North East West Passage: Forecast 22 July - day 9
Posted in North East West passage | By Marc |
Weather Forecast North East West passage -21 July- day 8
General situation:
Over the next 12 to 18 hours the storms develops over the Scandinavian countries and when hitting the Barentz Sea it activates significantly. There is still a bit of doubt about the exact timing of this feature. At this stage it seems that the highest windspeeds will appear between 12 and 18Utc tomorrow Friday. They will be situated between the center of the depression and the coastline/ At this stage there are indications that the average wind speed could go up to 50-55kt, so gusts up to 65, maybe 70kt.
So what i suggest is that tomorrow you wait in Murmansk until the worst part of the storm has evacuated to the East and than in the wake of that depression take advantage of the still strong but weakening WNW’ly wind to sail eastwards.
(All forecasted winds are average values).
Day 1: 22 July
Position: arriving in Murmansk: 68.986/32.937
Weather: overast with rain. Improving after 21/24utc with still some showery outbreaks
Wind: 090-110°6-10kt after 12/15utc veering to 190-210°8-13kt
Day 2: 23 July
Position: leaving Murmansk 68.986/32.937 to 69.100/40
Weather: very cloudy with rain and rain showers, in between sunny spells. Showery activity decreases after midnight.
Wind: at sea: around 06utc still 190-210°10-15kt but than rapidly increasing to become 250-270°25-35kt around 12utc and between 12-18utc 300-320°45-55kt. After 21/24utc becoming 290-310°25-30kt.
Day 3: 24 July
Position: from 69.100/40.000 to 70.000/50.000
Weather: sunny spells alternating cloudy periods, remaining dry.
Wind: 280-300°20-26kt, only slightly decreasing.