PredictWind - Olympic Wind Analysis - Day 1

'PredictWind graphic of breeze at 1500hrs for the first day of racing in the Olympic regatta.' PredictWind.com

PredictWind.com's prognosis is for winds of 10 to 11 kts for the Opening Day of the 2008 Olympic regatta in Qingdao.

The five day shows the breeze dropping slightly to around 8kts at the scheduled start time of 1300hrs, before increasing later in the day, and following a similar but increasing pattern for the remainder of the period.

PredictWind graphic showing the 5 day prognosis of steadily increasing winds for the early part of the Olympic regatta. - PredictWind.com

PredictWind graphic of breeze at 1200hrs for the first day of racing in the Olympic regatta. The racing is due to start at 1300hrs with the second about 1430hrs. - PredictWind.com

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World