Weather

All people involved in rowing are affected by weather. Being able to read the skies and weather reports for signs of trouble is a valuable skill for athletes, coaches and umpires.

The excerpt below is from RCA's Weather Protocol, produced by Rob Millikin, RCA Licensed Official.

"The Use of Environment Canada Weather Radar"

"In Canada we are blessed to have an Environment Canada Doppler Radar site within range of every rowing club and regatta course in the Dominion

There are many sites from coast to coast and the beauty of it is that normally two or more of the radars will have an overview of every rowing club in Canada. The safety improvement implications are enormous for the sport of rowing.

The Weather office displays the radar imagery with the same immediacy and frequency as the radar info available in the Weather Centre. It takes roughly 10 minutes for the radar to complete a full scan and produce a variety of radar products (one of which is available on Weather Office). So anyone accessing radar imagery on Weather Office is getting the latest available information.

Every radar system has anomalies and that is why information from a radar source should always, where possible, be verified by other factors such as cloud formations and visual references."

Consult:
www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. This is Environment Canada's website and has a great deal of essential information on it, including current radar presentations in your area.

www.intellicast.com is a useful American site which can supplement information provided by Environment Canada.