[Rhodes22-list] Wind forecasting

[Mary Lou Troy]

My favorite is NOAA's new experimental forecast images. They don't always 
update it as often as I'd like but you can see the overall pattern of the 
weather predicted. I don't know if they have it for all areas of the 
country or if it's a local thing: 
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/phi/gfe/gridded.html  They've recently added 
marine forecasts to the display 
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/phi/gfe/griddedmarine.html
It's no more accurate than any of the other forecasts but I find it helps 
to see the pattern over the region.

I've looked at the COOPS predictions for the Bay - another neat graphic model
  http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/CBOFS/wind_forecast.shtml
but haven't really used it much. I find the animation moves too quickly so 
I stop it and then click through manually.

Back when it was free I used to use the Iwindsurf site: 
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=108&geographicalAreaID=17
but I can't remember how accurate it was. It was great for current 
conditions though.

Hope this helps.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Swan Creek, MD / Ft. Washington, PA




At 08:07 PM 6/5/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>What tools do you use to predict wind direction and velocity?
>
>There must be better web based forecasting tools than intellicast.com's 
>Windcast, and the smart folks on this list might know them.
>
>Thanks.
>
>PT
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