A marine VHF will provide access to buoy reports (in coastal areas) which contain barometric information, distributed around the area you are visiting. That information has helped me to decide whether the front has passed me or not, and helped decide launch or no-launch. A barometer at your location only tells the pressure (and trend in pressure) in one location. With the buoy information, it is often possible to decide whether the brunt of a front will hit you or pass to the N or S. The above is just a summary of my experience -- which is limited to the Pacific NW, and the Queen Charlottes. In the Charlottes, we really relied on the radio's marine weather broadcasts. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 14 2000 - 22:14:07 PST
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