Weather
Great Lakes Weather 3: Weather Makers … Forecasting High & Low Pressure Systems
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The third session in GLCC School’s four-part Marine Weather Essentials series delves into large-scale surface weather patterns.
The wind and weather conditions that you encounter during your outings on the Great Lakes are governed by the passage of low and high pressure systems. We will examine the life-cycle and structure of a low pressure system, including cold, warm, stationary, and occluded fronts. You will also learn the type of weather to expect with the passage of a low pressure system, and how surface weather charts can be used to tell how fast and in what direction weather systems are moving relative to your position.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.