Deborah Bach has another fine feature at Three Sheets Northwest. Marty McOmber took the photograph.
Washington’s Ferry Weather website is the only source of information for conditions on Western Washington’s inland waters.
The future of a regional weather service that boaters, meteorologists and even NOAA forecasters depend on is uncertain.
The state’s Ferry Weather website is the only source for information about conditions over Western Washington’s inland waters. Covering an area stretching from the San Juan Islands south to Vashon Island that is heavily used by recreational and commercial boats, the site provides up-to-date data on wind speed and direction—and users say it’s invaluable.
“The ferry observations are probably the number one source of information to us over the water,” said Brad Colman, the meteorologist in charge of NOAA’s National Weather Service office in Seattle.
NOAA forecasters rely heavily on the Ferry Weather service to adjust forecasts when conditions are rapidly changing, Colman said. NOAA monitors weather along the coastline but has only two weather stations in Puget Sound on the water, one each at the east and west entrances of Juan de Fuca Strait.
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