Marine radar as weather station?

[smells fishy]

My question is this,

I am looking at getting an open array radar of some sort and am wondering if when the boat is on the trailer at the house can I use the radar more of a weather station type of setup.
I can invision being able to connect my computer to my radar somehow and be able to get up to date weather radar of approaching storms and whatnot.
I know that my question is clear as mud, but does anyone have any ideas?

[Mist-Rest]

Don't know about the radar from the boat thing but there is already up to the minute radar available.

[smells fishy]

The up to the minute radar is from locations that are not close to my area. I would like to have the radar station in my back yard. Possibly to have uploaded to my website every minute or so.
I guess I am just looking for something to do over the winter.
Any other ideas?

[Thom]

Wouldn't work very well and you'd tire of it quickly as a result.

Last summer my wife and I were at a campground in NC when some nasty storms were blowing through. Just for the pure unadulterated hell of it I flipped the radar on, a 24 mile 2-kW Raythone unit, and watched the storms come rolling in. We could watch them to the full range but the image was basically worthless (solid black) out past about 16 miles or so. What was more interesting to watch was the formation and disapation of the cells within just a couple of miles. You could watch them birth, grow, shrink, and then die out, but you couldn't do it for long nor far away. Anyway after about 15 minutes it was over - not the storms, just my interest in looking at black blobs on a screen. I wouldn't spend the time or money for connectors to have acess to it all the time.

Thom

[My Turn]

You can get live color radar for anywhere in the USA at intellicast.com. I a sure there are others too.

[Mist-Rest]

That's just who I go to, intellicast.com.

[gerg]

Also consider for the moment that your rather expensive radar antenna has a very finite life. Do you really want to wear it out watching weather come and go?

** yeahah **

[smells fishy]

thanks for the replies guys, I guess the cold weather has got me thinking too much.
I'll have to find another way to justify the radar to the wife.

Thanks again

[trouty]

If you get the one that sweeps around and around and hang clothes from it to dry, you'll have no trouble justifying it to the wife for winter - she can see the rain comming on the radar screen and race out to get the clothes inside before they get wet again!

If the radars a powerfull unit the clothes should be toasty warm into the bargain!

Cheers!

[Birdman]

Hmmm.... maybe I could use this one to sit and drink a beer this winter!!!


"Honey, I'm going to check the weather radar, be back later!!"

Birdman, Capt of

Scout Abaco 280 Click here!

[smells fishy]

Thats funny
I'll have to tell her that.
Damn good idea.