Jonny_H
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Reged: 15/08/2006
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3 weeks into our 'liveaboard' lifestyle and we find ourselves in Cork waiting for a 5 day window to cross Biscay. Earlier in the week we checked UGrib and Tuesday looked good, now Tuesday - Thursday next week look horrific!
We've struggled to find a good 5 day forecast online, does anyone have any good links we could use? Looks like we be here until mid next week at the earliest before we leave with the fronts we can see coming through!
Jonny
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Sailing_Dog
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Reged: 09/02/2005
Posts: 34
Loc: Hampshire, UK
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What about this, can't take any credit borrowed from BigNick
http://www.meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm
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OliveOyl
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Reged: 15/08/2006
Posts: 1054
Loc: Belgium
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Have you tried Passage weather - looks grim Tues-Thurs.
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Pinetops
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Reged: 22/10/2007
Posts: 7
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For an overview visit www.franksingleton.clara.net
I use www.weatheronline.co.uk 6 day f/c with the usual reservations the further ahead you look.
Enjoy Cork and environs - you'll be there for a while yet!
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NDH
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Reged: 16/03/2006
Posts: 393
Loc: Hampshire
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You could do a lot worse than phone Simon Keeling, tell him your route and he will do a forecast, you pay for the call at a premium rate but still cheap compared to the cost of "Talk to a forecaster" from the Met Office
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KellysEye
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Reged: 23/07/2006
Posts: 682
Loc: Curacao
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And to see just how bad that synoptic chart is, take a look at the satellite pics. The first link has the other two links on the page but in case of problems I've put all three:
Visible image: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx/satpix/neatl_vis.php
Infrared image:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx/satpix/neatl_ir4.php
Infrared loop:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/srh/tropicalwx/satpix/neatl_ir4_loop.php
He certainly won't be sailing soon.
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Lemain
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Reged: 31/01/2004
Posts: 5335
Loc: Fiumicino canal (Rome, Italy)
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Most Internet weather services get their forecasts from the Global Forecasting System model or one of the other models with no forecaster input at all. The 'gribs' are usually GFS as is Weatheronline, Buoyweather, etc.
To get a forecaster input you can use the three day forecast from Germany www.dwd.de http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/generator/lang_de...24__MM__w__node,templateId=renderPrint.html for the Med, you will have to search for the Atlantic.
There is also the five day forecast via RTTY from Germany, Pinneburg. See Frank Singleton's site for all details.
Personally I always get at least one forecast that has been issued by a forecaster as well as looking at the outputs from the models.
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markdj
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Reged: 31/07/2002
Posts: 654
Loc: Strangford Lough, Northern Ire...
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Ugrib and all the other forecasts use the GFS forecasting system so all the forecasts will be very similar depending on which "run" they are currently using.
I have found uGrib to be excellent and you simply aren't going to get any better as the weather systems moving in off the Atlantic are most difficult to predict how fast and in what direction they will go.
For short range, Met Eirann is great for inshore but the shipping forecast is still my choice for finding out the sea state.
For long range I can't recommend anthing better than uGrib but if you aren't busy, feel free to check out my Weather Portal which lists the best of Marine and general weather forecasts. There are plenty of marine forecasting sites there to keep you going.
www.stronge.org.uk
Good cruising
Mark
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mandlmaunder
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Reged: 11/07/2007
Posts: 576
Loc: US Virgin Islands, for the mo
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If you change the weather forcaster because you dont like the forcast then you are doomed to a life of changing weather forcast's.
It's sailing , go with the flow or stay put that is what all this sailing marlarky is all about.
We use USGrib and are happy with what they have to say!
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markdj
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Reged: 31/07/2002
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Loc: Strangford Lough, Northern Ire...
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That what my Dad used to do. Find a forecast that suits and then go !
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