Weather, Oceanography, & Related Information

Observations

*   National Radar Sites (have ability to zoom in)
      NWS
      Intellicast
*   Select Satellite links
      US Visible via GOES
      US IR via GOES
*   Sea States (wave height & direction)
      Western Atlantic & Carribean Wave HT & Wind Speed 180hr Animation
      Global Wave HT & Wind Speed 180hr Animation - Select Region Desired
      Wave Heights - 00 to 144 hours out
*   Moored Buoy & C-Man Station(s)
      Florida
      Southeast
*   Surf Cams (conditions near shore and some inlets)
      Florida
      Limited Worldwide
*   Gulf Stream
      Overall View
*   Sea Surface Temperature
      Worldwide
*   Surface Analysis
      NW ATLANTIC (Boston)
      NE PACIFIC (Pt. Reyes)
      GULF of MEXICO, CARIBBEAN, TROPICAL ATLANTIC, and TROPICAL NE PACIFIC (New Orleans)
      ALASKA and NORTH PACIFIC (Kodiak)
      HAWAII, CENTRAL PACIFIC, and TROPICAL NE PACIFIC (Honolulu)

Tools

*   Astronomical Data
      Sunrise, Sunset, Moon ..., Venus, ..
      Current Position of Midnight     Using Math /or Sextant, Time &/or Current Position may be calculated
*   Tide and Current Predictor
      Tide and Current Prediction
*   Compute Variation
      Variation Compution by Lat/Long
*   Compute Distance between Two Lat/Longs - some include course calculation, ..Site #2 has a downloadable offline usable program
      Compute the distance between two Lat/Long pairs, Site #1
      Compute the distance between two Lat/Long pairs, Site #2
      Compute the distance between two Lat/Long pairs, Site #3
*   Reference
      Wind Chill & Heat Index Charts
      Water Survival (Hypothermia) Chart
      Trigonometry Tables

Various NOAA Products
      NOAA Home Page
      Weather Page
      Marine and Coastal Weather
      Ocean Page
      Satellite Information and Products
      Hydrometeorological Prediction Center   Future Surface Analysis Charts
      Charting and Navigation

Good Web Sites
      intellicast.com   A Very good overall Wx site
            Mixed Surface Analysis   An overview link from the above website
      Interactive Wx map   Combined Interactive version from weather.com
      Great Cell Phone site   A multitude of wx data small sized to fit a cell phone screen

Excellent Cumulative, In Depth, Dedicated, Comprehensive Data
      Crown Weather Florida Wx   NWS, Web Cams, Marine Obs, Temps, Maps, Sat Images, Radars, ...
      Crown Weather US Wx   As above, for the entire US 50 plus PR

Dedicated Extensive Canadian Weater
      Current Conditions and Forecasts   Starting Point enabling investigation of this great Canadian Wx website


Notes:
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