In short
Wind Alerts text you the moment live conditions at a chosen station cross a threshold you set. Forecast Alerts send a scheduled daily text summarising the outlook. Both need you to be signed in and carry a small amount of prepaid SMS credit.
Not everyone wants to open an app first thing to decide whether the day is worth it. A Wind Alert fires the instant your chosen station crosses the direction and speed you set, so you find out the moment it's actually on. A Forecast Alert instead sends a daily text summarising what's coming, so you know the outlook before you're even properly awake.
Setting one up
From the Alerts page, adding a Wind Alert lets you choose the station, direction and minimum speed that should trigger a text. Adding a Forecast Alert lets you choose a location and the time of day the daily summary should arrive. Either can be edited or removed at any time from the same page.
Credit and mobile numbers
Each text uses a small amount of prepaid credit, topped up from the same page. A member can register their own mobile plus additional numbers underneath it, which suits a family or a crew who all want the same alert without everyone setting one up individually.