAM Forecasts (Unclassified) http://www.fnoc.navy.mil/wam/gifs/wam_wvht_012_pac.gif (US Navy swell predicator 12 hours ahead) http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy/nw.html (Buoy select map Marine Weather | Northwest) *************************************************************************** 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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