Data & credits

Sideshore is free and non-commercial. Every forecast figure is derived from the sources below. Open-Meteo data is modified here: we build a multi-model consensus and rescale the ensemble.

Sources and licences

1. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, licensed CC BY 4.0. Modified: multi-model consensus, rescaled ensemble.
2. ECMWF (IFS, ENS, WAM): ECMWF open data, CC BY 4.0.
3. DWD (ICON): Deutscher Wetterdienst, CC BY 4.0.
4. Data from NOAA/NCEP (GFS). US government work in the public domain. NOAA and the National Weather Service do not endorse this site (NWS disclaimer).
5. Source: Météo-France (ARPEGE), data updated at the run shown in the table below. Etalab Open Licence 2.0.
6. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information; https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00017 (waves, MFWAM product GLOBAL_ANALYSISFORECAST_WAV_001_027). Sea temperature: E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information. Use is subject to the Copernicus Marine Service licence, whose terms also apply to anyone who reuses these figures. Records of use are kept in the service logs.
7. Observations: METAR via aviationweather.gov (NOAA) and Iowa Environmental Mesonet (calibration history).
8. Tide constants derived from UHSLC data: Caldwell et al. 2015, doi:10.7289/V5V40S7W. Datum levels: SANHO (South African Navy Hydrographic Office).
9. Warnings: South African Weather Service, shown verbatim with a link.
10. The compass roses are schematic (a shoreline angle), not map data, so no map credit applies.

The UK Met Office model is not used (owner decision OD-2 pending). MET Norway is not used.

Model runs in use