Weather data is getting easier and cheaper to download. Sam Fortescue reviews the latest options for British publication Yachting Monthly and chooses the best weather apps for sailors:
“Rapidly evolving digital technology now allows the sailing community to benefit from a huge range of specialized, easy to use and inexpensive weather apps. Advanced weather forecasting models are currently being produced by a multitude of meteorological offices around the world, whose supercomputers churn through data of unimaginable complexity, from the charge of particles in the air to convection currents.” – Full report
