05-27-2009, 06:42 AM
I’ve got to lean towards Kimos site.
The links have all the data one needs to track the weather rather than having it spoon fed. The presentation seems to teach rather than tell. Weather being so dynamic. Prediction more of an art than science, I prefer the forecast approach and narrative explaining the prognostications.
Mid pacific 1015 mb chart has always been a favorite, mariners download these things using short wave and laptops the images broadcast in a digital tone, converted by a wx fax program. Saved this sailors behind more than once in dodging storms. Sail boats at six miles per hour, sure cant outrun them.
Such a treat to be online and download this stuff at will - now to track the data and practice making sense of it all again
Aloha