Windyty projections look a bit savage on the east coast for Wednesday:
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Forgive my ignorance, what is your source? Looks like one of the better weather graphics I've seen.
One thing Ive noticed is that for Port Phillip it always shows the wind strength less in the bay than it is, real time or forecast as measured on South Channel Island.
I suspect it drops the wind strength over land by default of programs algorithms. I add 5 knots to their forcast for the bay and if i position the pointer a mile off the bay's entrance in Bass Strait it's about right.
Select to expand quoteSemusMcgilicoty said..
Wow... almost beautiful...
Cheers
I love windyty... I put it on the screen at work... it's like a relaxing screensaver..lol... and I love looking at obscure places on earth to see what's happening there.
Select to expand quoteMcNaughtical said..
SemusMcgilicoty said..
Wow... almost beautiful...
Cheers
I love windyty... I put it on the screen at work... it's like a relaxing screensaver..lol... and I love looking at obscure places on earth to see what's happening there.
I have a third edition copy of Ocean Passages for the World and have been checking out sailing vessel routs and comparing them to the global view of wind patterns on Windyty at different times of the year. It's very interesting to see how storms track and for example at this time of year, the easterly trade winds make the obvious driver for passage making from say Galapagos Is to the Pacific Is and on to Australia, and to see what goes on at the Southern and Northern edges of the trade winds. Also how problematic it is to get to New Caledonia from around the Sunshine Coast, the present low off Southern NSW would give someone a good start though. The first half of the journey would be ok but after that it would be a battle with headwinds and calm. A good supply of fuel would help!
The quote at the beginning of this edition:
Oh God be good to me,
Thy sea is so wide and my ship is so small.
Breton fisherman's prayer
Select to expand quoteMcNaughtical said..
I love windyty... I put it on the screen at work... it's like a relaxing screensaver..lol... and I love looking at obscure places on earth to see what's happening there.
You're weird and a little bit strange ..... but somehow I like that. I see it as an endearing quality. 
Select to expand quoteGuitz said..
One thing Ive noticed is that for Port Phillip it always shows the wind strength less in the bay than it is, real time or forecast as measured on South Channel Island.
I suspect it drops the wind strength over land by default of programs algorithms. I add 5 knots to their forcast for the bay and if i position the pointer a mile off the bay's entrance in Bass Strait it's about right.
+1 Guitz
The media have a new buzzword "east coast low". That means will be windy and rainy. But if they use their new buzzword their weather report ratings will be slightly up because it sounds important.
Windy and raining doesn't draw the ratings.
Ch7 and Ch9 in Sydney had local car accidents and an alleged girl friend beating football player as more important news than 100 people killed by terrorists in Baghdad and what might happen next.
The medias fearsome east coast low didn't stop us taking the boat out today, it was windy and fun, and it wont stop us tomorrow!
