On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:50:32 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:

Except for Herb, I always look at those forecasts with a little
skeptism - I think about why they are saying what they say, and I look
at the weather map and the radar images that they show and make up my
own mind.

If you are heading offshore don't forget the satellite photos and the
7 day Navy wave height forecast. I find them invaluable and suspect
that Herb does also.

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/PUBLIC/WAM/wam.html

http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseasthurrir.html

Also on the internet, take a look at:

http://crownweather.com/tropical.html

They come pretty close to having it all.