This list is based on a presentation given by Peter Fox of “Aventura”= ;, in Marmaris in Turkey. It rel= ates Peter’s experiences of using these sites in the Eastern Mediterranean= and Navigators may find it useful as a source of information for their futuretr= avels.

NATIONAL WEATHER SITES

UK Met Office - = http://www.metoffice.gov.uk

Synoptic charts and other services.

UK Satellite – http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest IR.html

Satellite pictures for each hour over previous 24 hrs of the North East Atlantic, Europe, Mediterranean, North Africa and Wes= tern Russia

German Met Office - http://www.wind.met.fu-berlin.de

Satellite pictures for the same as UK Met office from half an hour intervals

Dutch Met Office – http//www.meteonet.nl= /aktueel/brackall.htm <= /span>

For synoptic charts (This is a scroll down for e= ach 12 hour forecast)

COMPOSITE SITES

Wetter Online - http://www2.wetter3.de/fax.html

For synoptic and weather charts covering Met Off= ice, USAF, Wetter, NCEP, Japanese.

This site is particularly good for charts showin= g:

o&nb= sp; Exeter Synoptic charts that can give you a chart for every 6 hou rs with a little = work especially the Mediterranean and Europe

o&nb= sp; Other synoptic charts showing, Rainfall, Snowfall, Fog, Ice pellets, Cloud cover = and Thunderstorms with amounts

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Weather Und= erground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/1729= 8.html=

For current weather conditions, week to view sim= ple charts of weather, wind and

temperature – Astronomical timings & details (I use this site primarily for Astronomical <= /p>
information and to confirm other site reports for general weather and rainfall)

Frank Singleton’s Site – http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/franksweather/

Covers weather advice, forecast sources, essenti= al sites, weather charts, GMDSS texts, mobile phones, GRIB files

WORLD WEATHER SITES

Ogimet Weather - www.ogimet.com=

For GFS world weather, (synoptic charts showing = 500 and MSL pressure with rainfall)

Passage Wea= ther – www.passageweather.com

Excellent weather reports world wide and easy to= use especially good for sea passages not local information - giving surface win= ds, Surface pressure, wave height , visibility, precipitation, cloud cover, sea temperatures up to a week

Tropical Storms – www.solar.ifa.hawaii.= edu/Tropical/tropical.html

This is a site that covers tropical storms worldwide and gives pictorIal as well= as text reports on there position, direction speed and wind speeds<= /span>

GRIB FILES

Ugrib - http://www.grib.us &nb= sp;

For quick use Grib files showing - wind, rainfall and MSL pressure including meteograms. These have been very useful for quick and = easy downloads and found to be fairly accurate.

Predict wind – http://www.predictwin= d.com

For excellent wind charts and GRIBs, but at a co= st.

SPOT SITES

Windguru – http://www.windguru.com/int/

For 7 day spot charts for cities and resorts all over the world, covering all aspects of weather . This site can be subscribed to for €17.68 per year and gives very good professional coverage with GFS, 9= km and 27km models. The wind directions are accurate with speeds needing around 20% increase to that reported and sometimes 50%. T= he temperatures are fairly accurate but during the summer report much lower th= an actually experienced. The clo= ud cover reports are excellent and fairly accurate, pressure is not as accurat= e as it should be and can be out by 4 to 8 mb.&= nbsp; The rainfall reports are seen to be fairly accurate.<= /span>

Windfinder - http://www.windfinder.com/wind_mediterranean_east_akt.h= tm

For wind charts covering most of the World giving 7day coverage it also gives 7 day spot charts of major towns and resorts (U= sed to compare and confirm other wind sites.&n= bsp; The wind directions are fairly accurate, but speeds need to be incre= ased by 20%. Pressure, temperature= s, cloud cover and rainfall are = not as accurate as they should be.

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SITES

UOA (Skiron) – http://www.forecast.uoa.gr/forecastnew.php

For synoptic charts covering:<= /i>

o&nb= sp; MSL & r= ainfall (Europe and Mediterranean and Greece)

o&nb= sp; Cloud ̵= 1; (Mediterranean and Greece)

o&nb= sp; Wind – (Mediterranean, Greece, Europe and Black Sea)=

o&nb= sp; Waves ̵= 1; (Global, Atlantic, Mediterran= ean, Aegean, Adriatic, Black Sea, Cyclades):

o&nb= sp; Significant, Maximum and Swell heights

o&nb= sp; Sea temps, salinity, circulation and Sea Surface Elevation charts of:

o&nb= sp; Aegean &= ; Mediterranean

UOA (Poseidon) - http://www.poseidon.h= cmr.gr=

For 4 day weather charts covering -= weather, wind, sea state – Ocean reports and satellite forecasts. Gives good reports on sea temperat= ures, Salinity, circulation and sea surface levels in Mediterranean especially for Greek waters. I use this site= to confirm other sites forecasts. I have found that the wind reports have been quite a bit out.

Turkey Mete= o – http://www.meteo.gov.tr/2006/english/eng-main.as= px

For extensive use of weather reports & chart= s, including good wind (covering Mediterranean Sea areas), sea state and city reports – I find this sites wind and wave reports to be very accurate= and they also take into consideration local effects.