Understanding Weather and Cruise Decision Making Class (Seattle, Jan 25)

Cruising on the Northwest waters always involves receiving the marine weather forecast issued from NOAA or Environment Canada. We will delve into the weather mapping including wind/wave forecasts, surface analysis and the 500 Mb charts.
This course will examine:

The difference in charts and their purpose
Upper air constant pressure surface; fundamental concepts for mapping weather above the surface on various constant pressure surfaces versus their altitude differences
Fundamentals of marine weather map interpretation, & weather pattern recognition
Integration of 500 Mb charts with surface weather maps(surface pressure & wind & wave charts) for complete understanding of marine weather forecasts
Introductory vessel routing & heavy weather avoidance using the total suite of marine weather charts
Participants will be offered some key strategies for their decision-making on the water for more enjoyable and safe time

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Cost: $39

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Date/Time
01/25/2015
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Location
CenturyLink Field
800 Occidental Ave. S.
Seattle WA 98134

Lee Chesneau's Marine Weather's vision is to provide every capable seagoing mariner with the knowledge, tools and culture required to embody self-reliance and independent decision-making in weather forecasting, route planning and heavy weather avoidance.
The goal of this vision is to be able to properly interpret, evaluate, and strategize public domain marine analyses and forecast charts through education and training.