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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-left: 1.27cm; text-indent: 0.64cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Ron’s “Highly Recommended”  Weather Resources for Boaters</strong></span></span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Meteorology Books</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most of the books below can be bought at </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nauticalmind.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.nauticalmind.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> or you could go to </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.amazon.ca/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> or </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> online to order them. Try to get the used copies they are much cheaper and usually in good shape – I have had great luck with buying used books.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have all these books, have read them all, and I believe they are very good for all types of boaters. Just type in the book title in Google and see reviews, where to buy, and find the lowest price. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Listed  below are my highly recommend  books.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Meteorology Today 9</strong></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>th</strong></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> Ed.</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">C.D Ahrens -This book is one of the most widely used and authoritative texts for the introductory meteorology course. Introductory stories draw you into the discussion, in-chapter reviews help you master concepts while you study, and end-of-chapter exercises provide opportunities for you to guage your understanding. See Nauticalmind, Chapters or Amazon websites for the best prices on new and used books</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wind, Weather &amp; Waves</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Environment Canada (hard to find)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">First try </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nauticalmind.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.nauticalmind.com</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> then if they don’t have any in stock try - </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.starpath.com/catalog/books/1829.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.starpath.com/catalog/books/1829.htm</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The best book I have seen on Great Lakes weather and local effects. Many excellent cloud photos and illustrations. The book is filled with very specific examples and guidelines for mariners.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">This book is a very good practical guide to marine weather in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes present a challenge to boaters and this book will make you appreciate the importance of developing a keen weather sense.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Weather Handbook</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>,</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Alan Watts. Here is a book that explains how to accurately predict weather patterns-without the "aid" of TV forecasters-through common-sense observations of the clouds and wind and through clear-eyed readings of weather maps. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book's many useful tips and rules-of-thumb-supplemented with color photos of clouds and illustrations of weather systems-are based on the latest meteorological advances, as well as centuries-old weather lore. Boaters, fishermen, hikers, or anyone who spends time outdoors will find this book an invaluable resource. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Subjects covered include: Cloud identification; How to read the wind; Interpreting weather maps; Predicting sea breezes and gales; The crossed-wind rule, and much more. A helpful glossary clarifies meteorological terms. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather at Sea</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by David Houghton. This book clearly explains the basic principals that govern the weather. The concepts have been made easy to understand, letting you get the most from weather maps and forecasts, along with teaching you to predict the weather.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Heavy Weather Guide 2</strong></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>nd</strong></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> ed.</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> , by Kotsch/Henderson,Naval Institute Press.ISBN 0-87021-263-X </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the second, and extensively revised, edition of a book that was first published nearly twenty years ago but which has remained one of the classic texts in its field. A draw-back to the first edition was that it was awkwardly organized, but this new edition has a new format that improves the clarity and access immensely. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The book consists of two major sections: understanding severe marine weather and the art of seamanship in storm conditions. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather Maps (2</strong></span></span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>nd</strong></span></span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> ed.): How to Read and Interpret Wx Charts</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>,</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> by P.Chaston, (816) 628 4770 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Practical Weather Forecasting</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Frank Mitchell, Christie Barron’s Publishing</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mariner’s Weather Handbook,</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Steve &amp; Linda Dashew, Beowulf Inc., ISBN 09658028-2-5 (Great Offshore Weather book) </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mariner's weather Handbook is one of the best books about marine weather outthere. Understand the constantly changing three-dimensional relationships between differing air masses and their fronts. Steve Dashew explains the world's weather in a systematic and logical progression that keeps you on the learning curve. With quotes and examples from leading meteorologists as well as his own experiences (over 100,000 miles under sail), Mr. Dashew explains the mechanics of the weather and the tools available to forecast it. More importantly for mariners, he details what the real concerns are during voyage planning and 'at sea'. Medium level understanding and somewhat technical.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather for the Mariner </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Kotsch, Naval Institute Press,ISBN 0-87021-756-9  Understanding Weather Fax, by Mike Harris</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This package enables offshore sailors to make their own forecasts based on observations of sky, barometer, sea state, and wind direction and speed, and then to make life-saving decisions based on those forecasts. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather For Sailors </strong></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>- </strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bill Biewenga</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> and edited by the meteorologists -http://www.northu.com   2nd ed. Designed to help sailors, cruisers and racers gather, understand and interpret weather information. This book contains a broad overview of weather and weather systems, which gradually narrows to specific wind and weather conditions consequently found aboard ship. The means of applying this information to voyages, races and cruising is also detailed.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Lightning and Boats: A Manual of Safety and Prevention</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Paperback)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">by Michael V., Jr. Huck (Author) – Great little book (~$10 US)</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Coastal and Offshore Weather: The Essential Handbook</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">3rd ed. rev. By Chris Parker. Perfect for those who are getting started in marine weather. Parker covers weather dynamics, weather forecasts, interpreting weather, clouds and reading the sky, forecasting products and how to use them, including VHF, AM/FM radio, WeatherFax, SSB/Ham, HF modem products, satellite and cell phone, GRIBs, weather nets, and more.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Instant Weather Forecasting </strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Alan Watts. 3</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">rd</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> ed. A photographic guide to forecasting the weather in the hours ahead. By comparing the sky to the 24 colour photos, the user can ascertain what the likely weather trends will be.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Instant Wind Forecasting</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Alan Watts. 2</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> ed. A companion to the popular "Instant Weather Forecasting." Provides specialist knowledge in an easily accessible form so that predictions can be made based on the look of the sky, the feel of the day, and a set of tables.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Modern Marine Weather </strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By David Burch. </span> <span style="font-size: medium;">A new, comprehensive text on how to take weather into account for the planning and navigation of voyages, local or global, using the latest technologies as well as the time-honored skills of maritime tradition, so that your time on the water remains as safe and efficient as possible.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Barometer Handbook</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By David Burch. A good barometer is the key to good weather work. Burch explains how to evaluate barometer readings, do a simple calibration using convenient online resources, and how to use accurate pressure readings for marine navigation. He includes monthly mean sea level pressures worldwide and their standard deviations.  Love this book!!</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>On-Board Weather Handbook</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By Chris Tibbs. A basic book on marine weather describing how to interprete wind, clouds, and barometer, and how to integrate these with official forecasts. Includes a chapter on weather routing. Another GEM!!</span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For the Racing Sailor</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sailors Wind </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Stuart Walker </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"The intent of this book is to explain why the air in which we sail behaves as it does." So begins Walker, who combines 60 years of sailing (more than 6,000 races) and teaching experience for an in-depth study of one of nature's greatest forces. Gradient winds and their variations (weekly, seasonal, offshore flow) and thermal winds (upslope, downslope, offshore, lake breeze) are covered equally in chapters that explore such topics as the offshore sea breezes of St. Petersburg, the mountain winds of New York's Finger Lakes, and the differences between thunderstorms and downbursts. Fundamental principles of physics are necessary to understand wind flows and can be intimidating; at first glance this looks like a classroom textbook, but Walker's explanations, supplemented by more than 100 drawings and many tables, provide a thorough--yet challenging--overview for sailors or anyone studying the physics associated with wind flow.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This book is really, really, really technical -  I would start with some other basic books and then move onto this one later on. The Bible for the racing sailor.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wind Strategy </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">by David Houghton and Fiona Campbell</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For nearly 20 years Wind Strategy has given sailors the answer to these questions and many more. It gives a set of basic principles so that you can predict the wind's behaviour virtually anywhere in the world. It shows how the wind will shift and bend over the relatively small area of the racecourse, and how it is modified by: The sea breeze,The land breeze, Gusts, Clouds</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Cliffs, Other boats, Islands, The shore, Currents, Water temperature. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In short, Wind Strategy gives you the "local knowledge" you need to become a winner. Another more technical book for the seasoned racer.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bible 2 for the racing sailor.</span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Magazines about the Weather</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weatherwise </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">~ $45 /year </span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Weatherwise</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> features fascinating articles and spectacular color photographs that showcase the power, beauty, and excitement of weather. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Weatherwise</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> articles present the latest discoveries and hottest issues in meteorology and climatology and focus on the relation of weather to technology, history, culture, art, and society. In each issue, our expert columnists answer reader questions about the weather; discuss current events and people in the news; review new weather-related books and videos; test reader forecast skills with analysis of weather maps; and summarize recent weather events in the United States and Canada.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weatherwise.org/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>www.weatherwise.org</strong></span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Mariners Weather Log</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">– </span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Mariners Weather Log (MWL), a publication of the </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">National Weather Service (NWS)</span></span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">, contains articles, news and information about marine weather events and phenomena, storms at sea, and weather forecasting</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://vos.noaa.gov/mwl.shtml"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>http://vos.noaa.gov/mwl.shtml</strong></span></a></span></span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>ON-Line Basic Weather Courses and CD’s</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WW2010 </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">– Developed by the </span><a href="http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS)</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">at the </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.uiuc.edu/"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;">, WW2010 (the weather world 2010 project) is a WWW framework for integrating current and archived weather data with multimedia instructional resources using new and innovative technologies. To ensure the greatest possible accuracy of our instructional resources, all materials have been reviewed and edited by professors and scientists from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Illinois State Water Survey. – Great Met course – Free On-line or CD $7 </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>North U</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> publishes the accompanying </span></span><em><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weather for Sailors</span></span></em><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> textbook, CD-ROM and the online </span></span><em><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weather Routing Wizard</span></span></em><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> tool.  Prepared jointly by </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.northu.com/seminars.taf?_course=4&amp;page_name=info&amp;flash=5"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">North U</span></span></span></a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">., Bill Biewenga, Lou Roberts and Commanders Weather, these all new Weather for Sailors resources are designed to help sailors, cruisers, and racers gather, understand, and interpret weather information. </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weather4sailors.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.weather4sailors.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Starpath Weather Trainer</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> –</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">The Starpath Weather Trainer is a revolutionary, easy-to-use teaching tool and resource which will forever change the way weather skills are taught. This powerful, interactive computer course gives you the working skills that would normally take years to acquire. It provides practical, thorough training that is both memorable and valuable. From weather basics for the beginner to advanced topics for seasoned mariners, the Weather Trainer can make anyone a more competent mariner. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.starpath.com/catalog/software/1804.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.starpath.com/catalog/software/1804.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>More Advanced Weather Training (you need to do some reading</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>)</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>COMET </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>- </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">The COMET</span><sup><span style="font-size: medium;">®</span></sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> Program serves as a premier resource to support, enhance, convey, and stimulate scientific knowledge about the weather for the benefit of providers, educators, and users of weather information. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.comet.ucar.edu/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>http://www.comet.ucar.edu/</strong></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>MetEd</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">(Meteorology Education and Training) Website was established to provide education and training resources to benefit the operational forecaster community, university atmospheric scientists and students, and anyone interested in learning more deeply about meteorology and weather forecasting topics </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.meted.ucar.edu/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>http://www.meted.ucar.edu/</strong></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>AMS</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> - </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">An introductory college course provided by the American Meteorological Society for undergraduate institutions nation wide</span></span><span style="color: #d65601;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/online/info/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/online/info/</strong></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather Software</strong></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WxPlotter</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">– (Weather Plotter)  Wx Plotter is a full-featured weather software package, plotting elements such as current weather, temperature, dew point, ceiling, wind barbs, and relative humidity. -Wx Plotter Activation is now </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>free</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Start with this one) Great little program!! </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nerdtests.com/software_wxplotter.php"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.nerdtests.com/software_wxplotter.php</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WeatherPipe</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> automatically </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>downloads</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> weather charts from the Internet at predesignated times and </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>prints and/or saves</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> them. Imagine waking up every morning and having a fresh set of professional surface charts from your favorite site waiting on the printer<br />WeatherPipe will import GIF, JPG, and even TIF files. Charts may come from your government, from university servers, and more. For those dark charts, you can configure individual charts to print as a photographic negative. Images don't even need to be a weather chart; for example if you find football scores or train schedules in GIF format ( or US Marine forecasts), WeatherPipe will print those too. As long as it's an image and on the Internet, it can be printed. <br /></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weathergraphics.com/weatherpipe/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.weathergraphics.com/weatherpipe/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Digital Atmosphere</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is a powerful weather forecasting software that allows you to create detailed maps of real-time weather for anywhere in the world. It makes extensive use of techniques and algorithms that are comparable and in some cases superior to the National Weather Service's multimillion-dollar Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System. It can run on any 486 or Pentium system, and does not require any type of subscription or recurring costs, using free data from the Internet. More expensive ($99 to $199US) but have a look. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weathergraphics.com/da/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.weathergraphics.com/da/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>GRLevel3</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - </span><span style="font-size: medium;">GRLevel3 is a Windows viewer for live NEXRAD Level III data. Great software program which allows you to add your own Lat/Longs, racing marks, ports, whatever. </span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">($90 US) </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.grlevelx.com/grlevel3/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.grlevelx.com/grlevel3/</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">RAOB</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> -The world's most powerful and innovative sounding software available.  A multi-functional sounding analysis program that can decode over 25 different rawinsonde / radiosonde data formats; create a variety of sounding diagrams; 3-D hodograms; time &amp; distance based vertical cross-sections; mountain (lee) wave turbulence diagrams; and display over 100 atmospheric parameters including icing, turbulence, wind shear, clouds, inversions -- plus a unique severe weather analysis table, a cloud parameter table, several thunderstorm analyses options, and graphically interactive diagrams.  RAOB is now used in 50 countries</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://raob.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://raob.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Internet Weather sites: The Ones used in my Presentation!</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The National Weather Service's</strong></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> Marine and Coastal Weather Services Branch</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is responsible for oversight of the Marine and Coastal Weather Services Program. The program provides current, accurate information relating to U.S. coast, coastal and offshore waters, the Great Lakes, and the open oceans. BOOKMARK  THIS GEM!!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm#text"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm#text</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Ocean Prediction Center (OPC)</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is an integral component of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) located at the NOAA Science Center in Camp Springs, MD. The primary responsibility is the issuance of marine warnings, forecasts, and guidance in text and graphical format for maritime users. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>National Hurricane Center</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Environment Canada’s Marine forecast</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">s</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> -for all of Canada.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/marine/index_e.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/marine/index_e.html</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Marine Services Environment Canada</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> -</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Marine Services On-line (MSO) is a citizen-driven single window to government marine services and information. The MSO seeks to better serve marine clients (Recreational Boaters, Commercial Fishers and those within the Marine Infrastructure) by offering information products and services through a single point of access. It is convenient, bilingual and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week irrespective of geographic location. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.marineservices.gc.ca/en/Con01.asp?Div=Rec&amp;Info=Mar"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.marineservices.gc.ca/en/Con01.asp?Div=Rec&amp;Info=Mar</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Canadian Hurricane Centre web site</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Located in downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; the hurricane centre specializes in providing information to Canadians on storms of tropical origin that affect Canada or its territorial waters.</span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/index_e.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.atl.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/index_e.html</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC)</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-is one of the nine Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), which is part of the National Weather Service (NWS) The HPC exists to meet the real-time weather information needs of a growing group list of users including NWS field offices, other governmental agencies, the media, the private sector, academic institutions, the international community, and the general public.</span></span><span style="color: #993366;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Amazing site, for all your weather needs.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/fcst2.shtml"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/fcst2.shtml</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Oceanweather Inc</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> -has operated a real time forecasting division following a unique approach which optimally combines the traditional approach to weather forecasting, which retains the contributions of individual forecasters, and Oceanweather's high-level technology developed and applied so successfully in its hindcasting and consulting divisions. The system includes a global wind and wave forecast system and various high resolution regional applications.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.oceanweather.com/data/index.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.oceanweather.com/data/index.html</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>COLA)</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is a scientific research center established to improve understanding and prediction of Earth's climate and daily weather variations.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More advanced site more detailed images, but really great images!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://wxmaps.org/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://wxmaps.org/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Ohio State University (OSU)</span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> -Our goal is to provide timely and useful graphical and textual weather data to the general public. </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Very good  site, easy to navigate.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Unisys Weather</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- offers real-time weather data, leading-edge graphical weather display products and consulting, engineering and integration services to clients and value-added resellers.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://weather.unisys.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="fr-FR">http://weather.unisys.com/</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="fr-FR"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather Underground </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">has state-of-the-art technology which monitors conditions and forecasts for over 60,000 U.S. and international cities, so you'll always find the online weather information that you need. In addition to providing free, real-time online weather information to millions of Web users around the world, </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weatherunderground.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.weatherunderground.com/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Intellicast </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">is a product of</span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.wsi.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Weather Services International</span></span></span></a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (WSI)</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is recognized as the world's leading source of weather and weather-related information, mission-critical systems,and presentation services. WSI serves customers in media, aviation, industry, agriculture, government, education and consumer markets.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.intellicast.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.intellicast.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CIMSS</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is a Cooperative Institute formed through a Memorandum of Understanding between the </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.wisc.edu/"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">University of Wisconsin-Madison</span></span></span></a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (UW-Madison), the </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.noaa.gov/"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</span></span></span></a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> (NOAA) and the </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> (NASA). Really great for there Hi-rez  satellite images. Great educational site. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> is part of the National Weather Service (NWS). NDBC designs, develops, operates, and maintains a network of data collecting buoys and coastal stations. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://seaboard.ndbc.noaa.gov/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Nexlab</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Educational and great hi-res data – Sat, Radar, obs, etc.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bookmark this website for Hi-rez images of the Great Lakes.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://weather.cod.edu/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://weather.cod.edu/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>PassageWeather.com</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">was developed out of the need for reliable, easy to use weather information and forecasts to help sailors with their passage planning and weather routing. <br />Both before and during deliveries, ocean races, regattas, cruises and all other types of offshore passages, we have your whole route covered. A Very Good site!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.passageweather.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.passageweather.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WeatherBug </strong></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">is the leading provider of weather information services, manages and operates a proprietary network of over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras that are strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and television stations throughout the U.S. These professional-grade weather stations generate live neighborhood level reports every second (unlike other weather providers; their data is up to an hour or more old)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.WeatherBug.com/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">www.</span></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>WeatherBug</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.com</span></span></span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>UM Weather Sites -</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>This page provides access to over 150 North American weather sites including - Government, Private sector, Academia.   This will keep you busy!!!</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/servers.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/servers.html</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Very Specialized wind forecasts WEB sites for the racing sailor.</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>You will have to subscribe to these.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WindGURU</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> - </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">is a service specialized for forecasting weather, mostly for windsurfers and kitesurfers (but not only...). Forecasts are based on data produced by weather forecast models. Windguru is able to provide forecast for </span><span style="font-size: medium;">any place on planet Earth</span><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.windguru.com/int/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.windguru.com/int/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>SailFlow.com </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">is a consumer service provided by WeatherFlow Inc., a leader in high-quality automated weather networks. We are an experienced group of engineers, meteorologists, and IT professionals offering turn-key weather solutions for clients in industry and government. We are also windsurfers, kitesurfers, sailors, surfers, and fishermen who years ago realized the need for real-time weather reporting and accurate forecasting of conditions.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A Free and Subscription service available.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.sailflow.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.sailflow.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>PredictWind.com </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">- combines sophisticated wind weather prediction technology with local topography maps to create the highest resolution marine forecast available for over 20,000 locations around the world.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In addition you can access a lower resolution marine forecast for any area around the world. The marine weather modelling technology is only available through the PredictWind website.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Developed by research scientists over 30 years, it has been adapted to provide hourly predictions to localised areas as small as one square kilometre. PredictWind, used by the winner of the last two America’s Cups</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://predictwind.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://predictwind.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Buoyweather.com - </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Since 1999, Buoyweather has provided detailed, customized marine weather to thousands of mariners, coastal residents, fisherman and watersport enthusiasts worldwide. Our global network of Virtual Buoys deliver quality marine forecasts for all coastal and offshore regions. Buoyweather's point specific marine weather forecasts are the easiest way to safely plan your marine activities.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.buoyweather.com/index2.jsp"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.buoyweather.com/index2.jsp</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Windfiner.com - </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Wind, wave, weather reports, forecasts &amp; statistics for surfspots worldwide / webcams, satellite images, isobar maps, tides, windiest spots, weather widgets, etc.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.windfinder.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.windfinder.com/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weathertap.com</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> - </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">The fastest weather on the web, the most current NEXRAD radar and a complete aviation weather package. There's detailed lightning data as well as high-resolution East (GOES-12) and West (GOES-10) satellite images. Plus, you get forums, up-to-date forecasts, surface data, and colorized, animated maps: local, state, regional, and national coverage. Over 9,000 graphic products. Subscription Service.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://weathertap.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://weathertap.com/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: 1.27cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Lightning  Information and Saftey For Boaters</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Lightning detectors and General articles and web resources for boaters on lightning safety and protection.</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>The ThunderBolt® Storm Detector – The Best Sensor out there! </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">is Storm Safety Technology to carry with you anywhere. Thunderstorms and deadly lightning can suddenly come out of nowhere, catching people off guard and unprepared. Sooner or later, everyone who works or plays outdoors will get caught in this predicament. </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.spectrumthunderbolt.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.spectrumthunderbolt.com/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>StrikeAlert - </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">by Outdoors Technologies, is a small and affordable lightning detector that provides an early warning of approaching lightning strikes from as far away as 40 miles and lets you know if the storm is coming your way</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.strikealert.com/ProductInfo.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.strikealert.com/ProductInfo.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Skyscan lightning detector – </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Another good sensor.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.skyscancanada.com/main.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.skyscancanada.com/main.html</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Lightning protection on sailboats</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">. The articles and links below pretty much cover the ground and I suggest you read them over before deciding the level and complexity of any lightning protection system for you boat.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.kp44.org/LightningProtection.php"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.kp44.org/LightningProtection.php</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Lightning and grounding your boat </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">– PDF Article.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="ftp://mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/lightning.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;">ftp://mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/lightning.pdf</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Lightning and Boats</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> – PDF Article</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ncu/ncug95004.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ncu/ncug95004.pdf</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>A New Concept for Lightning Protection of Boats</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> – PDF Article.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.marinelightning.com/EXCHANGEOct2007Final.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.marinelightning.com/EXCHANGEOct2007Final.pdf</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Marine Lightning Protection Inc</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">Being at the forefront of both the basic science and product development in this area, we are uniquely qualified to address all of the problems inherent in lightning protection on the water.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.marinelightning.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.marinelightning.com/</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>LightningTalks - </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Under-education of the public about lightning safety and under-reporting of lightning causalities contribute to an ever increasing safety issue. Lightning safety &amp; protection continue as an important topic in society where more and more outdoor activities occur. Please read, understand and follow the lightning safety guidelines.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lightningtalks.com/LightningProtection.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.lightningtalks.com/LightningProtection.htm</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Boating-Lightning Protection - Article</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.nasdonline.org/document/209/d000007/boating-lightning-protection.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.nasdonline.org/document/209/d000007/boating-lightning-protection.html</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>US Weather Service </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">– General information of Lightning Safety</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Lightning Safety - Article</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://safety.dri.edu/FieldSafety/Guidelines/Lightning_Safety_Guideline.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://safety.dri.edu/FieldSafety/Guidelines/Lightning_Safety_Guideline.pdf</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Cone of Protection from Lightning - Faraday's Cage-Article </strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/lightning.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/lightning.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>National Lightning Safety Institute</strong></span><strong> – </strong><span style="font-size: medium;">The best source of all lightning research, safety, protection, etc. There mandate is;</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To promote, through education, lightning safety for the public good.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To provide forums through which the principles and techniques of lightning safety may be reported, discussed, and published.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To provide a bridge from professional researchers to those who need objective information about lightning safety. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To establish specific audit and certification protocols, as well as engineering site survey programs, to improve lightning safety where needed.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.lightningsafety.com/">http://www.lightningsafety.com/</a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather Radio – Environment Canada</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">( The New SAME Technology in Canada)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is simply a method of identifying the local area to which an alert message applies. It utilizes a digital data stream that contains the alert message with information about the type of event expected, its timing, duration, and location. Identification codes for the specific location and type of event are embedded the broadcast by an encoder at the transmitter site and are decoded by SAME-capable models of Weatheradio receivers. Within the broadcast, this data stream is audible as a brief tone or static-like burst.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/msb/weatheradio/index_e.cfm"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/msb/weatheradio/index_e.cfm</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">US National Weather Service Version - info</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrsame.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrsame.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Just a few SSB Software Sites - For people that want to learn more about SSB weather reception on the Ocean/Open Great Lakes.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Understanding GRIB DATA</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Great Starting point - </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/Grib-And-Objective-Forecasts-Reviewed#note"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/Grib-And-Objective-Forecasts-Reviewed#note</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Grib is the format used by the meteorological institutes of the world to transport and manipulate weather data and is the foundation of the forecasts we see around us in our daily life. In the past, accessing and viewing GRIB weather data has often required a tricky combination of technical knowledge and expensive software</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>GRIB.US</strong></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. A company that empowers you, the end-user, to interactively extract your own custom GRIB weather files tailored to </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>your </strong></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">needs. We also provide you with our - easy to use- </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>U</strong></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;">grib software to view this data so that you can look at weather data for anywhere in the world when you want to, where you want to. Best of all, this is all for FREE! PC for now but may develop a MAC version. </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.grib.us/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.grib.us/</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> (Start here)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Other GRIB Viewing Software:</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Ocens GRIB Explorer 8.0 </strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The updated version of the renowned GRIB reader includes new a plot options panel that allows users to more closely control how data is displayed. Users can set contour line intervals, number of contours displayed, and ranges as they relate to the data. All of these adjustments can be made on the fly while viewing the data, helping to pinpoint the information that is most important. GRIB Explorer 8 also sports an updated graphical menu bar and more background map images to choose from for displaying data over. $199US – PC Only</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.ocens.com/grib_explorer.htm?gclid=CJaXvZqnz6ACFY4sDgodPypSzw"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>http://www.ocens.com/grib_explorer.htm?gclid=CJaXvZqnz6ACFY4sDgodPypSzw</strong></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>GribView 2.0 software by Theyr.com</strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">provides direct access to the highest quality weather forecast data directly from our servers. Simply select and customise your weather forecasts requirements offline, request them online and instantly view offline. The e-mail request function allows you to send and receive your request by email. Free Software, more detailed GRIB you have to pay via a subscription service.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">PC &amp; MAC versions</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.theyr.com/grib/index.asp"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.theyr.com/grib/index.asp</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>BallGate Grib File Viewer </strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">- Program to download, view and manage Grib file weather forecasts. These are freely available on the internet and are highly compressed so can easily be downloaded over slow internet links. Will also generate emails to download custom area forecasts from Saildocs.com The program includes utilities to decompress and join grib files and to extract specific areas from large files. Passage plans can also be set up and displayed on the forecasts, showing the expected boat position at the time of the forecast.</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">the program on a single computer and costs £10 for the basic system or £50 for the Pro version. PC only</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.ballgate.com/gribviewer/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.ballgate.com/gribviewer/</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Global Marine Networks (GMN)</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> offers 7 day wind forecasts of the world as a free public service via it's GRIB Mail Robot. The forecasts are generated daily for every region of the world. GRIB forecasts are based on the National Weather Service Wave Watch III model yielding highly accurate forecasts every 6 hours for up to 7 days into the future. All GRIB forecasts are delivered via e-mail and optimized specifically for low bandwidth wireless connections.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Again, subscription based $$.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.globalmarinenet.net/grib.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.globalmarinenet.net/grib.htm</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Airmail's weather fax companion</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Includes Getfax to receive faxes, and Viewfax grib/fax viewer. Also includes the latest NOAA radiofax schedule (rfax.pdf). This latest version allows frequency to be set via station and frequency-selection boxes, once fax mode is selected. An auto-fax mode is also provided for scheduled reception. Getfax is licensed without charge for licensed users of Airmail (i.e. Sailmail members, hams and other licensed users)</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.siriuscyber.net/wxfax/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.siriuscyber.net/wxfax/</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WEATHER FAX 2000</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> -</span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Receive up-to-the minute weatherfaxes worldwide! This extremely popular program is written for Windows 95 and newer. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.celestaire.com/catalog/products/4501.html"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.celestaire.com/catalog/products/4501.html</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.sea-tech.com/WEATHERFAX_2000.pdf"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.sea-tech.com/WEATHERFAX_2000.pdf</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WindPlot Software </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">– Plots \wind speed, ocean currents, surface temps, precipitation, etc. etc. plots all the weather found in GRIB Format </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.xaxero.com/gribplot.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.xaxero.com/gribplot.htm</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Marine SSB Books – Learn more about/General Info about WxFax </strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.sea-tech.com/idiyacht_books.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.sea-tech.com/idiyacht_books.htm</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marine.shtml"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marine.shtml</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Marinenet Wireless</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- Specialist in wireless internet systems and services</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.marinenet.net/weather.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.marinenet.net/weather.htm</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>OCENS</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Weather, Email And wireless communication solutions for satellite and cellular services</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.ocens.com/index.htm</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Radioworld </strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - is the largest radio store of its type in Canada, specializing in Amateur, Shortwave, Marine, Avionics, CB, FRS/GMRS radios, GPS, Communications Scanners and a complete assortment of related accessories.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ask them anything, and they will tell how to set it up!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://radioworld.ca/index.php?cPath=3</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>SeaTTY 2.0 </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- program to receive weather reports, navigational warnings and weather charts transmitted on longwave and shortwave bands in RTTY, NAVTEX and HF-FAX (WEFAX) modes. It can decode GMDSS DSC (HF and VHF) messages. Software also can automatically save NOAA Weather Radio SAME voice messages (NWR SAME) and them digital headers. None additional hardware is required - your need only receiver and computer with a sound card. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.dxsoft.com/seatty.htm</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network_and_Internet/Misc__Communications_Tools/SeaTTY.html"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network_and_Internet/Misc__Communications_Tools/SeaTTY.html</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>GMN </strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Provides compressed satellite email, weather, vessel tracking services, and blogging. Marine communication is easier and more cost effective with wireless services, airtime, satellite phones, Pactor modems, and marine equipment from one trusted location. </span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.globalmarinenet.net/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.globalmarinenet.net/</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.dakare.com/HylasSpecs/weather.htm"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.dakare.com/HylasSpecs/weather.htm</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Raymarine</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- t</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">he world leader in marine electronics develops and manufactures the most comprehensive range of electronic equipment for the recreational boating and light commercial marine markets.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.raymarine.com/Default.aspx?site=1&amp;section=2&amp;page=1331"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.raymarine.com/Default.aspx?site=1&amp;section=2&amp;page=1331</span></a></span></span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Nobeltec</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong> </strong></span></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> - provides you the most cost effective navigation and communication solutions on the market:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.nobeltec.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.nobeltec.com/</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Maxsea</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - As the leader today in the area of navigation software,</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.maxsea.com/</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Weather Instruments</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Davis Weather Stations</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Davis Instruments, a privately held manufacturing company and developer of exceptional instruments for weather, marine, and automotive. The Best station there is for the Money!! </span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://davisnet.com/weather/index.asp"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://davisnet.com/weather/index.asp</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.ambientweather.com/"><span style="font-size: medium;">http://www.ambientweather.com</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> – nice catalog list all major brands for all kinds of weather instruments.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Produced by Ron Bianchi (updated March 2010)</strong></span></p>

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