I really like sailflow.com for wind predictions, seems to be pretty accurate, you can also get an app for the phone... usually check it right when I wake up to see if Plan A is still a go....
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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I use the big pines in my front yard.... they tell me all I need to know about the wind... when i get to the boat... if water is splashing over the jetty.. i stay in the river...that's as reliable as any NOOA forecast I have ever seen..