onlineweather.com- too optimistic?

[andyball]

Their forecast for today in the Solent, issued at 04.23...

"Valid for 6 hours from 1200 GMT Thursday
Wind: SSW, Force 4 or 5 ( 13 - 21 mph)
Weather Light rain showers
Sea State Moderate
Visibility 9 miles "


Bramblemet at 14.05 showed

Mean Speed 32.8 kn (F7)
Highest Gust 40.1 kn (F8)


Maybe the met-office isn't so bad?






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[BrendanS]

That's cos it's crap. I never even look at it anymore. Try www.theyr.net. It's forecasts actually look like the real weather today

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[ccscott49]

55-60 knots, gusting to 65, rather a windy day out here in the north sea, I almost got blown away, and I'm not a wee chappie!

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[kindredspirit]

I never use them.

Their forecasts are usually wrong.

(I've a good few weather links below if you want to browse through them.)






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[BrendanS]

Oh! you're back out there are you! Got bored with the Congo then? <g>

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[ccscott49]

Congo got bored with me, they found somebody cheaper! Not as good, but you pay peanuts, you get monkeys! More money and a contract out here! Next job, possibly IOW or the Azores?!? Geothermal well. Might prefer the IOW, maybe run into some of you lot there! Also a job in Seville, we'll see!

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[BrendanS]

IoW would be great!!! We could have a meet, and you'd have plenty of opportunities of being taken boating! When would that likely to be?

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[ccscott49]

Just into the new year, late Jan probably, we will see whats what later. It would be good to see a few of you, thats for sure!

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[BrendanS]

That would be great. If you go for it, would you be there long enough to come to the Mercury meet in May, or is it a shorter contract than that?

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[hlb]

We've got a hole wants digging in the garden, up here in the frozen north. We could do with an expert!!../forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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[powerskipper]

Well they got some right in Solent today, was blowing a good 6+ at 3ish this after noon, played off Osbourn bay, then dashed back to marina as the wind got stronger, it was gusty today, But only got 1 wave over flybrigde so only bit soaked today /forums/images/icons/smile.gif


Colin if you around , we can show you how to helm a proper boat, not these hybrids /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[hardy]

used them once when new to boating , went out ok in our hardy reggatta 17 bit of a swell I noticed ,they had said slight to calm. on the way back from IOW It was rough we where the only boat apart from ferries and big things out there.
I learned quickly how to use that boat and the startling adrenaline is brown .
I look at that site now and again just to compare with a real site .

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