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Finally,
you can also get a range of NOAA text forecasts; here is the South
Pacific tropical discussion.
Date Sent: 02/07/2002 07:59:04
Subject: Text #45
File Attachments:
Message:
ABPW10 PGTW 020600
MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL//
SUBJ/SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND
SOUTH
PACIFIC OCEAN/020600Z/030600Z JUL 02//
REF/A/RMG/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR/020151Z JUL 02//
REF/B/RMG/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR/020152Z JUL 02//
NARR/REFS A AND B ARE TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS//
RMKS/
1. WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC AREA (180 TO MALAY PENINSULA):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY:
(1) AT 020000Z2, TROPICAL STORM (TS) 08W (CHATAAN) WAS LOCATED
NEAR 7.4N1 153.4E3, APPROXIMATELY 85 NM EAST CHUUK, TRACKING WESTWARD AT 10 KNOTS DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 45 AND 65 KNOTS. SEE REF A (WTPN31 PGTW
020300) FOR DETAILS.
(2) AT 020000Z2, TYPHOON (TY) 09W (RAMMASUN) WAS LOCATED NEAR 19.6N6 129.9E1 APPROXIMATELY 415 NM EASTSOUTHEAST OF KADINA, TRACKING NORTHWESTWARD AT 12 KNOTS DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 65 AND 77 KNOTS. SEE REF B (WTPN32 PGTW
020300) FOR DETAILS.
(3) NO OTHER TROPICAL CYCLONES.
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY: NONE
2. SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA TO 135 EAST):
A. TROPICAL CYCLONE SUMMARY: NONE
B. TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SUMMARY: NONE.
FORECAST TEAM: LEEJOICE/HARRISON/BOSTIC//
Who
or What is BouyWeather?
I
asked Dan Martin, the man behind it all, for some more information.
It is best told in his own wordsÉ
"Who
am I? The quick answer is I am a windsurfer living on Maui. I
have a lot of sailing experience though. My parents are grandparents
are/were avid offshore sailors. We also did a lot of racing. We
ahd a sabot, laser, snipe, and a 470 and our family vacations
were travelling to regattas. We eventually got into bigger and
bigger boats. Did some cruising in the Caribb. and Mexico on my
grandparents' OI 41, a few Mexico races, transpac, raced and sailed
many different boats. Until... windsurfing became a high performance
sport. Then I was hooked and the high winds/waves of maui was
the only place that could satisfy my adrenaline needs! My boating
time ended (age 25) when I moved here(1989), but my marine weather
needs increased dramatically. During the season, I regularly venture
out into 20ft+ seas at near gale conditions just for fun.
"I
was in the financial industry for many years andoperated my own
commodity pool(mutual fund withfutures). My programming experience
came from writingfutures trading systems. "The roots of buoyweather
go back to 1995. It used tobe called watermen weather. It was
a subscriptionservice providing wind and wave forecasts for Hawaiiand
California. I began studying the wavewatch swellmodel when it
came out in 1997. After a couple yearsof comparing the model predictions
with real-time buoydata and my own forecasts, I was really convinced
ofthe quality of the data. I changed the site tobuoyweather in
99' and began writing the automatedforecast systems. The site
is completely automated nowwhich is why the service is inexpensive.
My time isspent writing new programs. There is always somethingnew
in the works. It is all a one-man show and I planto keep it that
way.
"You'll
find links to buoyweather on NOAA's Marine Predition Center and
the WMO marine pages. There areabout 60,000 unique visitors a
month and it is useddaily by most US coastal NWS offices, Coast
Guard,Navy, OZ BOM. It is an easy system to use and it isbased
on the latest in ocean modelling technology."
So,
go and sign up!
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