An Educated Boater is a Safer Boater!
Weather Course – Details
Climate Change? Hurricanes? Extreme Wind? Dark Clouds?
The safety and comfort of those who venture out-on-the water have always been weather dependent. In this course students will become keener observers of the weather. However, these observations only have meaning in the context of the basic principles of meteorology — the science of the atmosphere.
This course covers the dramatic technological advances that have changed the ways weather forecasts are produced and disseminated. The course is unique because it not only deals with modern weather forecasting – what are the different types of forecasts, when to use them, and how to get and interpret them. It also deals with the fundamental atmospheric dynamics underlying the weather events being forecast.
The course focuses on how weather systems form, behave, move, and interact with one another and reflects the availability of all sorts of weather reports and forecasts on the Internet. This is a general weather course benefiting those sitting in their living rooms, as much as those standing behind the helm.
Dates & Cost:
- Oct. 29, 2024 to Nov. 19, 2024
- Twice a week for 4 weeks with exam in week 4
- Tuesday & Friday 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
- Weather Course w/ Manual – $98 for USPS Members (refunded after exam *)
- Weather Course w/ Manual – $198 for Non-Members
- Register Online <<<
- Recommended Pre-Requisite: ABC3 Boating Safety Course
* Exclusive SLRPS Member Benefit!!!
St. Lucie River Power Squadron Members Only
If you are a SLRPS member, you can attend Advanced & Elective courses taught by our squadron instructors for Free!!! To facilitate ordering of manuals and course materials, SLRPS members should register and pay for the course up front. Upon course completion and taking the exam, SLRPS members will be refunded the cost of the course. Student Manuals will be provided to SLRPS members on a loaner basis for the duration of the course, but must be returned upon course completion. Manuals can be purchased separately if members want a personal copy to keep.
For more information about the course, please contact our Squadron Education Officer Paul Bendeck at: [email protected]