{"id":364,"date":"2014-09-07T07:47:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T07:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/?p=364"},"modified":"2014-09-07T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T11:17:45","slug":"new-weather-forecasting-tool-from-windguru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"New weather forecasting tool from Windguru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u2018Spot\u2019 for South Norwood Lake<\/p>\n<p>Trying to work out the weather forecast to go sailing can be quite a challenge as there is a lot of information about. To make it simpler use these two steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A general forecast \u2013 what kind of day is it looking like?<\/li>\n<li>A more detailed wind forecast. \u2013 wind direction and speed, gusts, variation over the time you will be out.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/imagesOCTX0QOJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/imagesOCTX0QOJ.jpg\" alt=\"imagesOCTX0QOJ\" width=\"180\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It is a good idea to get a general forecast from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\">www.bbc.co.uk<\/a> which will give you an overview for the weather in general.<\/p>\n<p>A good chance the lake will be frozen!<\/p>\n<p>If you search for \u2019SE19&#8242; you will get a more specific forecast.<\/p>\n<p>A lovely day for sailing but bring a hat and sunscreen.<\/p>\n<p>Now for more detail on the wind.<\/p>\n<p>Try\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windguru.cz\/\">www.windguru.cz<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0and search for South Norwood lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/windguru.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/windguru-300x154.png\" alt=\"windguru\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/windguru-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/windguru.png 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or better still\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"Windguru South Norwood Spot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windguru.cz\/int\/index.php?sc=515293\">http:\/\/www.windguru.cz\/int\/index.php?sc=515293<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is a specific forecast \u2018spot\u2019 for South Norwood Lake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both these sites are also available as Apps for smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the word \u2018forecast\u2019 was first used by Robert Fitzroy, Captain of HMS Beagle (he invited Charles Darwin along as a travelling companion ) and founding \u00a0director of the Met Office &#8211; the world\u2019s first full time professional weather forecaster. Fitzroy lived in nearby Church Road and is buried in All Saints Churchyard, Upper Norwood SE19.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Denis\u00a0 for contacting Windguru and arranging this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u2018Spot\u2019 for South Norwood Lake Trying to work out the weather forecast to go sailing can be quite a challenge as there is a lot of information about. To make it simpler use these two steps: A general forecast \u2013 what kind of day is it looking like? A more detailed wind forecast. \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.croydonsailingclub.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}