Weather forecast Wind Guru

[Rum_Pirate]

Have you tried using this site?

http://windguru.com/int/index.php?sc=415

Amazing how detailed and the ability to check different locations.

And this is the FREE version!

It has proven fairly accurate in our neck of the woods.

 

[Cornishman]

You go sailing through the woods? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[sarabande]

better recommend Rum Pirate to the new member, Tim-ber ?

 

[bluedragon]

Yup...used it for a few years. I also pay the (small) fee for the Pro version, which with its high-res data often gives a better result vs. actual.

 

[ebbtide]

Am also a fan. What I appreciate is having virtually 8 days of predictions.
But the PRO version is hardly cheap at 18 euros per annum, so convince me Blue . . .

 

[jenku]

I have been using it for years. There is also a very simple version for mobile phones which I use at sea. Text only, no pics and loads very fast.

 

[Bandit]

I use a mixture to Local CI met forecasts, XCweather, windguru, looking out the window and a large dose of common sense.

I am highly unimpressed with our very expensive ( to the taxpayer) local official forecast which is vague and often downright innacurate as well as gicing you a max of only 48 hours which is no use if you need to plan a long weekend or dtart a holiday.

I watch the wether develop and I generally find xc and widguru not only more accurate but also much more user friendly.

Wind Guru Pro has the following features over the free version.

http://www.windguru.com/int/help_index.php?sec=pro

The most important to me is that it is 12 hours newer than the free which is delayed by 12 hours. XC seems to follow the delayed version. The main advantage of xc is that it tells you what is happening now at any point.

I have no connection with either except I use both and find them good over a period of four or five years and I have paid my e 18.3 and I am very pleased with that purchase.

 

[absit_omen]

I used it two years ago to sail up the West coast of Portugal.

I just picked half a dozen surfing spots from the chart and estimated my predicted time of passing them. I therefore had a pretty comprehensive idea of what to expect along the way. Worked a treat.

 

[nicho]

I use Windguru a lot, both for boating and flying. For the latter, they show cloud levels at low, medium and high, which is very useful. I tend to find they are a bit more accurate than the others too.

 

[LadyInBed]

"The most important to me is that it is 12 hours newer than the free which is delayed by 12 hours."

So you only see prediction 6.5 days forward instead of 7 /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[bluedragon]

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But the PRO version is hardly cheap at 18 euros per annum, so convince me Blue . . .

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What!!! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif 5 pence a day ain't cheap?? You've been having too many freebies it seems /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[catalac08]

I use XC weather and windguru and have more confidence in them than shipping forecasts, having made many comparisons over 4/5 years these site are right more often than SF for NW uk/Eire.
An interesting site is magic seaweed that shows swell charts which are also good for passage planning.

 

[bluedragon]

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I use XC weather and windguru and have more confidence in them than shipping forecasts, having made many comparisons over 4/5 years these site are right more often than SF for NW uk/Eire.
An interesting site is magic seaweed that shows swell charts which are also good for passage planning.

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I'd forgotten about Magic Seaweed...it's good isn't it! For anyone sailing off the Atlantic coasts of the British Isles, swell is as important as wind. Even a F4 running at angles across a big swell can make things mighty uncomfortable. In strong winds it can be really bad news ('79 Fastnet).