Rip Current Forecasts Available

With heightened interest in rip currents lately, you may be interested to know that NOAA (Natl. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) produces forecasts for rip currents through its National Weather Service offices.

If there are sites on the Great Lakes, these sites will appear on:
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/forecasts.shtml

Also, if you go to the forecast for Portage and click on the Hazardous Weather Outlook button, information on the rip currents will be included if the National Weather Service is forecasting a moderate or high risk of rip currents.

Portage Forecast:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Portage&state=IN&site=LOT&textField1=41.5867&textField2=-87.1815&e=0

Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=INZ002&warncounty=INC127&firewxzone=INZ002&local_place1=Portage+IN&product1=Hazardous+Weather+Outlook

What you decide to do with this information is up to you.

With respect to educating yourself about rip currents, helpful information exists on the town website:
http://www.ogdendunes.net/beachconditions.html
(Clicking on the Rip Currents button links to you NOAA.)

Brochures on the subject are also available in the Town Hall foyer.

The Ogden Dunes Environmental Advisory Board would like to request that the Town Council discuss how this information can be effectively brought to the attention of residents and visitors.