Weather for Sailors : AOS 161

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Hoofer Sailing Club has two collegiate model 470's that weigh 100 pounds more than this Olympic 470.

FINAL EXAM: SUNDAY, 12 May 1996, 12:25 PM, 3335 Sterling Hall

Make up EXAM: Monday, 13 May 1996, 1:00 PM, 811 Meteorology and Space Science

Class Projects Small-Scale Simulation of the Jet Stream Kevin Tomforde, Dan Fette and Tom Misco Wind Around Buildings Ryan Ellefsen Heather's Page Picnic Point Ann Hinterberg and Ryan Maus Mac Race 95Erin Schanen CLASS MATERIALS HTML: Tutorial (for those of you interested) Maricopa Tutorial Dierk's Starter HTML Laser Worlds - US Olympic Trials Laser Worlds The toughest regatta in the World, from Cape Town South Africa. US Olympic Sailing Trials Former Wis. Sailor-Mark Herrmann ends up 4th College Sailing Nationals Upcoming plans and info for 10 days regatta to be held in Madison. WIND FORECAST CONTEST Contest ends May 1st... Anderson Local Access Weather Maps - much faster than Purdue. Wind Forecast Contest Entry due by 10 PM CST Tuesday Wind Contest Verification: 1600z-- 290 15 - 1800z-- 290 15 - 2000z-- 290 12 - Top Five this week. 1 - Bates 7 2 - Kelly 11 3 - Ellefsen 13 4 - Polzin 13 5 - Hester 14 Not graded on scoring, only on participation Full Scores Season Standings

PROJECTS Projects Now Due Contact Professor Anderson Call 262-0783 or Email REFERENCE Links Used in Class Class Announcement Madison Weather Links Internet Weather Links INTERACTIVE Class Q & A / Comment Board (Perth Weather Report, How to HTML, Wind Terminology) Email John Anderson Email Assistant - Dierk

LINKS OFTEN USED IN CLASS

• Anderson Local Access Weather Maps - Check here first! Much faster than Purdue.

• Latest Timeline of Madison Conditions (past 24 hrs)
• Latest MOS Forecast: MOS FORECAST" Madison is MSN.
• Latest US Surface Map
• Latest Green Bay Sounding (done every 12 hours)
• WXP ETA 4_panel Surface shows: pressure, 500 mb thickness (temp) & Precip
• WXP ETA 4_panel 1000 mb shows: Temp (C), Convection (shaded), Dew Point (moisture), Wind Vectors
• Madison Obs & Forecast Last 6 hours of Wind Observations

COOL WEATHER SITES!!

Current Weather Map - (updated hourly)

Click on map to expand to the full screen Weather Map - Radar of the US.
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Local Madison Forecasts and current observations

• Latest Madison, WI Weather Forecast
• Latest Wisconsin State Weather Forecast
• Latest Wisconsin Weather Observations
• Latest Timeline of Madison Conditions (past 24 hrs)
• Latest GOES-8 Visible image
• Latest GOES-8 Infrared image
• Latest GOES-8 Water Vapor image

  (By the way, GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.)

UW-Madison Weather Sites

• UW-NMS Home Page (Real-time, twice a day model forecasts from a research model)
• UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center WWW server.


• UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences WWW server.
  

HOT Internet Weather Sites

• Purdue WXP - complete menu and description of maps, radar and satellite images
• WXP Quick Menu - streamlined version of WXP without decriptive text
• Michigan State WX Server
• Illinois WXWORLD
• List of Weather Web Sites

HOT Internet Sailing Sites

• The Sailing Source
• The Internation Yacht Racing Union
• Seahorse UK Sailing Magazine Online
• Hoofer Sailing Club Web Site has links to many, many sites and info.

Short 6 minute tape on the highest performance boats in the world.
Aussie 18 Footer Regatta

Speed Smarts: Wind Forecasting