In the late summer I rely on wind forecasting the most since I will have a killie troll over the starboard side and hopefully a weak or fluke on a stringer to port. This negates my ability to put out a drift sock like in the late spring and still fish off the yak whether I am livelining a snapper or resorting to jigging a Gulped buck and teaser.
Lately, the Windy app, especially on the desktop, must be forecasting and posting indoor wind velocities ! It fooled me yesterday when I got blown all over. Sure enough, once I was sheltered enough on the way back, I checked the weather channel, accuweather, windfinder and even NWS and all would have "steered" me right. I noticed at 6am today that "Windy" again had 2-3 kt.winds forecasted through 11AM here but the others had double and triple that. I decided to do some gardening today and now a good S or SW breeze has already come up at 9am. Definitely more than 2 or 3. Anyone else noticing this. Being retired for over 15 years, putting an outing off is easy, but what happened to my once "go-to" app !?
Lately, the Windy app, especially on the desktop, must be forecasting and posting indoor wind velocities ! It fooled me yesterday when I got blown all over. Sure enough, once I was sheltered enough on the way back, I checked the weather channel, accuweather, windfinder and even NWS and all would have "steered" me right. I noticed at 6am today that "Windy" again had 2-3 kt.winds forecasted through 11AM here but the others had double and triple that. I decided to do some gardening today and now a good S or SW breeze has already come up at 9am. Definitely more than 2 or 3. Anyone else noticing this. Being retired for over 15 years, putting an outing off is easy, but what happened to my once "go-to" app !?
