On Mar 3, 2:06 pm, "Steve Lusardi" wrote:
I think it is important to understand what the waveheight number means when
anounced in a weather report. They mean the "Significant Waveheight" and it
is a mean average of the top 1/3 of highest recorded waves in the recorded
period.
Steve


So if I am sailing through the Keys with a NOAA report calling for
6'-8' waves I should expect..... and prepare for, lots of much larger
waves? Do you mean NOAA EXPECTS mariners to be able to read and
understand weather reports when preparing for a voyage? And NOAA
assumes that mariners know how to use the reports as intended? Which
includes the fact when a report calles for 6-8 I WILL incounter much
larger waves regularly!!??! Darn, that really puts a lot of
responsibility on me the sailor. I just wanted to follow my dream,
drink wine in my cockpit, and cleverly Blog my way through the
Keys............. Damn! Can't sombody do somthing about the weather!