## Marine Weather Center Webinar Series - July 30 - Weather 101 - Large-scale weather events and systems

**Build Your Weather Knowledge—One Course at a Time**

The Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) is pleased to partner with **Marine Weather Center (MWXC)** and renowned marine meteorologist **Chris Parker** for a comprehensive **12-part weather education series** beginning **July 28** and continuing through the end of August.

The series begins with **Weather 101**, an essential introduction to the fundamentals every cruiser should understand before heading offshore. From there, each webinar builds upon the previous one, guiding participants from basic weather concepts to increasingly advanced topics used by experienced passagemakers. Along the way, you'll learn how to interpret weather features, recognize changing patterns, understand forecast products, and develop the confidence to make better-informed decisions while cruising.

Whether you're preparing for your first coastal cruise or planning offshore passages, this progressive series is designed to expand your understanding of the marine environment one step at a time. By the conclusion of the twelve sessions, participants will have developed a much deeper understanding of marine weather, forecast interpretation, and the atmospheric processes that influence safe and efficient passagemaking.

Join SSCA and Chris Parker as we build the knowledge and confidence that every cruiser needs to better understand the weather—not just what the forecast says, but *why* it happens.

Full Schedule with topics

• July 28 - Weather 100 - Energy transfer and basic concepts
• July 30 - Weather 101 - Large-scale weather events and systems
• August 5 - Weather 102 - How upper-air weather influences surface weather
• August 6 - Weather 201 - Importance of lift, convection, thermodynamics
• August 11 - Weather 202 - Smaller-scale weather events and how to anticipate them
• August 13 - Weather 203 - Numerical (computer-generated) weather forecasts - strengths, weaknesses, usage (Part 1)
• August 18 - Weather 203 - Numerical (computer-generated) weather forecasts - strengths, weaknesses, usage (Part 2)
• August 21 - Weather 301 - Waves, seas - drivers, behavior and impacts on vessel
• August 25 - Weather 400 - Weather Router - what is a weather router, what to they do, how to think like a weather router, when to use one
• August 26 - Weather 401 - Forecast Resources and Communications - some of our favorite forecast resources, how to access them, how to use them (Part 1)
• August 28 - Weather 401 - Forecast Resources and Communications - some of our favorite forecast resources, how to access them, how to use them (Part 2)
• Sept 8 - Weather 402 - Creating and Using a forecast for your boat