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dt wrote: basskisser wrote: JimH wrote: wrote in message groups.com... JimH wrote: wrote in message egroups.com... JimH wrote: .........accuweather.com for my cell phone. Live radar and satellite weather images are now available on my cell phone. $3.99/month for the premium service. http://wireless.accuweather.com/ Not having radar on the boat to double check on weather warnings broadcast on the VHS or when the sky starts to look questionable this program will come in handy. ;-) That might be a handy feature to have. Do you also carry a barometer? I'd suspect that by the time a storm severe enough to show up on radar gets close enough to be detected by the type of radar commonly found on small pleasure craft you would want to be headed for shelter at a pretty good clip. Will the weather radar on your cell phone give you pretty detailed coverage so that you can possibly detect squalls, or are the satellite images mostly regional in nature? How good is the cell phone coverage where you boat? It's probably OK along the shorelines (is most anywhere that there's much settlement) but if you're far enough offshore that you would need radar for spotting storms will you always have reliable cell signal? Great cell phone coverage. I do not go far from shore with this boat. I am pretty good at reading the skies and our VHS has a weather alert feature. This cell phone feature just backs up those things so I can get a visual on the location and intensity of the storm, if in fact there is one heading our way. F, Jim. Your boat is equipped with a VHF. Brain fart. Doh! But you have to admit, that Chuck's reply was pretty funny! I have the same feature from the Weather Channel, and I really like it. This could really be a good feature, though! Think about it--pick a day you like, hit the VHS, and presto! From now on, every time you check the weather, it's in the 80's with light southerly breezes. No storms, ever! DT Exactly. Record the nice days and save them for use in the winter! |
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