2. 1 SYNOPTIC CHARTS FOR 5 DAYS http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm 2 SYNOPTICS OR FIVE DAYS – ANOTHER SOURCE http://www.sailtrain.co.uk/forecasts/mapsframe.htm 3 DUBLIN AIRPORT IN PLAIN ENGLISH – ALSO ANY AIRPORT VERY ACCURATE INDEED FOR UP TO 18 HOURS http://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/united-kingdom-ireland.php?icao=EIDW 4 7 DAYS WEATHER MAPS http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/sail.htm 5 LINK TO THEYR – ACCURATE FORECASTS EVERY 3 HOURS FOR 3 DAYS http://www.westwind.ch/?page=theu 6 WEATHER MAPS FOR A WEEK OR MORE – WIND MAINLY http://www.windfinder.com/forecasts/ 7 GOOD FORECASTS FOR WIND AND WEATHER AIMED AT SURFERS http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php 8 GENERAL WEATHER FOR UP TO A MONTH http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=dublin 9 SHIPPING FORECAST http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/shipping/index.shtml 10 SUPER SITE FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS! http://www.xcweather.co.uk/?Loc=GB 11 INSHORE WATER OF UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/inshore/ 12 MET EIREANN http://www.met.ie/ 13 PASSAGE WEATHER http://www.passageweather.com/ 14 ECMWF (European Centre for Met and Weather forecasts) Gives a good picture 10 DAYS out http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/fsecmeur.html Cut and paste these sites into your “Favourites” – easier than typing them and making mistakes. Good one!

3. This is THEYR Click on “All” in right hand column 2 nd row down for rain/cloud and 3 rd row down for wind

5. MetCheck Broad Outlook

6. Strong NE winds with a front over Irish Sea

8. This chart shows Monday. See that the wind is NE and light to moderate. Bad Weather down English Channel and into Biscay

9. Time Wind direction Wind in kts Cloud / rain Rainfall (mm/3 hr) Pressure (Mb) Temp Celsius

10. Tide Tables for May Saturday 1 May tide runs north until 1500 hrs, then south until 2100hrs Sunday 2 May tide runs north until 1600hrs , then south until 2215 It is SPRING tides, so max rate will be around midday (north going) and again at 1800hrs (south going)at up to 3/4 kts off headlands and 2 knots in the Irish Sea