Peppermint
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that the Shipping Forecast is getting more accurate?
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Does anyone think
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Chris_Stannard
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Re: Does anyone think - Rarely it hurst my head
I leave my Navtex to receive both the English and French forecasts and if they are different take the worst. I find the French are more accurate as long as you can read French, luckily SWMBO can.
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I leave my Navtex to receive both the English and French forecasts and if they are different take the worst. I find the French are more accurate as long as you can read French, luckily SWMBO can.
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Twister_Ken
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Robin
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No
Today's forecast for Channel waters is covered by 2 brief lines for Fisher German Bight Humber Thames Dover Wight Portland Plymouth. That is EIGHT sea areas in 2 very brief lines. The forecasting back at base might have improved but what you get as a user has not.
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Today's forecast for Channel waters is covered by 2 brief lines for Fisher German Bight Humber Thames Dover Wight Portland Plymouth. That is EIGHT sea areas in 2 very brief lines. The forecasting back at base might have improved but what you get as a user has not.
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Talbot
Active member
Re: No
UK Shipping forecast from Met Office:
"Shipping Forecast
AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET.OFFICE AT 0505 ON FRIDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2003
THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SHANNON ROCKALL
MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND
THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT
ATLANTIC LOW 300 MILES WEST OF ROCKALL 970 EXPECTED DENMARK STRAIT 981 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. HIGH MOVING STEADILY WEST, EXPECTED EAST SWEDEN 1046 BY SAME TIME. NEW LOW EXPECTED JUST WEST OF SOLE 1000 BY THAT TIME
THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH
SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 BACKING EAST 5 TO 7. DRIZZLE IN NORTH LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD"
A bit sparse IMHO.
You could use the met office mobile service :
"These mobile services ensure you have detailed weather information whenever you need it. You can access detailed hourly forecasts for your exact location both on land and sea (general and marine Time and Place service), request gale warnings, inshore waters, shipping, and sea area forecasts, as well as receiving five-day forecasts for any UK postcode or world city destination. Simply register once for access to all the above services and much more."
My favourite is www.windguru.cz
For this weekend he is forecasting easterlies max sp 13 kts and no rain (but temps down to 6 degrees!!!
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UK Shipping forecast from Met Office:
"Shipping Forecast
AND NOW THE SHIPPING FORECAST ISSUED BY THE MET.OFFICE AT 0505 ON FRIDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2003
THERE ARE WARNINGS OF GALES IN VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SHANNON ROCKALL
MALIN HEBRIDES BAILEY FAIR ISLE FAEROES AND SOUTHEAST ICELAND
THE GENERAL SYNOPSIS AT MIDNIGHT
ATLANTIC LOW 300 MILES WEST OF ROCKALL 970 EXPECTED DENMARK STRAIT 981 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. HIGH MOVING STEADILY WEST, EXPECTED EAST SWEDEN 1046 BY SAME TIME. NEW LOW EXPECTED JUST WEST OF SOLE 1000 BY THAT TIME
THE AREA FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND PLYMOUTH
SOUTHEAST 4 OR 5 BACKING EAST 5 TO 7. DRIZZLE IN NORTH LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD"
A bit sparse IMHO.
You could use the met office mobile service :
"These mobile services ensure you have detailed weather information whenever you need it. You can access detailed hourly forecasts for your exact location both on land and sea (general and marine Time and Place service), request gale warnings, inshore waters, shipping, and sea area forecasts, as well as receiving five-day forecasts for any UK postcode or world city destination. Simply register once for access to all the above services and much more."
My favourite is www.windguru.cz
For this weekend he is forecasting easterlies max sp 13 kts and no rain (but temps down to 6 degrees!!!
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chas
New member
In my humble and very subjective opinion, 2003 should be remembered as the year of the lousy and misleading forecast.
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Sailfree
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Re: No
I started looking at Windguru about 3 weeks ago and presentation is fantastic but for last two weekends its been underpredicting. From memory for last Sunday it indicated up to 28 overnight and much lower for day for Sandown. In Solent we experienced F8 during the day and many gusts. I will continue to compare but will now assume wind is average and assume gusts up to 2X average and see how it compares. With met office I find forcast tends to be at the top end of the conditions we will find and only reef down further if accompanied by strong wind warnings.
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I started looking at Windguru about 3 weeks ago and presentation is fantastic but for last two weekends its been underpredicting. From memory for last Sunday it indicated up to 28 overnight and much lower for day for Sandown. In Solent we experienced F8 during the day and many gusts. I will continue to compare but will now assume wind is average and assume gusts up to 2X average and see how it compares. With met office I find forcast tends to be at the top end of the conditions we will find and only reef down further if accompanied by strong wind warnings.
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Robin
Well-known member
Re: No
Exactly, anywhere from F4 to F7 over a huge area. If you look at the inshore forecast and the Meteo France (web) ones you can see where the F7 bits might be - and it isn't over the whole of the areas given.
Also as you say, the various internet weather sites are different again (but not available on board of course).
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Exactly, anywhere from F4 to F7 over a huge area. If you look at the inshore forecast and the Meteo France (web) ones you can see where the F7 bits might be - and it isn't over the whole of the areas given.
Also as you say, the various internet weather sites are different again (but not available on board of course).
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