Weather
Great Lakes Weather 1: Marine Weather Basics
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Marine Weather Basics is the first class in the GLCC School’s four-part Marine Weather Essentials series tailored for Great Lakes boaters and offered for either individual or specially priced package registration.
Becoming a weather savvy boater requires familiarity with a few basic physical and meteorological principles. To the untrained eye, weather maps contain a confusing array of symbols, timekeeping systems, and other meteorological shorthand. The first webinar in the series will explain a few basic atmospheric principles and offer the skills needed to understand and interpret a wide variety of weather maps. Whether you cruise, race, fish, paddle, or simply enjoy spending your leisure time on the water you will find the marine weather basics covered in this class invaluable.
Meet The Instructor
Mark Thornton
Mark is one of the foremost marine weather authorities on the Great Lakes. In addition to teaching weather classes for GLCCSchool, he is also president of LakeErieWX, a company focused on providing marine weather training and forecasting for Great Lakes boaters.
Related Webinars
This is a webinar series that Great Lakes boaters should not miss. Boating on the Great Lakes requires many skills, but none is more important than a basic understanding of marine weather forecasting.
This second class in the GLCC School’s four-part Marine Weather Essentials series explores the forces controlling the wind, and then examines how Doppler weather radar is an important resource in avoiding a hair-raising encounter with a thunderstorm.
The third session in GLCC School’s four-part Marine Weather Essentials series delves into large-scale surface weather patterns.
This final class in GLCC’s four-part Marine Weather Essentials series covers thunderstorms and offers a strategy for preparing your own daily marine forecast.