[Alpacasite] Re: Learn to do your own weather forecast

Thanks Gary, just getting back from the trip. All was well on the
weather front by the time we got there. The Type Conference was a
great success I think BTW!

Best regards,

Sue Zelazny
Andes Dandies, LLC
http://www.andesdandies.com
Middleport, NY

--- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "gepp1" <alpacas@g...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> Go to the home page of NOAA's weather division.
>
> http://www.weather.gov/
>
> Click on the map for your location and it should take you to the
> home page of the weather bureau near you.
>
> Once you have the local home page bookmark it!
>
> I find the "Satellite Image" especially the "Water Vapor" loops the
> most useful. If you get good at navigating your local site, you can
> pretty much predict the weather over short timeframes (like 2 to 48
> hours) with so much precision it's scary. It's fun yelling at the
TV
> weather people when you know they're wrong.
>
> The other area that I find very useful is the "Radar Imagery" loops.
>
> It takes some practice to interpret the all images but once you
know
> what they mean you can predict the start and end of rain or snow
> storm to within minutes. You need to check whatever page you
finally
> select as your favorite multiple time a day, especially on days
when
> the weather is changing rapidly to build up experience on how to
> interpret the images. Be patient, its worth it!
>
> BTW – The specific link for you Sue, is;
>
> http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/aly/
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Greystone Manor
> Gary Epp
>
>
>
>
> --- In Alpacasite@yahoogroups.com, "andesdandies" <sue@a...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi siters,
> >
> > Just checking to see if folks are going to show up at the Type
> > Conference this weekend. The weather forecast has taken a turn
for
> > the worst. I'm planning on heading out tomorrow afternoon with
> > intentions to also deliver an alpaca on the way to Springfield -
> but
> > if the snow is bad, I'll turn around & go back home....
> >
> > Those of you near Springfield, if you'd let us know what the real
> > story is during the day tomorrow that would be great. It's so
hard
> to
> > get accurate forecast info. I for one am hoping the worst will be
> > early Friday & it will get cleared out as the day goes on...
> >
> > Hope to see many of you Saturday
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Sue Zelazny
> > Andes Dandies, LLC
> > http://www.andesdandies.com
> > Middleport, NY
> >
>

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