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The 2008 software program covers Jan. 1, 2005 thru Jan 31, 2009.
(The CD is updated every year. And rather than delete the old database, we leave it on so you can check back a few years.)
NEW FOR 2008:
More "Save" and "Export" features added to those introduced in 2007, plus now you can delete any given Saved Forecast with one click.
Simple, fast installation program.
By far, the most accurate when-to-go forecaster there is.
Very easy to use. Simply point-and-click on your selections.
Helps you quickly find your precise latitude and longitude.
Select your quarry from among 22 species of fish and game:
Largemouths, smallmouths, catfish, crappie, walleye, musky, northerns, brown trout, rainbow, steelhead, salmon, striper, perch, sunfish, saltwater, deer, turkey, waterfowl, upland birds, squirrel, rabbit, or coyote.
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You get PrimeTimes' famous "Daily Rating" feature (which rates each day's potential on a scale of 0-100), but now it adjusts to your exact location, quarry, and current conditions.
You get each day's "Top Periods" listed in order. Displayed both numerically and as boxes on a 24-hour time bar, these also adjust to your location, quarry, and current conditions.
For quick recognition, a toggle switch beside each period in the "Top Periods" list allows you to "Hide" or "Show" that period's box on the time line.
Shows each day's general rise and set times for the sun and moon, moon phase, plus any lunar or solar event, such as perigee, first day of summer, etc.
Quickly change to any date.
One-click to move to the previous or next day.
Want to see the rest of the week, month, or year? Special buttons let you view any or all of the following:
each day's "Top Periods" in order;
PrimeTimes' "Best Days of the Month" charts for all years;
lunar data (rise, set, overhead and underfoot periods, daily ratings, etc.);
solar data (rise, set, dawn period, etc.).
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If your quarry is a fish, you get a "Fine Tuning" section to really zero in on that day's activity times and potential. With one-click, you can enter your:
water temperature;
weather pattern;
sky condition;
wind;
water clarity;
then click DONE and your input is computed to fine-tune that day's
"Daily Rating" value and the order of its "Top Periods."
You can then click on "Today's Tips" to read an in-depth review on how your Fine-Tuning selections may apply to that day's activity.
Click on "Log" to record how you did that day or anything you wish.
Standard menu features: Print, Save, Records (with Export*), and Help.
*Export your saved forecasts and most data to other programs, like NotePad,
Word, Excel, etc; (this also allows the data to be downloaded to a PDA);
Active link to our continually updated, online help site.
Discounts on other PrimeTimes products when purchased with the CD.
A discount on next year's CD and PrimeTimes calendars.
System Requirements: PC with any version of Windows, including Vista (sorry, Mac users); 37 MB free on hard drive; 32 MB Ram, a CD-ROM drive.
It is recommended that your PC hardware and software be reasonably up to date (ie: Windows 98 or newer with a Pentium processor). To date, 99% of our CD customers have had no problems with any part of the CD. Those who have experienced a problem own off-brand PCs, operating systems, processors, or a combination of all three. Yet, even most of these users find the solution on our special help page. While we will replace any disk that is defective, we do not offer refunds. All sales are final.
While Ultimate PrimeTimes accurately predicts those solar and lunar events known to influence fish and game activity, it cannot guarantee you will catch fish or find moving game, because other factors can be overriding influences. Nor can it guarantee that all rise and set times for the sun or moon are official, due to your area's geography and terrain.
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NOTE TO CUSTOMERS OUTSIDE THE U.S.: Although north-south boundries of the CD are from 50 to 20 degrees N. Latitude, and east-west boundries are from 60 to 160 degrees W. Longitude, the CD can be adjusted to be reasonably accurate for virtually any Longitude or Latitude in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Northern Hemisphere
Due to the curvature of the earth, rise and set times become more inaccurate with every degree of latitude you go north. By the Canada border, they can be an hour or more off at times. This is better understood by looking at the extreme, specifically the Arctic Circle, where there are days the sun and/or moon never rise, and others when they never set. However, the Best Periods feature of the CD is not affected by moonrise and set, rather by the moon's zenith (when at its highest point in the sky each day) and its sub-zenith (when underfoot on the other side of the earth). Neither of these zeniths is affected by latitude, so the CD is accurate for the beginning and ending times of both lunar periods, as well as for their placement within the Top Periods list. The exact times of dawn and dusk may be off "up north," because they are based on sunrise and set. But their placement in the Top Periods list will still be accurate. And finally, while each day's Daily Rating value could be lowered with each degree of latitude you are above 50 (due to the decreasing angle of the sun and moon), the all-important relativity of one day to the next remains the same.
The bottom line is that the CD still offers you reasonably accurate predictions of the best days and best times of day to go, even as far north as Alaska.
For tuning the CD to locations outside the U.S., see the last section at the bottom of this page.
Southern Hemisphere
Down here, you need to consider a couple other things. First, your summer (which is the sun's highest point in its "High-Low" cycle) is PrimeTimes' winter (Low Sun). And vice versa. Along the same line, PrimeTimes' "High Moon" is your "Low Moon," and vice versa. This would alter any given day's value in the Daily Rating, but not so much its relativity to the day before and after. And this relativity is what really matters. You want to be fishing/hunting on those days that are stronger than the adjacent days, or those weeks that are stronger than the adjacent weeks.
As for the solar periods, High Noon and Midnight's peaks (centers) would be the same, but their and all solar periods' length would be just the opposite during summer and winter (ie: on the first day of winter one is about 1.5 hours long in Primetimes, while on the first day of summer it's 3 hours long. These would be just the opposite for you.) However, on the first days of spring and fall (when the solar periods are closer to 2 hours), they would be about the same length. The times of Dawn and Dusk, plus their placement in the Top Periods list on the CD would be off, again because your summer is the CD's winter and vice versa.
Basically, the same would be true for the lunar periods, but on a monthly basis, rather than a seasonal one. Each peak would be the same, but the length would be just the opposite (ie: if the period were 3 hours long in PrimeTimes, it would really be only one hour for you...and vice versa). On the other hand, 2-hour-long periods would be the same for you.
So, while both the moon and the sun's High-Low cycles are exactly opposite in the southern hemisphere, all the other cycles figured into PrimeTimes are exactly the same. These cycles, which account for approximately 75% of PrimeTimes? data, include:
1) the moon's phase;
2) the moon's apogee-perigee cycle (how close the moon is to the earth);
3) when the moon and sun reach their highest and lowest points in the sky during each 24-hour period;
4) and those all-important solar-lunar overlaps.
How to Adjust "Ultimate PrimeTimes" for Areas Outside the USA
1) Find out which line of the following longitudes runs down the center of your particular time zone. These run from 3 degrees West longitude near Liverpool, England to 168 degrees West near the International Dateline. They then switch over to East longitudes, running from 177 degrees East to 12 degrees East near Rome, Italy. The longitudes are: (East) 3, 18, 33, 48, 63, 78, 93, 108, 123, 138, 153, 168.....(West) 177, 162,147, 132, 117, 102, 87, 72, 57, 42, 27, 12.
2) Determine how many longitudinal degrees you are to the east or west of that particular longitude running through your time zone. Let's say you are 5 degrees to the west of it.
3) On PrimeTimes' "Location & Quarry" screen, select the Eastern Time Zone.
4) Since you are 5 degrees to the west of center, add 5 to 78, which would give you 83. (If you were to the east of center, you'd subtract 5 from 78 and get 73.)
5) Enter 83 degrees in the Longitude box. That's all you have to do. The times generated by PrimeTimes should be reasonably accurate for your area. (Be sure to read the above sections on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres).
As for Latitude, if your latitude falls outside the acceptable range of PrimeTimes (20-50 degrees North) simply select whichever one is the closer for you (20 or 50). Latitude is much less of a factor, especially when under 20 (nearing the equator), as explained above.
If you'd like to check the accuracy of the adjustment you made for longitude, go to this web site and enter the information it asks for. Once it has calculated the sun and moon data for your exact location today, pay particular attention to the Sun's Transit time. Let's say it is 12:30 p.m. Now go to PrimeTimes' Activity Screen and see where the "Noon" box is sitting on the time line. If the center of it appears to be at 12:30 p.m., you are right on. If it isn't, simply go back to the Location & Quarry screen and tweak the longitude a little until that box is in the right place.
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