WEATHER FORECASTS RECOMMENDED BY
BALTIMORE YACHT CHARTERS.

Synoptic Charts
Synoptic charts for the North Atlantic and Europe. Watch the weather systems progressing from the Atlantic latitude 40 degrees north and longitude 50 degrees west. These systems often pass over us and can end up in latitude 70 degrees north and longtitude 50 degrees east. Baltimore Yacht Charters consider this to be a most important weather forecasting aid. You can get a prediction for system movements up to 130 hours. If you are playing the progression of systems be sure to click on slow two or three times.

Met Eireann
Forecast for today, tomorrow and 3 days ahead. Always found to be one of the more accurate weather predictors. If like us you are interested in rain, watch its progression on the rainfall radar on the same page.

Shipping Forecast
Shipping forecast and gale warnings for your particular area. Again we would always check the sea areas Shannon and Fastnet. This site is much improved and quite user friendly.

Wind Strength & Direction for 6 Days
Great site. Mouse over your particular area keeping the pointer on the arrow. Baltimore Yacht Charters would always keep an eye on this site and if operating locally we check M3 weather buoy to the west of us; Valentia and M1 buoy to the north; Marathon gas platform and Cork Airport to the east. One thing we notice is that they usually underestimate the wind so you would need to add on five to ten knots when they are showing strong wind.

Wind Guru windspeed
Good site for wind speed and direction. This link is set to show the Baltimore area however you can change the settings.

Irish Weather Buoy Data
Information includes wind speed, wind direction, maximun gust, wave height, atmospheric pressure, sea temperature and air temperature. Very good for comparing trends with other forecasters.To use click on the buoy in your area of interest and you get the preceeding 24 hours information which is updated hourly.

Tides for your local port
If you want the time of high and low water and the tidal curve for the next 7 days, click this link. Gets rid of all the secondary port calculations if you are not in a primary port. Times are given in local time.

Wind Speed & Direction for 7 days
Another wind predictor for any sea area. Click on the sea area and then click on wind forecast day and time. You can get a prediction for up to seven days ahead every three hours.

www.islandbawn.com
If you are sailing on the east coast check this site for live updates of weather conditions and trends at Howth Summit.


Above are some of our favourite forecasters, however if you think we omitted any other good sites, please contact us.