"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:23:55 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:22:52 -0400, "*JimH*" wrote:


"NOYB" wrote in message
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~~ snippage ~~

If you use NOAA weather information to plan *any* day out on the
water,
then you know
what it's like to be frustrated by inaccurate forecasting. NOAA
sucks.

I agree. Especially on reporting and forecasting wave heights.

I don't know what the hell you guys are talking about - they are
pretty accurate up in my area.

Not by me.

I have yet to find a consistently reliable source for weather forecasting.
Have you?

Why, I'm glad you asked - me. :)

After years of experience with the different areas that I travel in, I
can look at the data and pretty much tell if I'm going to have a good
time or a bad time of it.

Later,

Tom

There is an exhaust stack (steam from a processing mill) near the entrance
to the Huron River (from Lake Erie) that obviously shows the direction (and
severity if you know how to read the angle of the exhaust) of the wind. The
steam plume can be seen in all directions for at least 15 miles on a clear
day. It always gave me a reading of the direction and intensity of the wind
(waves) without even having to leave our dock at it is within a mile of the
marina, or if we were in a protected area of the Lake within range of the
stack plume.

I would rather base my judgment of the conditions of the Lake on my
observations, including the stake plume, rather than some NOAA report.

My past experience with NOAA and their wave height reports has been fairly
negative.