Favorite internet weather source

[akin_alan]

Just wanted to hear who has a favorite web page that they go to for getting the weather forcast. Also if you have a spot that you like to go to look up weather patterns for some area at a given time of year. There seem to be alot of places that you can get this information but I know that some are better than others for ease of use, amount of detail and accuracy.

[eherlihy]

Welcome to Weather Underground : Weather Underground

[eryka]

I use PassageWeather.com PassageWeather - Sailing Weather - Marine Weather Forecasts for Sailors and Adventurers

[sailingdog]

I'd second weather underground, and also recommend using:

Passageweather.com

Sailflow.com

Noaa.gov

[PorFin]

We usually check out several sites:

o NOAA/NWS
o Weather Underground
o Wind Mapper

After comparing and contrasting the reults fom the three sites, we generally feel comfortable that we have a 50% chance of not being surprised

[eryka]

Weather Underground is the NOAA forecast, repackaged. NOAA gives you the option to get "text only" - helpful if you're in the boonies with limited bandwidth. W.U. conveniently has everything in one place but is data-intensive, especially the ads. Anyone use SailFlow?

[olson34]

Surf Reports, Surf Forecasts and Surfing Photos

While touted as a site for surfers, we sailors need to know wind and wave predictions too.
I really like the way they can put a three day forecast data set into animation.

LB

ps: Sailflow is popular around our club, too.

[RainDog]

My favorite is Windfinder - wind, wave & weather reports, forecasts & statistics / webcams, satellite images, isobar maps, tides

Some features:
- Forecasts of wind, gusts, precipitation, etc. by hour for all 24 hours
- Two independent forecasts plus local forecasts
- Tons of locations worldwide including offshore buoys
- Historical wind reports with gusts, wave reports, wind statistics for each location
- Great Android application that provides all of the above and is very user-friendly

[southshoreS24]

http://www.buoyweather.com
SURFLINE.COM | Global Surf Reports, Surf Forecasts, Live Surf Cams and Coastal Weather

[RichH]

passage weather, noaa 'ocean prediction center', (and Chris Parker of Caribbean Wx on SSB).
Windfinder.com for lake sailing but not ocean or 'coastal sailing'.