Weather Forecast

Welcome to a comprehensive page of top weather forecast sites for the Channel Island and neighbouring Brittany and Normandie coasts. So if you live in Guernsey or Jersey, this is the site for you!

New - shortcut to all the sites below if you have a tabbed browser - http://www.sharetabs.com/?guernseyweather

See http://www.simplysark.info/forum/buoys.php for live weather

Guernsey's Met Office
http://www.metoffice.gov.gg/

The local shipping weather forecast produced by the Jersey Met office
http://www.jerseymet.gov.je/forecast/jersey/shipping.html
http://www.thisisjersey.com/lifestyle/weather-shipping/

New
Click on Map forecast - Click here - may need to be registered
Wind Reports using Google Maps - Click here

BBC Weather for the Channel Islands - inc Rain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/cislands/index.shtml#no_url

Long range weather forecast
Windguru - http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=35647
Next 7 days - http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp?zipcode=Guernsey
7 to 14 days - http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/14days.asp?zipcode=Guernsey
Windfinder - http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/guernsey

Other Forecasts
Metcheck - today and tomorrow - http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=Guernsey
Metcheck, beaufort with wave heights - today and tomorrow - http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/HOBBIES/inshore_forecast.asp?locationID=1...

XCWeather Predictions - http://www.xcweather.co.uk/?Loc=FR

Shipping Forecast - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/shipping_printable.html

Windfinder - http://www.windfinder.com/forecast/guernsey

Magic Seaweed wind animation - http://magicseaweed.com/msw-surf-charts2.php?chart=1&res=750&type=wind&s...

Current reports from Data Buoys
See http://www.simplysark.info/forum/buoys.php for live information
General - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/obs.shtml?lat=49.617828&lon=-2.595520&zoom=9&ty...
Channel Lightship - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62103
Ouessant wave buoy - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62052

Rain
Will it rain and when? http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=loop1uur
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Charts
UK Online Weather UKMO Charts - http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/profi/en/ukmo/ukmo.html
Inshore Forecast 3 Day Europe - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/surface_pressure.html

French weather
Brittany weather - http://france.meteofrance.com/france/meteo?PREVISIONS_PORTLET.path=previ...
Normandie weather - http://france.meteofrance.com/france/meteo?PREVISIONS_PORTLET.path=previ...

Wave heights and direction
http://www.getaforecast.com/weather-charts-wave.php

When they say Moderate becoming Slight - what to they mean?
Smooth -- Wave height less than 0.5 m
Slight -- Wave height of 0.5 to 1.25 m
Moderate -- Wave height of 1.25 to 2.5 m
Rough -- Wave height of 2.5 to 4.0 m
Very rough -- Wave height of 4.0 to 6.0 m
High -- Wave height of 6.0 to 9.0 m
Very high -- Wave height of 9.0 to 14.0 m
Phenomenal -- Wave height more than 14.0 m