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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby si-fly2 » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:20 pm

Click on the first link I gave you..and look at modified wind.
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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby Dr_Rosen » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:23 pm

si-fly2 wrote:Click on the first link I gave you..and look at modified wind.
Si.
Yeah I did it just now ! Look excellent, especially if it is as they say that Soma Bay have even more wind !! I think I will bring my 9 m Anyway :jump: :jump: :jump: :jump: :jump: :jump: :jump: :jump:

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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby lucie » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:56 pm

si-fly2 wrote:Dont know where your going Lucie, but the one spot for Kenya is not good!!

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=72105" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hope you get more wind than this.
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Going to Nyali, but think they get pretty much the same wind as that spot. Yeah, that was the same forecast I was looking at :cry: At least I don't weigh too much, if someone lends me a 15m and a skim board I might be alright - between 3pm and 6pm anyway. Just my luck that the sun sets at 4pm :lol:



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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby pch » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:11 pm

do not loose the hope in wind inside you :thumb:

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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby lucie » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:31 am

pch wrote:do not loose the hope in wind inside you :thumb:
Oh I always have plenty of wind inside me :o

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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby moheet » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:21 am

Hi Lucie, have you checked out the kitebeaches south of Mombasa yet? There is a brand new kite guesthouse opening down there - http://www.thekenyaway.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;! The wind is very seasonal down there, but depending on your size you should be fine with a 12m between June-September and December-March!! Seeya

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Re: Wind forecasts Egypt - hope they can't be trusted!

Postby xray » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:36 am

Windguru and windfinder are weathermodel (mainly the U.S. GFS model) based forecasts. This means they see wind as differences in pressure. Thermal wind s very local and can't be seen by weathermodels therefor the actual wind is quite often much better.

Colona has a livecam with live wind for Hurghada.
http://www.colonawatersports.com/hurghada/livecam.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It is these kind of things you ought to look at.


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