By Russ, on February 6th, 2008
Theyr.net is now giving subscription based access to the excellent weather tracking and forecasting model (WRF-NMM ) that is used by the US authorities – but with coverage of the UK and Europe now included.
Grib files are also available on their sister web site which offers a GRIB weather forecast service for all the theyr.net areas covered. This is available via a unique interface which provides the choice of three resolution, high (0.1), medium (0.5) and super high (0.02).
The WRF-NMM model received the ultimate endorsement in June
…….Click New weather site covers the UK …. to continue reading
By Russ, on February 6th, 2008
Scurrying home from a rather bleak and windy pontoon at Brighton Marina the other night I was thinking about the weather advice that one of the old salts had been giving me over a warming glass of wine (yes, not rum!)…
Given the strength of the depressions that are passing over the UK at the moment I had asked how he would tell if a depression was going to bring strong or gale force winds – given of course that he wouldn’t know a grib file from a grab bag – and he advised me that as a rough guide a
…….Click Using your barometer to forecast the wind… …. to continue reading
By Russ, on February 2nd, 2008
You dont often see a Met Office chart like this – we are getting Gale Warnings in every sea area around the British Isles at present…all the areas coloured red…
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By Russ, on February 2nd, 2008
Given the unusual number of vessels coming to grief recently around the English coast I started to research to see of there is anything significantly different about the weather this year so far. I wanted to know if it was on the way to being as bad as 2004/5 ?
It’s going to be a modestly more active than average Atlantic hurricane season in 2008, according to the December seasonal forecast issued by Dr. Bill Gray and Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University (CSU).
The forecasters examined the observed atmospheric conditions and ocean temperatures
…….Click 2008 Hurricanes Season? …. to continue reading
By Russ, on February 2nd, 2008
Martin Waller lives in Chelmondiston – a small village in Suffolk, England, on the south bank of the River Orwell, and to the east of the Ipswich.
Martin is obviously a sailor and also a software geek and has come up with a web site on which he is plotting AIS signals from vessels off the coast of East Anglia – he has even put this aerial on the side of his house to improve reception – its a Super J-Pole designed for 161 Mhz reception and formed from 15mm copper pipe!
He has not only overlaid
…….Click Live AIS plot off the coast of East Anglia, England …. to continue reading
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