The first coffee of the morning is doing the job and the old red blood cells are shuffling off their duvets and making an effort so it's time to start thinking about plans for the day
The maritime weather forecast is the all powerful oracle we must consult to read our fortunes and future ... Oh, I see the Met Office are forecasting SW 4 or 5 occasionally 6 at times with a strong wind warning. Hmmm.
Windguru is forecasting 10 to 12 knots with gusts of 16 or 17 knots whilst Meteo Marine offers up F3/4 with gusts of F5
So it looks like the Met are erring on the side of caution as usual whilst the GFS based forecast from Windguru is under-cooking the wind speed (a known phenomena of the model)
Using the good old sailors forecasting method (stick your head out of the hatch and have a look) we've got no more than F2 out there although the direction is about right. Looks a lovely day!
So I think I shall have a shower whilst the sleeping beauty slumbers on and then potter downriver and see what's what.
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