Guest Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 im doing my usual pre race nervous forecast check but they are all so wildly different i dont know which one to believe. metservice is saying 10knt northerly going 20 gusting 30 this evening, metvuw is saying rain and 10knt nor wester and marine weather is laying 4-7knt nor wester. which do you guys think will be more accurate? Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini Babe 0 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Ask the magic-8-ball. It's more accurate than them all. Link to post Share on other sites
Grinna 2 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 At the moment there's feck all wind in town and what there is looks to be from NW ... oh and there's light rain. Dunno if that helps. Pick a relevant weather station and see what it says. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/tmcgav ... ather.html Link to post Share on other sites
OYSTR 1 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've been using PredictWind for planning ahead of a weekend, free to sign up and use and has a free app for the iPhone/iPad. Once logged in set up your location and have a look at the forecast tables which show strength and direction by hour http://forecast.predictwind.com/table (or http://www.predictwind.com if that doesn't work). I'm not sure where they get their feeds from and there are times when its seems as inaccurate as all the other predictions but more (hopefully consistent) info lets you make your own guesses. Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I use Predict Wind (pay a subscription) and Metvuw as the two main ones. WindGuru is good as a free iPhone app (also goes out one week using the GFS model). I find MetService usually too conservative. Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 metservice is saying 10knt northerly going 20 gusting 30 this evening If I had $10 for every time I had compromised my plans on the basis of a Metservice 20 gusting 30... Discouraging people from being on the water seems to be part of their objective now. Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 77 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 predictwind has NW 5-10. they're pretty much all rubbish though as far as i can tell. Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 metservice is saying 10knt northerly going 20 gusting 30 this evening If I had $10 for every time I had compromised my plans on the basis of a Metservice 20 gusting 30... Discouraging people from being on the water seems to be part of their objective now. Agree. They'll never admit it officially but an insider once told me that Metservice deliberately overstate forecast edpecially during peak boating season ie summer. Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,239 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 If your boat is suitable, and they say under 35kns just go. MOST of the time it will be less, and OK. Sometimes you will get some heavy weather experience, which is not all bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 look out the window...............look at the clouds Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 this is what the metservice are saying for tonight. Does anyone want to take a stab at what it will actually be? Northeast 20 knots gusting 30 knots, rising to 25 knots gusting 35 knots this afternoon, then easing to northerly 20 knots overnight. Moderate sea becoming rough this afternoon, and moderate again overnight. Poor visibility in showers. Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 PredictWind is 20knots North / NNE. Metservice might have the right direction but too maybe strong. Though is 20knots at RNZYS and 24 knots NNE at Bean Rock at the moment. Predict wind were forcastintg 15-17 knots now. Link to post Share on other sites
OYSTR 1 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Though is 20knots at RNZYS and 24 knots NNE at Bean Rock at the moment. Is this info available online somewhere or only radio? Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I get it through my PredictWind subscription. Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 You can get the RNZYS info on the RNZYS home page. Bean Rock is a new addition to PredictWind. Think there is a windsurfing site that has the info. Will try to find it. Link to post Share on other sites
OYSTR 1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 You can get the RNZYS info on the RNZYS home page. Bean Rock is a new addition to PredictWind. Think there is a windsurfing site that has the info. Will try to find it. Yes I've used this for many years http://www.windsurf.co.nz/windsurf_weather_alk.asp Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 This is the one I was thinking of for Auckland http://www.windsurf.co.nz/windsurf_weather_alk.asp Link to post Share on other sites
ab1974 1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Just beat me to it Oystr. I personally like the 5 day forecasts and the ability to clearly look at the history / trend for wind speed direction. You can get 12 months of Predict wind for $20, so not a great expense for all the info to be in one spot. Link to post Share on other sites
OYSTR 1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Bean Rock is a new addition to PredictWind. Thanks for that, hadn't seen those readings under Observations Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Talking of the weather it's good to see that summer is back. For f@ck's sake... Link to post Share on other sites
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