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I BOAT NY HARBOR - WEATHER
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Weather can make or break your boating experience in NY
Harbor. Before casting off your lines, you can check out the following
sources of weather information for NY Harbor:
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NOAA National Weather Service
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Detailed analyses and forecasts
from the professionals. 7-day forecast with a 3-day hourly
forecast (click "Tabular Forecast" in lower right-hand corner of
page). Excellent hurricane tracking and wind
speed probabilities. |
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Stevens Institute NYHOPS wind
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Great for real time variations of speed and direction of wind
within harbor
[need to convert m/sec to knots] |
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weather.com
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Wind forecasts are generally 5-10 knots too low.
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intellicast.com
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10-day forecast |
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accuweather.com |
No percentages given for rain. |
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ABC Local Metro Weather |
"Real time" (within last 15-30
minutes) Doppler radar |
| Weather Channel
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Time Warner Cable channel 72 or Cablevision channel
62 for real time Doppler radar maps to track cold fronts and
thunderstorms |
| NOAA VHF WX-1
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Average the Long Island Sound and Coastal marine forecasts to
estimate NYC forecast. Severe weather alerts can be obtained by monitoring
WX-1 while underway. |
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Sailing vessels: Wind
shadows, wind speed fluctuations and velocity shifts near large
commercial vessels and tall buildings.
Sunrise
and Sunset times
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