If there's one thing that's tough to count on ours the Weather. We all bitch and complain at how bad it can be. Well here's your chance to help improve it.
The National Weather Service in Upton is using forecasts and ocean buoys to measure wave lengths in the Atlantic off Long Island and along parts of the East Coast. Meteorologists hope the experimental forecast will lead to a better advisory system for boaters and ships.
“If you’re a boater in a small recreational boat or smaller vessels, they have to worry less about the big swells and more energetic waves rolling on the ocean,” said Nelson Vaz, the weather service’s warning coordinator meteorologist. “A small boat can roll with the waves and go up and down, but with more choppy waves for an extended period, you can get in trouble pretty quickly.”
The program is reliant on feedback from boaters to determine if their forecast is accurate.
