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Now Available as a Recording in the GLCCSchool – Great Lakes Marine Weather Essentials 4: Thunderstorm Primer/Creating Your Own Weather Forecast

Authored by Mark Gagyi
March 8, 2024

On Tuesday, March 12th in the fourth and final webinar of the series, Thunderstorm Primer/Creating Your Own Weather Forecast, Mark Thornton looks at the different types of thunderstorms and the dynamics that lead to their formation.  Then to wrap up the webinar series he will introduce you to a daily forecasting strategy and a set of standard procedures to dramatically improve the accuracy of your forecasting.

Mark Thornton is one of the foremost weather authorities on the Great Lakes and his company LakeErieWX has become a “go to” source for many, many Great Lakes cruisers and racers. Mark has been forecasting Great Lakes weather for almost 20 years and is, himself a Great Lakes cruiser.

The GLCCSchool’s Thunderstorm Primer/Creating Your Own Weather Forecast is available as an individual webinar or as part of the four-part Marine Weather Essentials Package. That package includes Marine Weather Basics, Forces Controlling the Wind/ Doppler Radar, Weather Makers… Forecasting High and Low Pressure Systems and Thunderstorm Primer/Creating Your Own Weather Forecast.  Consider signing up for the package to save some money and to be ready for whatever Mother Nature throws at you.

Register now at the Great Lakes Cruising Club School.

Want to learn more about this webinar and its presenter? Check out the GLCC YouTube Channel.