This may be old news to others, but it was new to me. Turns out that NOAA now has added a feature to the information available from any given weather buoy: weather information from any reporting station within a 200 nm radius (shorter radius figures can be selected). Try, for example, the La Perouse Bank buoy (about 60 nm NW of Cape Flattery, WA) (http://www.nws.fsu.edu/B/buoy?station=46206) and then scroll down to the bottom of the page. When I tried this tonight, there were reports from the surrounding buoys, and several ships -- one of which was offshore from me here in Astoria. Location maps are included as part of the suite of options for each buoy or ship. This service is labeled "experimental," and NOAA indicates that the various Coast Guard station reports will be incorporated in the near future. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Dave Kruger wrote: > > This may be old news to others, but it was new to me. Turns out that NOAA now > has added a feature to the information available from any given weather buoy: > weather information from any reporting station within a 200 nm radius (shorter > radius figures can be selected). I think it has been mentioned in Paddlewise before. In any case, one of the first dispatches I did for Canoe & Kayak mag (July 2000) for the Sea Kayak Dispatches section for which I am responsible was on regarding this site. Another thing to check are water temperatures beyond what the above site might lead to. I made it a subject of a dispatch for Canoe & Kayak for the March 2001 issue (http:///www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/data_res.html). Listserves such as PaddleWise as well as local ones like CPAkayaker and NYCkayaker every so often have some one post something about buoys, water temperatures and other useful, really vital, info. But I bet the net total amount of subscribers (knocking off multiple subscribers) to all these lists probably numbers around 1,000-1,200 whereas the mags like Canoe & Kayak have about 40-50 times that. Moreover, many people fool themselves into just considering balmy air temperatures in the spring while water is still cold in many parts of the country (that is why I choose the cold water warning and where to find temperatures in the March issue). So anything that reaches out to vast numbers of paddlers as a bit of warning is worthwhile even it only saves one live of a person who heeds the advice. Remember...not everyone is PaddleWISE. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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