This is a new free forecast site produced by MetOcean Solutions - where I work - and I think it's great. Have a look at the forecast maps for rain, wind and temperature forecasts, and go to the detailed forecast for the week ahead in six hourly breakdowns. Table or graph view available (I can't do without my graph view each day!)
WeatherMap gives a reasonably localised forecast, which is handy in New Zealand where conditions may be very different just 20km apart.
It also brings to you activity forecasts; surfing, boating, golf, gardening, farming, laundry, shopping, pets, roads and airport forecasts aso you can easily see what days are good to do what. An additional quirky forecast provides a hair frizz factor rating – a must for working out when you may have a bad hair day!
WeatherMap is driven by the sophisticated computer weather models run by MetOcean Solutions (http://www.metocean.co.nz) – providing high resolution and high accuracy.
www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
Forum rules
These topics are a read-only archive and may be subject to out-of-date information.
For today's weather discussion head to: New Zealand Weather & Climate
These topics are a read-only archive and may be subject to out-of-date information.
For today's weather discussion head to: New Zealand Weather & Climate
-
Kazz_01
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Tue 22/06/2010 10:51
- Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
Last edited by Kazz_01 on Tue 22/06/2010 13:44, edited 1 time in total.
-
David
- Posts: 7651
- Joined: Sat 18/08/2007 21:02
- Location: Howick, Auckland
Re: www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
Nice site, I like the maps 
When you say 'sophisticated computer weather models run by MetOcean Solutions' does this mean it has nothing to do with the GFS ? And how often do the maps update?
When you say 'sophisticated computer weather models run by MetOcean Solutions' does this mean it has nothing to do with the GFS ? And how often do the maps update?-
Kazz_01
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Tue 22/06/2010 10:51
- Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Re: www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
I'm pleased you like the site and we welcome any feedback. Don't hesitate to send us an email with your comments - there is a feedback section on the weathermap.co.nz. The maps are updated four times a day, and the data are from our WRF cycles which run at 6 - 18 km resolution out to 7 days ahead.
-
jamie
- Posts: 5907
- Joined: Fri 25/02/2011 21:35
- Location: Hamilton NZ
Re: www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
i really like it. if it proves accurate i will like it even more.
-
Andrew Massie
- Posts: 1032
- Joined: Fri 10/03/2006 14:03
-
Kazz_01
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Tue 22/06/2010 10:51
- Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
-
Tornado Tim
- Moderator
- Posts: 4921
- Joined: Sun 19/10/2008 17:17
- Location: Raglan, Waikato / Hillcrest, Hamilton
Re: www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
I have never heard of WRF before, can you tell us what it based on?the data are from our WRF cycles which run at 6 - 18 km resolution out to 7 days ahead.
NZAPStrike.net - NZ Aus Pacific Strike Network
-
Kazz_01
- Posts: 5
- Joined: Tue 22/06/2010 10:51
- Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Re: www.weathermap.co.nz activity forecasts
It’s a Weather Research and Forecast model. You can find out more about it on Wikipedia here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Re ... ting_model.
-
Richard
- Posts: 8723
- Joined: Tue 14/07/2009 07:32
- Location: Medbury, Inland North Canterbury