• Sailing is all about the Weather.

    Big into the exploration of Atlantic Hurricanes since Katrina came uninvited into his world, James (Jim) Gurley (JamesG161) has followed every Tropical Storm birthed in Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean waters since. Being a boater, he knows that we often need more time to prepare than we get from the TV weather folk. Jim relies on the science of storm development to share early warning info with friends and fellow boaters.

    Early in 2018, Jim and John Shepard, (JSSailem) started to chat about the weather data available. John asked Jim to help forecast Pacific NW storms, and this morphed into discussions on weather forecasting.

    For John, sailing in the PNW is sometimes hit and miss. One day is ugly, then a string of beautiful days but no wind, followed by a series of blue-sky days and 12 knot breezes. Being ready for those great sailing days means you need to look to the Pacific Ocean and what is brewing. John has been into Pacific NW Weather since the 1970’s when his first PNW November storm hit bringing more than 40 days and 40 nights of continual rain.

    Together we want to share information, new APPs, safety, and thoughts about letting the weather help you. Identify some of the resources for sailors and help prepare you for your next sailboat outing.

    It is far better to go out on the water knowing what to expect in weather terms, than to be out on the water and see dark ominous clouds suddenly appear, unprepared.

NOAA to change their web address for Marine Weather.

Oct 22, 2014
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Just read this message to sailors who use NOAA Marine website to plan their sailing experiences.

Effective on or around September 17, 2019, the NWS will update its marine forecasts website with a new look and URL change. The website will be named NWS Marine Weather Services and be moved into the NWS Content Management System.​
The new web address will be:https://www.weather.gov/marine
This is a National change. You will need to modify your bookmarks to find the desired sight. As an example...​
For example, the current web address for Coastal/Great Lakes Forecasts by Zone: Coastal/Great Lakes Forecasts by Zone will change to: National Weather Service Marine Forecasts
The end products for forecasts and warnings will remain the same but the web addresses to get those products will change as described above.​

Changing to stay up with the times.