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| If you check out **discussion boards for boaters and sailors** you may be able to find some well informed discussions about models and apps, particularly about the **higher end features their paid versions** provide and how useful users have found them for trip planning, extended trips, etc. in specific areas. | If you check out **discussion boards for boaters and sailors** you may be able to find some well informed discussions about models and apps, particularly about the **higher end features their paid versions** provide and how useful users have found them for trip planning, extended trips, etc. in specific areas. | ||
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| + | ==== Watching for Weather Changes (When You Are Close to Or On the Water) ==== | ||
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| + | **Peter Marcus's Advice in Bellingham** | ||
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| + | 1) See any dark lines right on the horizon which isn't very far away from us because we are only sitting about four feet above the surface, maybe a pleasure/fishing boat pounding into the waves and wind in the distance. | ||
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| + | 2) A strong wind approaching will have a mist line above it, almost always there, moisture swept up above the surface like a very faint see-through fog. | ||
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| + | 3) Clouds….sneak a peak up, compare them to a permanent object,(different shapes tell different stories), like a surfski paddler sitting on a rock….get a feel for how fast the cloud is traveling. | ||
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| + | 4) okay, maybe four things….wave shape and pattern, 15 mph SE might have that Post Point chop, especially going over the reef right their, but if their is a little bigger mini roller under certain sets of waves or under that slop, it might be suggesting something from the distance…..so resort back to 1) | ||
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| * [[:stories:wtf_system_september_2015|2015]] | * [[:stories:wtf_system_september_2015|2015]] | ||
| * **Books** | * **Books** | ||
| + | * [[https://www.mountaineers.org/books/books/marine-weather-pocket-guide-a-field-reference|Marine Weather Pocket Guide/Field Reference]] Jeff Renner | ||
| * [[https://www.starpath.com/catalog/books/books_index.htm|Starpath Books List]] | * [[https://www.starpath.com/catalog/books/books_index.htm|Starpath Books List]] | ||
| * **Home Weather Stations** | * **Home Weather Stations** | ||
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