Sydney to Hobart Weather Links

by Kenn Batt on 25 Dec 2005 Looks like its going to be an interesting 61st Rolex Sydney to Hobart race weatherwise. Here is the BOM list of some key weather links for the race.

Observations

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN65181.html NSW coastal observations

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN60059.txt SE NSW observations

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDT11710.txt Tassie coastal reports

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDT11910.txt Derwent Estuary observations

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDT65012.shtml Hobart Area observations

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDT60128.html Tassie rainfall to 9am



Latest Radar Images

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR033.shtml Sydney weather watch radar

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.shtml#image Melbourne weather watch radar

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR372.shtml#image Hobart weather watch radar

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR522.shtml#image NW Tassie weather watch radar



Satellite Imagery

http://www.bom.gov.au/gms/IDE00005.latest.shtml Latest IR Aus Region sat pix

http://www.bom.gov.au/gms/IDE00006.latest.shtml Latest VIS Aus Region sat pix



Surface Weather Maps

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest_MSLP.pl?IDCODE=IDY00050 latest Aus Region

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest_fwo_loop.pl?IDCODE=IDY00030&number=4 Last 4 MSL Anal looped



Forecast Charts

http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/products/MSLP_00_Prog.shtml MSLP Prognosis Valid 10am EST (00 UTC)

http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/products/MSLP_12_Prog.shtml MSLP Prognosis Valid 10pm EST (12 UTC)

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDG00073.shtml 4-day GASP forecast charts

http://www.ecmwf.int/products/forecasts/d/charts/medium/deterministic/msl_uv850_z500!Wind%20850%20and%20mslp!72!Australia!pop!od!oper!public_plots!2005122412!!/ ECMWF NWP Foreast charts for Australia days 3-7

http://www.bom.gov.au/nmoc/NWP.shtml High resolution forecast charts for Aus Region including wave forecast models



BoM Forecasts

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN10023.shtml NSW coastal waters forecast

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10200.shtml Bass Strait forecast

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDT12300.shtml Tassie coastal waters

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDT12400.shtml SE Tassie forecast

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV10210.shtml SE High Seas forecast

http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/warnings.shtml Latest National Weather Warnings



Oceanography

http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/tides/ Australian Tide Tables

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest_YM.pl?IDCODE=IDY00003 Latest NSW SST analysis

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/nmoc/latest_YM.pl?IDCODE=IDY00004 Latest SE Aus SST analysis

http://www.marine.csiro.au/remotesensing/oceancurrents/SE/latest.html CSIRO SST Images (Bluelink)

http://www.marine.csiro.au/LeafletsFolder/37eac/index.html Information on the East Australia Current (CSIRO)

http://mhl.nsw.gov.au/www/wave_map.htmlx Latest Wave data for NSW coast from Manly Hydraulics Labs



Others

http://www.bom.gov.au/events/sydhob/ BoM Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Weather web-site

http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml Information from BoM on VHF and HF radio weather services (including HF Weatherfax)

http://www.globalmarinenet.net/grib.htm GRIB files from Global Marine Networks

http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/WDM/Guides/Guide-binary-2.html A guide to GRIB products by WMO

http://www.franksingleton.clara.net/grib.html A guide to GRIB code by Frank Singleton

http://www.fugawi.com/docs/grib.html GRIB data from Fugawi