Text marine forecasts - Coastal waters
forecasts for the southern Oregon, northwestern California, and central
California coasts. Off shore waters forecast for all of the West Coast and
the high seas forecast for the North Pacific.Welcome to the Humboldt Bay Marine Weather Kiosk!
Partial funding for this kiosk was provided by a grant from the National Safe Boating Council, Inc. Programming is provided by NOAA National Weather Service, Weather Forecast Office Eureka. Additional weather information can be obtained by visiting the National Weather Service office on Woodley Island.
For all screens, use the slider bar on the right hand side of the screen to scroll up and down through the page. Simply touch the bar and drag it in the direction desired.
TIME - Most weather products use UTC for time. UTC is coordinated universal time and is also known as Z time, GMT, and Greenwich Mean Time. To convert to Pacific Standard Time, subtract 8 hours (12Z becomes 4:00 a.m.). To convert to Pacific Daylight Time, subtract 7 hours (12Z becomes 5:00 a.m.).
Text marine forecasts - Coastal waters
forecasts for the southern Oregon, northwestern California, and central
California coasts. Off shore waters forecast for all of the West Coast and
the high seas forecast for the North Pacific.
Both
of these buttons will display output graphics from the WaveWatch III
model. Data available are: significant wave height with surface wind
barbs, dominant wave period, and surface wind speed/direction. Significant
wave height is the average of the highest one-third of all waves.
This is the wave height that most observers would report. Additionally,
this is the height reported by buoys.
Visible, infrared, water vapor, and fog
images taken from the GOES-West satellite. Visible light images are
similar to black and white photos. Infrared light images sense the
heat given off by the earth's surface. Cold cloud tops appear white or (if
below -30C) in various colors. Water vapor images show the moisture
content of the atmosphere. Dry areas are brown and moist in green. Fog
products use two wavelengths of infrared light to show areas of fog at
night.
Data taken from the WSR-88D doppler weather
radar. The radar provides a graphic showing the locations of echoes
received by the radar. The stronger echoes correspond to heavier rainfall
or hail. Be sure to use the color bar to determine the strength of the
echoes.
Photo
of the 110-foot high radar tower on Bunker Hill.
Links to the National Data Buoy Center's
webpage. Just press on the buoy desired on the map. Remember - wave
heights from buoys are the significant waves (average of the one-third
highest waves).
These maps display the wind speed at the
250 millibar level - about 40,000 feet. This gives the location and
intensity of the jet stream. The colors correspond to the speed of the
jet.
Observed sea surface temperature graphics from
the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Center.
Links to the NOAA National Ocean Service
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) webpage.
Last Updated: April 10, 2003