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Author:  trapperjohn [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:12 am ]
Post subject:  Understanding Marine Forecasts
Hi everyone, I am trying to accurately read marine forecasts but I don't fully understand them. I guess I need pictures and a weather for dummies book. I use the website weather.forecast.gov and have included the report for this Thursday and Friday for the Oxnard / Ventura area. Don't worry, I can guess that these conditions suck for an A.I. and would never attempt this. Can someone explain what all the terms mean (in lay terms?) And perhaps post pics. The time I was looking at was Thursday 11:00am - 5:00pm

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Author:  LarryJ [ Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Understanding Marine Forecasts
Trapper,

try weather.com.http://mw.weather.com/tenday/USCA0819?family=webkit
Author:  jeffruss [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Understanding Marine Forecasts
I'd like to see the original site and that data. I keyed in the site, but didn't get any hits. Can you post the full site name? Normally there's a key somewhere on the site explaining what the symbols mean.

Meanwhile, there are many sites out there for marine forecasts. Here's a text site I use for the Chesapeake Bay: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/fz ... wf.lwx.txt

If you just use http://weather.noaa.gov there's a link for marine weather and you can enter in your area of interest.

Weather.com is a good one, as is wunderground

Jeff
Author:  Salty Dawg [ Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Understanding Marine Forecasts
This site might be the easiest for you.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?map.x=226&map.y=131&minlon=-121.29&maxlon=-117.61&minlat=32.65&maxlat=35.81&mapwidth=354&site=lox&zmx=1&zmy=1
Author:  Thrashie [ Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Understanding Marine Forecasts
www.windfinder.com
Author:  NOHUHU [ Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Understanding Marine Forecasts
Don't go in the coastal waters without knowing the TIDES!

http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Oxnard-Shores/tides/latest

And for general conditions:

http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Oxnard-Shores/forecasts/latest/six_day
Author:  trapperjohn [ Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Understanding Marine Forecasts
Thanks, I really like this site. I also found this re: significant wave heights. http://www.mxak.org/weather/pdfs/waves.pdf

NOHUHU wrote:
Don't go in the coastal waters without knowing the TIDES!

http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Oxnard-Shores/tides/latest

And for general conditions:

http://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Oxnard-Shores/forecasts/latest/six_day
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