Weather

Jono Garton · 18 August 2004, 07:46

mmm the weatherman got it wrong???

I'me just looking at the inshore forecast on metcheck.com and weatheronline.co.uk it tell me the wind will peak to force 4 today, however i cant stand up outside. I get the fealing he's got it wrong.

Whats the weather like in the rest of the country and who's got any better weather sites?

bogib · 18 August 2004, 08:12

Heatwave and no wind over here for the last two weeks, and the forecast to be like this for at least five more days

Jono Garton · 18 August 2004, 08:21

http://www.metcheck.com/weathercams/

Pete7 · 18 August 2004, 08:52

Bit soggy in Pompey this morning with drizzle but not really windy.

Pete

Mark Halliday · 18 August 2004, 09:07

Pete

It was hammering down here in sunny Nutbourne as you wrote that.
19 kts gusting 24 kts on the Bramble bank.
26 kts gusting 32 kts, 0.75m ave, 0.88m max waves on Chi Bar.

Jono, check out
www.rib.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4344
Can't remember if ther are a North Wales sites there or not.

Bittentobuggery · 18 August 2004, 09:45

Metcheck is without doubt an excellent tool and we are spolit today for the quantity of weather information that is at our fingertips.

I have found that Metcheck significantly underestimates the wind strength on the Solent, and I now apply a multiple of 1.75 to the windspeed shown for IOW.

Has anybody looked at Windguru.cz . It is a kitesurfing site and I am evlauating their predictions against Metcheck, so far with greater accuracy IHMO.

With windguru you are able to see wind data along with waveheight and direction etc and the MM5 model offers hourly predictions.

Tip. When selecting "location" on windguru, remember to press the "go" button otherwise it stays on Hawaii, which is not very relevant for Portsmuff.

MeMe · 18 August 2004, 09:55

...........my window up here on the 14th floor or my tenement council flat overlooking the Salford oils refinery bunkers it's blowing a gale, raining and dark. I'd love ot get out of here and enjoy walks on the beach but I'm afraid to leave my flat for fear of attack from the youths who wonder the terraces with spray cans, knives and drugs. Furthermore, the lift has once again broken. The engineer advises that due to the stench of piss he won't be back for at least another month so for now I can only wonder what it must be like to live so near to the beach. Jono, you're such a lucky fella.

Mark Halliday · 18 August 2004, 10:21

MeMe

I didn't know that companies in your line of work had such luxurious offices. Perhaps you may consider a move to one that has offices in London, New York, Paris and PETERSFIELD. Then you would be able to enjoy the delights of the Solent along with all the weather it can throw at you.
As we say down here, "If you can see the Isle of Wight it going to rain..........etc".
P.S. have you considered bungee cord to get over the lift problem?

P.P.S We have an oil refinery too.

ollyit · 18 August 2004, 10:40

force 7 now in portsmouth, Im gonna get my arse out windsurfing after work!

Graham H · 18 August 2004, 10:55

MeMe I see your in the posh part of Salford

Powerboat · 18 August 2004, 11:00

Hi folks,

We have found www.theyr.net to be a superb forecast service. It does take a few minutes to get it set up to your home port and another few minutes to learn obout the features.

It's still free.

We have ours set up with Galway as our main port and the default view set to wind conditions.

We have found that it give very accurate wind stenghts and directions and sea states down to even discrete parts of Galway Bay and the Aran Islands.

We have been using it now for 2 years and find it more accurate than any other site.

Best wishes,

Stuart

Jono Garton · 18 August 2004, 11:19

Just been out for a play wow its good out there, we also found a cork 1720 sportsboat with no one in it drifting along 2 miles offshore. So towed it in £25000 worth of salvage ????

codprawn · 18 August 2004, 11:23

Why don't people use the official met office? It is where most people get their data from and the shipping forecasts are great

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/datafiles/offshore.html

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/datafiles/inshore.html

Got to be the most comprehensive for any boater!

wetterthebetter · 18 August 2004, 11:36

..5 miles from Salcombe. Blowing a gale and well pi$*!ed off. Son's friends staying for a few days and want a ride in the boat. Not much hope today!

codprawn · 18 August 2004, 11:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jono Garton

Just been out for a play wow its good out there, we also found a cork 1720 sportsboat with no one in it drifting along 2 miles offshore. So towed it in £25000 worth of salvage ????

By the name thought you meant some little speedboat - not a yacht!!!

Hope some poor bugger didn't fall off the thing - if not I would definitely go down the salvage route - perfectly justified in these circumstances

Alan · 18 August 2004, 12:23

Grey and drizzly here in Newfoundland! Tail end of hurricane whatever it was that cause havoc in the US a while ago. Gonna brighten up though so should be able to go sailing again. Oh for a RIB here though.

Jono Garton · 18 August 2004, 12:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by codprawn

Hope some poor bugger didn't fall off the thing - if not I would definitely go down the salvage route - perfectly justified in these circumstances

Notified the coastguard, it just wasn't tied up correctly.

If we had left it another 20mins it would of been on the rocks