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Now that the rainy/windy 4th of July has passed, I'm hoping to get out on the water for what's left of the holiday weekend. However, the wind forecasts on the various sites and apps that I'm looking at are varying widely.
NOAA marine is saying 8-11 knots tomorrow and 7-12 Monday, both days with seas 1 ft or less. Sailflow is showing winds getting up to 18 mph with gusts in the high 20's and 2 foot seas by later tomorrow afternoon and a similar outlook for Monday. Predictwind is similar. Big difference, especially when we were planning on having newbie friends with us.
Generally I haven't found there to be such a wide variation from NOAA, but this is also only our second season owning a boat and our first time having a storm like Arthur pass this close off of our coast.
So which sites have you found to be most accurate, and which one do you think is right this time?
NOAA marine is saying 8-11 knots tomorrow and 7-12 Monday, both days with seas 1 ft or less. Sailflow is showing winds getting up to 18 mph with gusts in the high 20's and 2 foot seas by later tomorrow afternoon and a similar outlook for Monday. Predictwind is similar. Big difference, especially when we were planning on having newbie friends with us.
Generally I haven't found there to be such a wide variation from NOAA, but this is also only our second season owning a boat and our first time having a storm like Arthur pass this close off of our coast.
So which sites have you found to be most accurate, and which one do you think is right this time?