Friday
Aug262011
New weather web site
Friday, August 26, 2011 at 9:40AM I set up a new website to track my interest in weather.
Go over and visit www.wxchicago.com
Welcome to Matt’s page about weather. I have always been fascinated with the weather, and as a former pilot and a current sailor, knowing what’s going on up in the sky is extremely important for safety and comfort.
The weather information displayed above is from a weather station Emmy & I have installed on the roof of our home, near Chicago’s Wrigley Field. If you live nearby, this is as accurate as it’s going to get!
In January, 2011, I am enrolling in the Penn State Certificate in Weather Forecasting, a four-course online college-level course. I am going to document that through this weather blog.
Friday, August 26, 2011 at 9:40AM Saturday
Mar192011
DuPage Severe Weather Seminar
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 5:20PM Emmy & I attended the DuPage County Severe Weather Seminar last weekend. Good stuff. Info here:
http://www.dupagesevereweather.com/
Friday
Jan142011
Presentation at Karma Yacht Sales Open House
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 4:15PM I am doing a short presentation on weather for cruising sailors tomorrow at the open house held by our friends at Karma Yacht Sales. My talk is at 1 p.m. if you can come by.
For those of you who attended the presentation here are:
- My speaker notes, in PDF format
- The handout given out at Karma, also in PDF
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Friday
Jan142011
Favorite weather books
Friday, January 14, 2011 at 11:50AM Here are a list of my favorite books about weather forecasting (links on the title will take you to Amazon to purchase if available):
General Weather Books
- A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology - A college-level texbook on weather, written by the directors of the Penn State Weather Forecasting Certificate I am taking. Expensive but worth it. Loose-leaf format and comes with a CD-ROM with a lot of excellent examples and illustrations.
- Meteorology Today - Another introductory college-level textbook.
Weather for Sailors
- North U
Wednesday
Jan122011
Weather Station
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 10:58AM The graphic above is provided courtesy of the Weather Underground. We have a Davis VantagePro 2 Weather Station on our roof, which feeds data to Weather Underground. So if you are interested in whether the wind is blowing out at Wrigley, this is probably a good place to check.
