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Marine
Weather
 Here
it is! The course you’ve been waiting for.
Marine Weather (ASA 119)
teaches boaters how to take weather into account in
the planning and navigation of voyages, both local
and global. Anyone who ventures onto the water will
benefit from this course.
Weather is a big subject with many facets, but
when it comes to marine weather it really boils down
to wind prediction. Wind drives a sailboat and
creates the waves. Although severe weather is a
concern, sailors spend far more time dealing with
too little wind rather than too much. This course
teaches you how to find more wind when there is
little to be had, in addition to avoiding extreme
weather whenever possible.
Students will learn to
integrate marine weather into their overall
navigation using the latest technological tools as
well as traditional maritime skills such as
barometer, wind, clouds, and sea state observations.
Also included are the theory, properties and
behavior of squalls, fronts, storms, hurricanes, fog
and global wind patterns and the study of weather
maps.
 With
weather being the most pressing factor in a journey
by sail, this course is a must-do.
Prerequisites: None
Location: Spirit of Hope Church, 7600 Harold
Ave., Golden Valley, MN, 55427
Course Fee: $299,
including materials and ASA certification upon successful
completion.
Class Schedule:
Tuesdays, October 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 30 2010, 6P - 9P
Independent Study Class
/ Correspondence. TBD. We
like to interview
prospective students in
this category. Please Call.
Throughout the course we emphasize how you combine your own
observations of wind, sea, clouds, and barometer to better
interpret the official forecasts obtained from radio or
facsimile as well as make your own forecast if you loose the
official sources. We also help you develop practical rules of
thumb that will contribute to sound, efficient decision making
underway.
Topics include:
- Radio sources of weather and how to
interpret them
- Basic principles of Highs and Lows —
ridges and troughs
- Weather maps: what kinds, how to get
them, how to read them.
- All about barometers
- Fronts, squalls, storms, and hurricanes
- Tropical versus extratropical cyclones
- Sides of a storm and storm avoidance
- Cloud ID and interpretation
- Fog — sea fog and radiation fog
- Global winds — prevailing westerlies,
trade winds,
doldrums, monsoons, roaring forties, screaming fifties,
polar easterlies
- Pacific High, Aleutian Lows, and counterparts around
the world
- Local winds and weather — Puget Sound, Juan de Fuca,
Pacific Coast
- How to use barometer, wind shifts, and clouds for
shipboard forecasting
- Waves and swells, significant wave height, sea state
forecasting
- Beaufort scale
- Winds and terrain — land and sea breezes, shoreline
wind shifts, drainage winds, channeled winds, convergence
zones
- How to predict wind shifts inland and at sea
- Use of the internet for weather study and planning
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Call
Northern Breezes Sailing School at 763-542-9707 to register or
with questions.
Northern Breezes
Sailing School
3949
Winnetka Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Call For Free Brochure (763) 542-9707
American Sailing
Association
Sailing School
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