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the randy report

Time to go sailing? Check out the Randy Report: summer fun maybe friday - 6/20

phone numbers

Gilmore Memorial Airport, Gainesville: 770-532-4687. Automated weather talker. Best indication of what's really happening at Lake Lanier.
Lake Lanier Water Level and Temp: 770-945-1467
McCollum Airport: 770-425-3406 Local airport for Allatoona readings
NWS Atlanta Forecast & Hourly Temp.: (770) 486-8834
Travelers & Recreation Weather: (770) 486-8535 (T&RW also gives GA coastal area forecast but this doesn't directly apply to Tybee but rather the Savannah area)
Tybee Windtalker 912-786-7703.)
Charleston
- Sullivans Island: John Cutter's Windtalker updated every 15 minutes: 843-883-5247.
- Mark Fanning's Isle of Palms Weather (online windtalker).
- National Weather Service, Downtown and airport wind readings, updated hourly: 843-744-3207, menu number 3
Mobile Bay
- Fairhope Pier: 334-990-7889
- Mary Anne Beach: 334-990-JIBE(5423)
- Bay Front Park: 334-873-5535
- Brookley Airport: 334-431-6762
Pensacola- Ft Pickins guardshack: 850-932-9778
Shell Point Beach Windtalker: 850.926.8802
St. Theresa Weatherline: 850.697.8330
St. George Island Windtalker: 850.670.4062
Tampa/St. Pete PORTS 727.822.583 (choose from menu for 8 locations)
Albert Whitted Airport (for sailing from North Shore Park, St Pete YC or Pier, best for easterlies) 727.822.5836

weather conditions and forecasts

ABC CurrentCast: Statewide Current Conditions
Georgia | Alabama | Florida | South Carolina | North Carolina
These are handy for gauging the progress of fronts and getting an idea of conditions across a region
NWS 36 hr. Text Forecasts. By state, scroll through to find your particular area
Georgia | Alabama | Florida | North Carolina | South Carolina
These also may be found through the new NWS forecast page, IWIN. Both shortterm (6hr) and zone (36 hr) forecasts can be had for all our surrounding states. IWIN for a text-only browsers.
NWS Extended Text Forecasts by state.
Georgia | Alabama | Florida | North Carolina | South Carolina

If the ABC Weathercast can't fetch your forecast try Weather Underground. Same stuff but with ads. Scroll down the wunderground.com page for forecast.
Coastal Cities also have links to the Marine Forecast for those areas.
They have added NGM MOS to their forecasts.

wind maps and forecasts

Model Output Statistics (MOS) Data for Model forecasts. These are one of the best (if not the best) tools for planning your weekend. This stuff is the meat of predicting wind. These are the sources that government and private weather forecasters use to base their work. For a fuller explanation of NWS models. Thanks to Gregg Cattanach/ Bert Eskridge
model output in graphic form (chart or map)

NWS National MOS Maps MRF and NGM outputs onto a national map. You can choose which time period you want to look at. NGM Forecast Wind | MRF Avg Forecast Wind
MRF (Medium Range Forecast) 10 day Meteograms- Graphic representations of MRF output. Handy for a quick look of the longer range forecast
Atlanta | Charlotte | Tampa
IGES (Institute for Global Environment and Society)
ETA (48 hr) Meteograms - Graphic representations of ETA output. Handy for a quick look at the short range forecast Atlanta | Charlotte | Tampa

48 hr NGM Graphs. Weather Underground now makes NGM MOS available from each cities forecast page. NGM MOS explained

Wunderground 6 hr animated windforecast loop
Wunderground SE US Present Wind Readings
Intellicast Meso Wind Current and Forecast Southeast Maps
(out to about a 120 m radius): Atlanta | Knoxville | Myrtle Beach | Cape Hatteras Pensacola, FL | Tampa / St. Pete | Jacksonville | Miami
Intellicast Wind/Isobar Current and W Forecast Southeast Maps
For Atlanta (and out to about a 300 m radius):
Current Conditions | 6 hr | 12 hr | 18 hr | 24 hr | 30 hr | 36 hr
Note: The times for the links above may not always match up with the correct image as the links shift according to time of day. You may either edit your url upon arrival or just click for the correct forecast. I used these fixed links so that you might avoid the extra ads on the site.
For other SE cities:
Savannah | Tallahasse | Orlando (East Coast FL) | Key West | Wilmington, NC | Memphis | Knoxville | Meridian, MS
National Map and to select other areas:
Current National Wind Map | National Wind 24 hr Forecast Map |
Intellicast also has a Intellicast Sail Forecast National and Regional Maps. These are much less helpful than the maps above. After all, good sailing for us (eg gale warnings) isn't everyones cup of tea

model output in numerical form
More places are covered especially for the longer range forecasts.

NWS model output statistics (mos) Data in tabular (text) form. Choose from MRF (10 days), NGM (48 hours) or AVN (Aviation 48 hr).

See the NWS site for more city selections or to view multiple cities at the same time; NWS AVN output; or for a more complete list of NWS MOF Products.

More data or if the above server isn't functioning: NGM, MRF, AVN, ETA MOS in tabular (text) form

FSU Dept of Meteorology

isobar (pressure) and weather system maps

NWS HPC Quantitative Precip Forecasts (QPF) (National Isobar/Front Map)
12hr | 18hr | 24hr | 30hr | 36hr | 48hr IWIN (NWS) Graphics Still Image (for slower connections) | Animated (for fast connections)
National ETA Maps and animated loops out 48hrs. National maps show isobars and fronts. The animated image is great for understanding the predicted course of weather systems.
Initial | 6hr | 12hr | 18hr | 24hr | 30hr | 36hr | 42hr | 48hr| Loop| 4 panel Unisys Weather
Weather Channel Forecast Maps (Main Page)

more computer models

Great index of available forecast outputs:U. Mich Computer Model Forecasts
Unisys Wind Forecasts and Model Outputs (formerly the Purdue wxp site)
US Isobar (Pressure) Map, Unisys website

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