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Captain Morgan 
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Joined: 03 Sep 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 211 |
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 Topic: Windguru Issues Anyone?Posted: 28 May 10 at 1:12pm |
I subscribe (the 12hr delay was too inconsistent for me). I've noticed that there have been plenty of occasions recently where the forecast has changed drastically literally an hour before hitting the water. I have to admit that I'm now getting to the point where I head down to the club and guesstimate the conditions once I'm there... But that's not much of a forecast is it? I'm at Swanage, so I guess that Weymouth's forecasts will be somewhat similar - Does anyone have any specific issues with Windguru in other parts of the country at the moment? |
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Neptune
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Joined: 08 Jun 09 Location: Berkshire United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1314 |
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Posted: 27 May 10 at 2:25pm |
I'm guilty of that - a few times i have decided not to go sailing on the strength of its forecast and I recently decided I would stop paying anymore than a passing glance at it and just go and enjoy myself what ever the conditions are forecast to be. 
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Posted: 27 May 10 at 2:19pm |
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Helpful though it is, I reckon it's been partly responsible for poorer turnouts to events over the last few years....amongst other things as well. Oh, and the 12 hour delay just leaves you wondering... Timg |
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patj
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Posted: 27 May 10 at 2:10pm |
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Decided not to sail midweek on basis of windguru forecast (4knots NE) and it turned out to be considerably stronger and southerly.
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JohnW
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Posted: 27 May 10 at 2:07pm |
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I have noticed that the forecast for Weymouth this Saturday were very different on windguru when compared to xcweather, Metcheck and BBC. However the more recent forecasts on xcweather etc now seem to be coming into line with winguru.
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Captain Morgan
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Posted: 27 May 10 at 1:23pm |
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I've been a Windguru subscriber for some time now, and often been more than pleased with the forecasts. However, recently I've noticed that it really isn't doing quite as good a job as it used to - Or is it just my area? Windguru could be temperamental during periods of SW'erly Summer storms/unsettled weather, but it seems pretty inaccurate at the moment. Does anyone know if it's the forecast model which is confused by jetstream changes recently, or is it just my quirky neck of the woods? |
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