Weather Routing Engine
data for wind, wave and current. To download this data on a mobile or satellite connection is very slow and expensive. With the click of a button, the forecasts for all 4 forecast models are quickly and easily displayed to help make informed decisions.
Long-Range Forecasts - We have added the ECMWF ensemble forecasts with an incredible long-range 4-week forecast. The ECMWF ensemble is unequivocally the leader in long-range forecasting, and will let you plan your trip well in advance, with better accuracy than traditional climate forecasts.
Reliable - The PredictWind router simply works. No failed routes, or issues with the router crossing the land, so you can concentrate on sailing the boat. Check the technical report for the reliability of the new PredictWind Router.
Detailed Feature List
- Weather routing with a grid-based, highly optimized algorithm.
- Fast execution time as 4 routes are calculated parallel.
- Considers wind, currents and waves.
- Uses the highest resolution GRIB data wherever available.
- Automatically covers the entire globe.
- Effective land avoidance.
- Considers all exclusion zones supplied.
- Provides both optimal weather routing and comfort routing.
- Advanced boat polar extrapolation.
- Allows a course to have both waypoints and roundings.
- Display of the overlap of such corridors to show passages where the ensemble of weather forecasts agree that it is optimal to pass.
- Numerous data available along the route: wind, currents, waves, speed, distances, angles, times, air pressure, temp, rain, CAPE index.
- Continuous interpolation of these data along the route.
- Presentation of motoring time in comfort routing.
- Choose the Ocean Current data source.
- Router finds a route when start & destination waypoints are on the land.
- Wave and Ocean data available along the coastline.
- Yacht tacking & gybe angles are accurately respected.
- ECMWF routes use the 9 km resolution wind data & 14 km wave data.