been trying to plan a sailing route westerly on the english channel for the last month.
you check ahead, all looks good, so you make plans to sail.
the day arrives however and the forecast was wrong.

i first planned on the 7th march, cancelled
planned on the 24th march, cancelled
planned for tomorrow 29th march, already cancelled, weather is totally opposite what was predicted as little as 3 days ago

tomorrow was predicted to be 10-20mph westerly winds, relatively calm, as few as 3 days ago.
actuality of reality is n.easterly 30-40mph winds

@TheRadarGuy well this is just it really isnt it?

if i predicted the weather myself i would probably be as accurate.

who needs an app to play guessing games??

been trying to plan a sailing route westerly on the english channel for the last month.
you check ahead, all looks good, so you make plans to sail.
the day arrives however and the forecast was wrong.

i first planned on the 7th march, cancelled
planned on the 24th march, cancelled
planned for tomorrow 29th march, already cancelled, weather is totally opposite what was predicted as little as 3 days ago

tomorrow was predicted to be 10-20mph westerly winds, relatively calm, as few as 3 days ago.
actuality of reality is n.easterly 30-40mph winds

@pescados i wouldnt worry, i get the full monty at my location on the south coast of uk, but any data more than a day in advance is useless.

ive been trying to plan my expected sailing route for the last month, the day arrives and its totally different wind speed and direction than as predicted 3 days ago.
i first planned on the 7th then the 22nd, and finally tomorrow the 29th.
tomorrow is already cancelled.

its not exactly reliable to any useful degree, i can stick my head out the boat and find what the current weather is, i dont need an app for that.