===== Bellingham Local Conditions ===== ==== Webcams ==== * [[https://www.portofbellingham.com/433/Webcams-Weather-Tides|Port of Bellingham Webcam List]] * **Fairhaven Webcams **- we are now starting to create a more comprehensive live view of the Bay. These links are just the embedded cam views and not the sponsor page for the web cams (our Community Boating Center helps with installation and maintenance, if you want to help with upkeep and future additions you can [[https://www.boatingcenter.org/donate|Contribute to Webcams]] (scroll down to the webcams "support" button)) * **Our Current List ** (sometimes these are down, needing maintenance or can be offline for longer periods if major construction is going on in Port facilities) * [[https://live1.brownrice.com/embed/bellingham1|Post Point Web Cam]] current conditions on Bellingham Bay looking farther out from Marine Park at Post Point buoy - a popular surfski launching point. * [[http://live1.brownrice.com/embed/bellingham3|Marine Park Web Cam]] looking toward Post Point * [[https://live1.brownrice.com/embed/bellingham4|Marine Park Panorama]] * [[http://live1.brownrice.com/embed/bellingham2|CBC Boat Launch]] * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j0aasCRk_k|Zuanich Park WebCam ]] (north end of the bay adjacent to Bellingham Marina) * **Wider Area Cam Coverage** * [[https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?48.647,-122.569,11,p:cams,m:e0kacL3|Windy Map with Webcam Links]] ==== Tides ==== * [[http://deepzoom.com/|DeepZoom]] Shows local tides and currents ==== Wind & Weather ==== * [[https://seatemperature.info/bellingham-water-temperature.html|Bellingham Bay Water Temperature Today]] * [[:weather#websites_apps|List of Weather Websites & Apps]] * **Some Examples** * [[https://wx.ikitesurf.com/|iKitesurf]] * [[https://forecast.predictwind.com/|PredictWind ]]- requires login but you can save two locations for free, use website or IOS, Android apps * [[https://tempestwx.com/map/47.9292/-120.8313/7|Tempest Weather Stations]] map with personal weather station reports * [[https://www.ventusky.com/?p=48.666;-122.595;10&l=wind-10m|Ventusky - Wind, Rain and Temperature Maps]] * [[https://www.windfinder.com/|Windfinder]] * [[https://wxtofly.net/loopallbasic.html?param=tenmwind®ion=PNW&grid=w2|TJ's Forecast for Bellingham]] this aviation weather website seems to have periodic problems * [[https://bellinghamkiteboarding.com/|Bellingham Kiteboarding]] * [[https://wx.windalert.com/map#48.653,-122.536,11,876705|WindAlert Map]] * [[https://tempestwx.com/map/198070/48.6743/-122.4897/12|Tempest Weather Stations]] * **Buoys** * [[https://www.buoyweather.com/forecast/marine-weather/@48.64,-122.51|Buoy Weather]] (opening location west of Wildcat Cove) * [[https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml?lat=48.256282&lon=-123.507248&zoom=8&type=oceans&status=r&pgm=&op=&ls=n|National Data Buoy Center]] * [[https://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer?snapshot=6d298656ba2a1ae6f7f4a678e1a25|NVS Data Explorer]] Real-time wind data from local buoys * [[https://sailflow.com/windlist/bellingham, wa|Sailflow.com]] Another way to get buoy wind readings * [[https://nwem.apl.uw.edu/prod_BB_BellBay.shtml|Se'lhaem, Bellingham Bay Buoy]] * [[https://weatherspark.com/y/991/Average-Weather-in-Bellingham-Washington-United-States-Year-Round#Sections-Wind|Annual Bellingham Wind Averages]] ---- ==== Seasonal Wind History - Bellingham ==== {{:locales:bellingham:bellwind.jpg?direct&624x332|bellwind.jpg}} {{:weather:windkey.jpg?direct&493x56|bellwind2.jpg}} chart: windalert.com ---- ==== South Wind Likely For the Next Hour in Bellingham Bay ==== **Pressure Gradients** **//Only works//** on predominantly south winds. * **Get EastSound - Arlington ****Pressure Gradient for South Wind** * **Method 1 to get Pressure Gradient **we have seen episodic problems with this website - try method 2 web link if this one is offlline* * **Step 1 ​​​​​**Open this [[http://allthingsstructured.com/gradients|data page]] and look at the **Pressure Gradient table** * **Step 2** Read the **cell** in the **-1h column ** (for last hour) and **Arlington-Eastsound**** row** * If there is a number in the cell (sometimes it is empty) and it is preceded by an **"S"** then interpret the number below on this page under "**Pressure Gradient Bellingham Bay Wind Predictor"** * **Method 2 to get Pressure Gradient** * **Step 1** Open [[https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=RWR&issuedby=WA|NOAA Hourly Roundup Seattle]] ( XXX [[https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sew/get.php?wfo=sew&sid=WA&pil=RWR|Old NOAA Hourly Roundup Seattle]] XXX - Obsolete web address ) * **Step 2 Subtract EastSound (Orcas Is.) pressure from Arlington pressure** to derive the pressure gradient. **Pressure Gradient Bellingham Bay South Wind Predictor** ---- The numbers below are generalities at best but give a sense of how the gradient equates to our **next hour** of South wind in Bellilngham Bay. ^**Arlington-Eastsound South Wind Gradient** ^Approx. Wind Next Hour| |**0.01 - 0.02** |**Sub 10 mph wind** | |**0.03 - 0.04** |**10 - 15 mph wind** | |**0.05 - 0.06** |**15 - 25 mph wind** | |**0.07 - 0.10** |**25 - 30 mph wind** | |**0.11 - 0.12** |**30+ mph wind** | |Larger numbers can occasionally mean a squall is on the way which usually|intially kills the wind then can bring sudden high wind as the squall passes through.| | | | ---- **Gradient (forecast for the whole day) from Boeing Field to Bellingham Airport ??** ---- The Boeing Field to Bellingham Airport pressure gradient chart on the following linked page (scroll down at bit to see it?)…We need to observe this one more to see if we get any value out of it or if it just covers too long of a stretch to be a useful indicator. [[https://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=219&Isection=Pressure+Report#?-|iwindsurf Pressure Gradients]] ---- ---- The link below is 3 day airport weather forecast - the wind on Bellingham Bay is typically stronger [[http://www.wttr.in/bellingham|http://www.wttr.in/bellingham]]