Fair Winds and Following Seas

Fair Winds and Following Seas

Earth Nullschool. This is THE most fascinating visualisation of wind and weather conditions.

Even if you’re not a sailor or pilot or into weather charts, do take a look. Its simply amazing to see the earth from an entirely ‘other’ perspective. Wind and currents are displayed in motion beautifully and you get a real sense of direction and energy. It’s also totally pared down to give you the best visual without distracting text or annoying buttons. By clicking on “earth” you can adjust various selections to show wind at different altitudes . Addictive. Team SlowTourismo can idle away hours playing around with this!

At the moment “Quarterback” and crew are “slow travelling”, stuck in patch of no wind halfway across the Bay of Biscay (the green ring in shot above). For end of November that’s pretty unusual. No worries, looks like they’ll make up for it once they reach the tip of NW Spain to catch a 25 knot northerly for a speedy sail all the way down to Madeira!

 

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Earth Nullschool. Clear selection of settings to play around with.