Here you can view any of the individual WAVEWATCH III® graphic products generated during the last six model runs. Simply follow the steps and click to choose the Model, Forecast Zone, Model Run Time, Product, and then click on a Forecast Time (0 is the nowcast, negative times are hindcasts, positive times are forecasts). Buoy information for the selected region is also given in the form of spectral plots, source term plots, and Spectral Bulletins. Current Product Selection:
The significant wave height is a measure for the wave height, and closely corresponds to what a trained observer would consider to be the mean wave height. Note that the highest wave height of an individual wave will be significantly larger.
The wind speed is the 1-minute US average wind measured at a standard height of 10 meters above the ground.
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Not much work on the book recently, but useful sidetracks into bookbinding (making a music folder, see middeleeuwsedagen.blogspot.com) and cutting quills....