What does the V in UKV stand for?
UKV does seem to work well for fog and visibility forecasts.
Tim

Living in Ipswich UK, I find Arome has been the best predicter of Sea Breezes- but hopefully this year UKV looks like an improvement with its 1.5km cell size.
Yesterday- mid winter[ 6thFeb] we had our 1st Sea breeze of the year briefly, and it was predicted by Arome. The Land breezes of winter are usually correct as well. I regularly check the predictions against the buoys and port sensors locally, as well as personal observations and have been very impressed.
I have been studying Sea Breezes, being a sailor living on the coast. Yes ECMWF is not detailed enough.
The 4 different types of Sea breezes have different characteristics- and locally the Corkscrew [SSW] is the dominate one.
When trying to understand the weird wind shifts we encounter at sea, we also have to consider the sink zones of calmer air, which move about in an amazingly predictable manner, as shown best by Arome .
Tim Daley

Arome was by far the best model for Sea breeze forecasts!!

@korina
I can create a video, but the time/date stop- start arrow button at the bottom of the screen is unstable and keeps disappearing [unless ones pointer is exactly over it] . So it is hard to choose the time sequence for the video. Previously it was easy.
I have the same problem whether i am using Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

thanks
Tim

Recently when I try to create an Timeline animation , the pointed start button and the time and date line on the lower screen disappears. So I cannot start it off, without using my keyboard; but then the animation has no lower reference time to show. What has happened, it worked well in the past?

Previously by using Arome, I have been able to make detailed animated sea breeze forecasts. Without a time reference, they become useless.

I have found Windy has been the best site for predicting and understanding sea breezes, which is important for all sailors.

Tim

@vsinceac
many thanks. I found Chris Steele's thesis on North Sea Sea Breezes interesting- https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/45009/
Tim

Which weather models have members found best for the prediction of sea breezes and their wind shifts?
The ECMWF seems fairly good.