On Tue, 29 May 2001, Faure, Marin wrote:
:Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 11:33:48 -0500
:From: Jeff Berg <jeff@purpleshark.com>
:Subject: Re: LRO: Re: West Marine
:
:>The Weather forecasts are the standard NOAA broadcast--you get marine
:along with the rest of it.
:
:Actually, in our part of the world (Pacific Northwest), the marine VHF weather
:channels (WX 2,3,4, and 5) are distinctly marine-only broadcasts. They do not
:include the "standard" NOAA weather information available on, say, the WX
:band on some car radios. Up here, VHF-WX 2 and 3 are western Washington
:marine forecasts and current conditions, and 4 and 5 are the same type of
:broadcasts but are from Environment Canada and cover the coastal waters of
:southern BC.
Depending where you are in the US, NOAA weather can be on any of seven WX
frequencies. There's a list of all the NOAA stations, including call signs,
frequencies, and geographic coverage at
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrtrans.htm
David
-- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad.
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