Weather Workshop

B Dawson came across a guy who does marine weather forecasting and training for a living.  He was recently doing a weekend workshop in Annapolis that cost several hundred dollars to attend.  We’ve got him for considerable less.  The guy is the real deal:

http://lakeeriewx.com/

Cross Currents has hired him to do a one-day workshop on Mar 7.  It will be at OcaMocha in Arbutus.  The session will go from 9:30 to 5:00 or 5:30. The room is confirmed and this is definite.

The curriculum looks fabulous. There are units on:

• basic physical and meteorological principles and language
• understanding weather forecasting graphics and symbols
• forecasting resources for predicting wave height and direction
• forces that influence the wind and predicting speed, duration, direction
• interpreting and using Doppler radar and satellite imagery
• understanding low pressure systems and tropical storms; methods for predicting strength, duration etc.
• thunderstorms – atmospheric conditions leading to formation; assessing their potential development using internet resources and reading the sky

We need a minimum of 25 people to make it happen. There is a maximum of 35 people who can attend.
The cost is $40, which covers the trainer’s fees and expenses. There’s nothing financial in this for Cross Currents.