Scandinavian and Azores high, Skagerrak and Genoa low - there are certain weather conditions and pressure constellations that often behave according to a fixed pattern. So whether they bring wind or calm is predictable.
Our team of experts from the Kiel marine weather specialist Wetterwelt presents the most common of these large-scale weather situations and explains which sailing conditions result from this for the North Sea and Baltic Sea and for inland areas. A Mediterranean specialist from the German Weather Service explains the situation for the Mare nostrum.
In the northern European latitudes there is a constant battle between air of polar and tropical origin. Low pressure areas develop there, which often move on characteristic paths. Anyone who knows them will be able to assess the development for the next few days fairly well. The YACHT explains from which recurring layers which weather arises.
In the Mediterranean, however, the situation is somewhat different. Its geographical latitude lies between the constant Passat zone and the more turbulent, temperate latitudes in the north. Therefore, completely different mechanisms are to be expected there than in northern Germany or Scandinavia.
The YACHT weather experts explain clearly what needs to be considered for the respective area and why sailors should want one thing above all for the summer: a high-pressure bridge from the Atlantic to Russia. How so? The answer is in the new YACHT.