I mostly use 3 different apps for wind/tide/weather info:
Radar Now!
Windfinder
SailFlow
Are there any other apps people find helpful? I would like to find a real-time lightning strike app.
Thanks,
Brad Walker
Sailing info apps
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Posted: May 02, 2017 - 02:53 PM
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Posted: May 02, 2017 - 03:11 PM
i like:
tides planner
Iwindsurf
windguru
and the composite plot (combines water temps, tides actual and predicted, current wind speed and direction, air and water temps) - utlizes noaa data / but some or all of this data is often missing - usually in bad weather lol
this is the composite for Jacksonville -https://tidesonline.nos.…dge,+St+Johns+River,+FL# -
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Posted: May 02, 2017 - 09:50 PM
oh yeah...
windy.com
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Posted: May 03, 2017 - 07:46 PM
I use:
- Navionics for currents/tides and navigation (paid)
- PredictWind for wind model predictions (free for 2 locations, otherwise need to upgrade for more locations & for actual observations instead of predictions; note they have in-house prediction models that that tend to be better than either NOAA GFS and European ECMWF models inshore, at least in the San Francisco Bay Area)
I haven't used any of the apps listed above, so would be interested in people's opinions on which ones are best and what to use them for.
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