Wetter, warmer, sunnier: A forecasters guide to the challenges and opportunities of climate change for sailors

A veteran forecaster explores how climate change is reshaping our seas and what shifting winds and rising tides really mean for sailors

‘Climate change’ is a phrase that can brush past our ears without a thought to its implications. Each day media outlets carry the latest Armageddon-style warnings about the weather of recent years, changes that have occurred and what is about to happen in future decades. There is a lot of ‘climate noise’ out there, and for sailors (and just about everyone else) it can cause much confusion.