Weather Forecast Sites

Met Éireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, is part of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. It is the leading provider of weather information and related services for Ireland.

The Marine Unit has responsibilities in the areas of forecasting, climatology, observations and liaising with national and international bodies in the marine area.

The Sea Area Forecast issued by Met Éireann covers Irish Coastal Waters out to 30 nautical miles, and also includes the Irish Sea area as shown in the map

Sea Area Forcast: http://www.met.ie/forecasts/sea-area.asp

Sea area map : http://www.met.ie/pop/sea-area-map.htm

Marine Brochure: http://www.met.ie/marine/MarineBrochure2008.pdf

Beaufort Scale: http://www.met.ie/climate/wind.asp#beaufort

BBC ATLANTIC SYNOPTIC CHARTS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/13000

BBC COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/coastalforecast/

WINDFINDER

http://www.windfinder.com/forecasts/wind_british_isles_akt.htm

WINDGURU

http://www.windguru.com/int/index.php?sc=4862

METCHECK

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=dublin

XC WEATHER

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/GB/forecast

EUROPEAN WEATHER CENTRE

10-DAY OUTLOOK FORECAST

www.wetterzentrale.de

This site is hard to use, but very useful information.

PASSAGEWEATER.COM

International Passage Planning Forecasts – covers UK/Ireland.

http://www.passageweather.com/

www.westwind.ch

This seems to be the free version of THEYR TV.

http://www.westwind.ch/?page=theu

Despite being slightly difficult to navigate, this is a very useful forecast website giving Wind charts, Precipitation charts etc.

MAGIC SEAWEED

This site is mainly for surfers, but provides useful Swell forecasts, as well as Wind and Pressure charts.

http://magicseaweed.com/

AccuWeather SAILING FORECASTS

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/sailing-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather