Meteostar (Marine Weather)

graybeard · 09-21-2003, 09:30 PM

Im curious to know if any of you have any comments or thoughts on using Meteostar vs. NOAA.
My son is a Navy weather forcaster. While home on leave last month he told me he preferred to use the Meteostar website instead of NOAA. He said it seems to be easier and faster to get the info he needs to forecast. (He also said that Meteostar uses the NOAA info on their site) Here's the link to Meteostar

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Miss B Haven · 09-22-2003, 09:44 AM

It does see mto be faster and the formatting is MUCH easier to read. It is exactly the same info/forecast. NOAA is often slow to load, proly to many hits. This is a nice alternative.

Sea Jypzee · 09-22-2003, 09:50 AM

I use marineweather.com pretty much exclusively. It is all point/click and generally very fast and accurate.

[ 09-22-2003, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: Sea Jypzee ]

Miss B Haven · 09-22-2003, 09:59 AM

Nancy- that link doesn't work ( I think you posted it a week or so and it didn't work either)????? :whazzup: :depressed:

[ 09-22-2003, 11:00 AM: Message edited by: Miss B Haven ]

Sea Jypzee · 09-22-2003, 10:05 AM

hmmmm I just checked it and it came right up....will recheck

Miss B Haven · 09-22-2003, 10:07 AM

I still am getting this:

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Error Occurred While Processing Request
Error Diagnostic Information
Error attempting to get the client (Client ID = '1033189').

A problem was encountered trying to access the system registry. Error number 1450 occurred.

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFAPPLICATION), occupying document position (3:1) to (3:76) in the template file E:\Marine_Old\Application.cfm.

Date/Time: 09/22/03 14:08:32
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

Sea Jypzee · 09-22-2003, 10:11 AM

now this is too wierd. On this machine I get the web page comes up with no problem. I know it does on the machine(s) at work as well...but my second machine sitting next to me I get that page you got. I just compaired the two IE settings and both have the identical settings in IE.

Miss B Haven · 09-22-2003, 10:45 AM

Another Bill Gates [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img] feature proly. My new puter at home (with XP) every once in a while thinks that ifish ".net" is a file instead of an address and wants to know how to open it. I can always get to the ubb, but the main page just won't open. Then.... a few days later.... bingo, it works just fine.

PS- I can get to marineweathe.com tides & currents page but from that page all there other weather (WX) and their classified links give that error. The only other link that works is their "links" link. Look like some problem on their end too me.

[ 09-22-2003, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: Miss B Haven ]

bait boy · 09-23-2003, 12:13 AM

That link worked fine for me :grin: ... sounds like a personal problem to me Mel :tongue: :tongue: ...

Sea Jypzee · 09-26-2003, 12:04 PM

Well so much for marineweather.com site. I now get:

This site has been temporarily shut down.

Please check back with us in a few months.

message.. :depressed: :blush:

Reef Diver · 09-26-2003, 12:17 PM

Sea Jypzee,
just looked and got the same response. Went to the other site and got this.(See below) No surprise....the forecast seems to be changing. Looking for a good WING to ride if your still going on Sunday?

TODAY
N WIND 15 KT...RISING TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
WAVES 3 FT...BUILDING TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. W SWELL 8 TO 9 FT
AT 14 SECONDS.

TONIGHT
N WIND 25 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND WAVES 5 FT. NW SWELL 8 FT AT 11 SECONDS.
SAT
E TO NE WIND 20 KT...BECOMING N 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 11 SECONDS.

SAT NIGHT
N WIND 20 KT BECOMING S 15 KT AFTER OVERNIGHT.
CAPE SHOALWATER TO CLATSOP SPIT...NE WIND 25 KT...BECOMING S 15
KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. AREAS OF FOG SPREADING N.
SUN
SW WIND 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 4 FT. AREAS OF
MORNING FOG.
MON
S WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 4 FT.
TUE
S WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT. W SWELL 4 FT.

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Sea Jypzee · 09-26-2003, 03:10 PM

RD - I am still undecided about Sunday but am leaning more towards a during the week run..either tuesday or wednesday maybe. Am a little short on gas $$ atm, and am going to be chinook fishing with Sturgeon Tom tomorrow.

The forcast you pulled up is for up north of here. Here is the local D.B. area forcast.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON

COASTAL WATERS FROM CASCADE HEAD TO FLORENCE OREGON AND WESTWARD 60 nm

330 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2003

...small craft advisory...
Tonight:
N wind 25 kt decreasing. Wind waves 5 ft. Northwest swell 8 ft at 13 seconds decreasing to 11 seconds.

Saturday:
N wind 20 kt...becoming south 15 kt in the afternoon. wind waves 4 ft. West swell 7 ft at 11 seconds. Areas of fog south spreading n.

Saturday Night:
S wind 15 kt. Wind waves 3 ft. West swell 4 ft at 10 seconds. Areas of fog.

Sunday:
S wind 15 kt. Wind waves 3 ft. West swell 4 ft. Areas of fog.

Sunday Night:
S wind 15 kt. Wind waves 3 ft. West swell 3 ft. patchy fog.

Monday:
S wind 15 kt. Wind waves 3 ft. West swell 4 ft. Patchy fog and areas of drizzle.

Tuesday:
S wind 15 kt. Wind waves 3 ft. West swell 5 ft.

Wednesday:
S wind 15 kt. Wind waves 3 ft. West swell 6 ft.