Sail Training Adventures
Professional Sailing Instruction, Sailing Adventures and Seminars
Seminar Objective
To provide you with the knowledge, tools and thinking for independent decision-making on marine weather forecasting, route planning and heavy weather avoidance.
The GOAL = Marine weather self reliance
Includes digital version of course notes
Marine Weather
November 2&3 (2 evening course)
1900 - 2200 Eastern Daylight Time
Live Stream on Zoom Cost $90.00 cdn + hst
Seminar Outline
Day 1
The Marine Environment
What is Weather
The Atmosphere
Basic and Global Air Movement
Effect of Earths Axis and Coriolis Effect on Air Movement
Surface Pressure - Areas of High and Low Pressures
Measuring Pressure - The Barometer
Surface Pressure Map
Surface Pressure vs Wind Strength and Direction
Frontal Lows - Warm Front & Cold Front
Clouds - Descriptions and Relation to Fronts
Atmospheric Conditions Associated with Fronts
Backing and Veering Winds
Non Frontal Lows
Local Conditions - Effect of Topography on Weather
Tropical Squalls
Waves and Swells
Day 2
Weather Forecasts
Obtaining and Deciphering Forecasts
Synoptic - Surface Charts
GRIB Files
Heavy Weather
Route Planning