Will there be wind tomorrow?

 

 

Lake Erie live web cam of Maumee Bay
courtesy of the UT LEC

 

Weather forecasts.

• NOAA - Toledo Harbor light #2
         Knots to MPH
    5 Knots =  5.8 MPH
  10 Knots = 11.5 MPH
  15 Knots = 17.3 MPH
  20 Knots = 23.0 MPH
  25 Knots = 28.8 MPH
• Nearshore Marine Forecast Lake Erie Maumee Bay to Reno
• Open Waters Marine Forecast Lake Erie
• Water Temp western Lake Erie
• Iwindsurf.com
• Another source for information on Great Lakes regional weather is the NOAA office in Cleveland.

Check out the Great Lakes National Data Bouy Center page and 48 hr forecast.

Another quick look at Toledo weather from Intellicast and the regional Windcast.

This big map from the UNISYS Weather Server covers the whole US. Also please read the notes to the right from their FAQ on what a wind barb is before you click on the picture. I've found their map to be very helpful. My observations are that if you are down stream within a hundred miles of two big barbs then load up the short boards and head to the beach when you see the tree limbs start to move!

 

The circle represents cloud cover. The open (black) circles represent clear skies and filled circles represent cloudy skies. Varying degrees of fill represent how much cloud cover there is. The line coming out of the circle is called a wind barb. This represents the wind direction and speed. The line points into the wind (the direction the wind is coming from) and the number of barbs determine the wind speed in 10s of knots (roughly MPH). A small barb is 5 knots.