Marine Weather Workshop (Port Townsend)

Learn How to Read the Weather Before You Set Sail!

Washington Sea Grant, Jefferson County Extension Office and the Northwest Maritime Center are co-sponsoring a Marine Weather Workshop on April 29, 2017 in Port Townsend.

Topics covered include:

• Relationships of atmospheric pressure and wind
• Determining the path and speed of squalls
• Strong wind systems in the Northwest and offshore and how to avoid them
• Key features of low-pressure systems
• 500mb wind patterns and how they can help you find “weather windows” for safe passages
• Pressure gradients and how they affect wind in Washington waters
• Computer models: how they work and what they can give you
• Ways to get National Weather Service and associated weather, forecast and model data on your computer