Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Good Weather Forecasts

I don't mean they always forecast good weather but the way they do it here is quite good. The inshore waters forecast is broadcast at fixed times on ch 79 (usually announced on ch 16) and then it seems to repeat every 1/2 hour on 79. Very helpful if you missed it or if it takes 2 or 3 goes to understand it. We are currently in the Corsen area. The Etel area, further South is repeating the forecast every 5 minutes on channel 63 as an experiment.

The weather forecast does not have a lot of notices attached to it as it does in UK. These seem to be broadcast separately and we don't always listen to them.