Tim's Guide A quick step by step guide to assessing conditions for rowing. Realtime Conditions in PT Morgan Hill Weather Station This weather station is on the top of Morgan Hill. The summary of conditions is pretty good. In the bottom frame there are three graphs - the middle one shows wind speed and wind direction for the last 24 hours. This is very useful as you can easily see patterns where the wind is getting stronger and if the wind direction is varying. Ferry Weather Reports Washington State Ferries reports conditions from the Port Townsend - Keystone Ferries on each crossing. Fire Station Tower Webcam This webcam is mounted on the Antenna Tower at the Firestation. We can control the camera from your browser. Pan from Admiralty Inlet round the PaperMill. Court House Webcam Another place to take a look at conditions in Port Townsend Bay. Camera views vary but cannot be controlled. Looking ahead NWS 5 Day forecast (six hour intervals) The National Weather Service runs humungous computer models of weather across the country - here's an easy to read snapshot for Port Townsend. It's predictions of wind speeds tend to be high but the right order of magnitude. If the link seems strange - it is. I had to use a URL remapping service to make the link work on this site. Five days out the forecasts can change significantly but by 48 hours out they are pretty accurate. More detail on the forecasted windspeeds. When forecasters talk about wind they mention sustained and gust speeds. The models average the two. It is often reasonable to halve the wind speed given in the forecast table. W WA Forecast Discussion Read the NWS forecasters discussion of how and why they change the forecasts. There are references to the computer models they use and why, based on their experience, they change the forecasts. Good information.