kcrane
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The forecast for the next week or so is rather extreme, I wonder if we will get out at all in January.
Rather dramatic forecast for UK weather next week
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RogerRat
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paultallett
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What app is that your using for the forecast?
longjohnsilver
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10m waves, pah! Call yourself a proper fisherman?
rosssavage
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What app is that your using for the forecast?
What he said...
rbcoomer
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10m waves, pah! Call yourself a proper fisherman?
Hmmm, that's twice the size of my boat... end on!
Still, reasonable wavelength so could be regarded to as 'hilly' rather than 'choppy'
kcrane
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It is Windfinder Pro on Android. It shows temp, rain, wind direction, hour by hour, wave height, wave frequency, wave direction and tide. It is pretty useful.
The hour by hour forecast for tomorrow isn't wonderful
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kcrane
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10m waves, pah! Call yourself a proper fisherman?
I think I will invite you and RR out on a choppy day so you can't stand on the sidelines making fun of me wimping out
paultallett
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Downloaded...... Another one for the arsenal.
CX54WEK
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Yep. I have added it as well.
The more you have the more likely you are to find a forecast you like
Possibly not next week though!
longjohnsilver
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I'm free on Wednesday of next week..............looks ideal for a fishing trip
AAF
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As a newbie to channel boating I have read these MBY weather threads with trepidation. Some forecasters seem to threaten gales when reality is mild breeze. Many on here use multiple sources but as far as I can see all seem to err on the side of caution in various degrees. I guess litigation for false promises rests somewhere in their corporate minds and I would agree with them if I were looking from their side.
Thursday last I took my boat round from Portland (location of maintenance activity) to Weymouth (home berth). Not exactly difficult and the wind was westerly so seas were protected by Chesil beach and Portland island. Minimum forecast on all the sites I viewed was F5-F6. So we went anyway to do the trip even though it was P*****g down with rain. Reality was much less wind (F3 gusts max) and the rain stopped pretty much as we boarded and we went out for about 3 miles to see what was what. Long big rollers about so wave height was probably 2m but not at all dangerous. So yes, hilly rather than choppy.
What does that mean to me as a Newbie if the worst comes to the worst?
1. I take refuge in that most boats seem to survive when the crew that have abandoned the vessel don't. So stick with the boat even though it feels like a washing machine
2. Never trust a forecast they are only a guide and use your common sense and mark 1 eyeball when you are there.
3. Keep the engines in good order so if you look like or are close to getting in the doodoo you can power away to minimise washing machine experience
So now the more experienced on here will tell me why my rule of thumb is a false premise. (And thus I will learn more!)
Thursday last I took my boat round from Portland (location of maintenance activity) to Weymouth (home berth). Not exactly difficult and the wind was westerly so seas were protected by Chesil beach and Portland island. Minimum forecast on all the sites I viewed was F5-F6. So we went anyway to do the trip even though it was P*****g down with rain. Reality was much less wind (F3 gusts max) and the rain stopped pretty much as we boarded and we went out for about 3 miles to see what was what. Long big rollers about so wave height was probably 2m but not at all dangerous. So yes, hilly rather than choppy.
What does that mean to me as a Newbie if the worst comes to the worst?
1. I take refuge in that most boats seem to survive when the crew that have abandoned the vessel don't. So stick with the boat even though it feels like a washing machine
2. Never trust a forecast they are only a guide and use your common sense and mark 1 eyeball when you are there.
3. Keep the engines in good order so if you look like or are close to getting in the doodoo you can power away to minimise washing machine experience
So now the more experienced on here will tell me why my rule of thumb is a false premise. (And thus I will learn more!)
rosssavage
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Thanks
rbcoomer
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As a fellow newbie, I'm probably not the best to advise but what I've leaned thus far is that the only accurate forecast is the one out the window!
I live and do most of my boating around Torbay and the weather can be significantly different within a few miles anyway - so whilst a gloomy forecast may be accurate 5 miles away, we can have flat calm and bathed in sunshine (although whenever I'm not working it seems to be the other way around
)Best I've found is to learn as much about how to read the weather as you can and plan accordingly - erring on the side of caution. There are resources that will show you air pressure, track of jetstream, radar images of cloud etc and for short range forecasting (perhaps 4-5 days) you can learn how to assess probable outcomes and trajectories. Longer range stuff is much harder, but even the professionals don't always get that right!
Robg71
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Should have been out here, west of shetland earlier this week
longjohnsilver
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Many years ago I went from Lyme Regis to West Bay in a 21' boat in a F8. However it was a Northerly and the sea was flat calm. Same for you in a W from Portland to Weymouth. Had it been a F4 Southerly I probably wouldn't have been out there. So much is down to wind direction rather than strength.
STEVEDUNSTABLE
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Another one to hide from swmbo !!!!!!.................. OR ...I could tell her .........
paultallett
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Already shown her....... So there!!
I also told her that you said her bum looked big
She said your a dead man!! 
