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Tuesday in the GLCCSchool – Understanding and Avoiding Thunderstorms – Part1

Posted by Mark Gagyi
March 14, 2025

Understanding and Avoiding Thunderstorms is a two-session (4 hour) webinar designed for cruisers who would like to reduce their chances of an encounter with one of thesereal life, hair-raising weather events. In this webinar you will explore why thunderstorms often seem to just pop-up on late summer afternoon, why some storms have a short life span while others can last for hours and why some storms pack a tremendous punch while others move by quickly.

Mark Thornton is one of the foremost weather authorities on the Great Lakes and his company LakeErieWX has become a “go to” source for many, many Great Lakes cruisers and racers. Mark has been forecasting Great Lakes weather for almost 20 years and is, himself a Great Lakes cruiser.

Register now at the Great Lakes Cruising Club School.

Want to learn more about this webinar and other GLCCSchool webinars? Check out the GLCC YouTube channel.

Don't forget all the GLCCSchool webinars are free for all GLCC members.