Dear Dashews, I have been very impressed with all three books I have ordered and read, Surviving the Storm, Mariner’s Wx Handbook, and Offshore Cruising Encyclopedia…I would really like to relate more to the weather and practice more with the reading of 500mb and surface charts. I am not very good in tracking these down on the Internet even with the use of the wx links in your web site. Could you please suggest which site will offer me the best data for the 500mb and surface charts? I really do not care if it covers one particular part of the world because I would like to be able to study areas around the world with the worst wx at that time so as to relate the forcast info with what is actually occuring. Thanks, Silas
Hi Silas: For 500mb weather you can go the Marine Prediction Center website–and then work down through their menu. Also, all of the world models output 500mb. Again, pick a site and look for the 500 mb output. Hope this helps. Steve
Posted by Steve Dashew (November 30, 1999)
