The British Shipping Forecast , and the Inshore Waters Forecast are issued by the UK Met Office .
Bracknell faxes are online from Germany. Go to the German Site and along the top of the page even non-German speakers will be able to work it out! They are available for now and up to 5 days ahead. There are also some other interesting weather maps from other (some american) sources.
The past 24 hours' readings from the automatic station on the Sandettie Light Float can be read in Metric or English units. This information is usually only an hour or so old. There is a map of all the UK Automatic Stations, or you can choose the World map from which you can chose maps from around the globe. When you've selected a station it's interesting to click on the link marked "Latest Satelite Wind Map for this Area" which to be found on the left of the picture of the buoy (or a map showing the location of the station).
A Dutch Site gives a 5 day forecast in symbol language which is eminently understandable by non dutch speaking yachtsmen. They also have a Radar Site which will give a choice of the past 1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 hours weather on an animated display. For those who understand Dutch the KNMI Homepage will be of interest.
A colour synoptic chart for 3, 4, 5 or 6 days ahead in gif format is available
from the ECMWF
medium-range forecast charts.
This has been recently updated and now will show an animated display if required.
Satellite images from universities seem to come and go, but you can still get them from the Met Office's link.
If you know of any sites that would be worth adding to this list or come across problems with the above links please Email Francis Beaumont. Home Page
Updated 8th October 2009