ralph diaz wrote: > I have a water resistant Radio Shack weather radio [snip] > in the living room that I > like to listen to it regularly particularly in the days leading up to a > planned paddling jaunt. By listening regularly, I have spotted patterns > that affect both the athmospheric weather and likely sea conditions. > Earlier this year I was following the weather carefully leading up to a > Manhattan shoreline trip I organized [snip] > My soothsayer act was only made possible by constant monitoring and > being able to identify those subtle shifts in what is being said on the > weather radio; just listening to it that morning would have told me > nothing in effect. The Volins and Leonhardts probably thought I was > some sort of weather god though. :-) > > Now I also have my web page opener set for local weather [snip] > For those who want to do something similar, I got the webpage of general > local weather from http://www.dogpile.com which has a button somewhere > to get your local weather (it's a nice graphic with moon phases, etc.). > The marine forecast and the photo and sea conditions at my nearest > marine indicator (the Ambrose Light out at the mouth of NYC's lower bay) > come from http://www.nws.fsu/B which lead to a marine forecast and the > buoy reports. I can't wait to impress the Volins and Leonhardts with my > wealth of info the next time we paddle together! :-) Great story, Ralph! (Excuse, me ... weather god Ralph ... <g>) There is another source of weather prognostication (at least out here in Oregon) which the NWS makes available, which I use a lot. It's the inter-station "feed" detailing the **thinking** and some deeper analysis by the person(s) on duty at a given weather center. The feed describes the weather systems coming up, and often discusses the (usually different) predictions of the two or three computer models the NWS uses. It also mentions the range of possibilities. Don't know where the equivalent link is for NYC, but here's the one which works for Portland, OR: http://www.ocs.orst.edu/pub_ftp/weather/prog_discussion/prog.PQR Below the sig is what is on that link right now. (Not a great example, unfortunately -- weather is too good right now.) It takes a while to get used to their jargon, just as Ralph has made himself more attuned to the subtleties of his local weather radio mavens, by extended monitoring. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR -- > NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FORECAST DISCUSSION > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR > 830 AM PST TUE DEC 28 1999 > > STRONG BLOCKING UPPER RIDGE OVER PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONTINUES TO SHOW > SIGNS OF WEAKENING. THE EAST-WEST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS CONTINUE > TO SLOWLY DECREASE...THO EAST WINDS CONTINUE STRONG THIS MORNING NEAR > COLUMBIA GORGE. MODELS BRING A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER/INTO RIDGE WED > WHICH WILL HELP WEAKEN EAST-WEST GRADIENTS FURTHER. THIS SHOULD ALLOW > INVERSION TO DEEPEN IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY FOR MORE MORNING FOG WED. > THE NEXT SYSTEM FRI SHOULD FLATTEN THE RIDGE SUFFICIENTLY TO ALLOW > STRONGER SYSTEM SAT TO BRING PRECIP TO N HALF OF OREGON. MODELS > INDICATE ENOUGH ONSHORE FLOW FOR VALLEY RAIN SO NO WINTER WEATHER > PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED FOR NOW. LIGHT WINDS AND SWELL 7 TO 8 FT OVER > COASTAL WATERS AND WEAKER EBBS SO NO MARINE ADVISORIES. BOHL *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 28 1999 - 08:21:33 PST
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