In the tables below, access to the relevant Metarea page on the WMO-IOC/JCOMM site is provided by clicking on Metarea I or Metarea II in the heading of the first two tables, and clicking on the Metarea number (Roman numeral) in the first column of the table headed Marine Forecasts available for Metareas III to XVI. But note that if you access the information via this method you are advised not to bookmark the page containing the forecast text, rather only bookmark the home page for the information for a specific Metarea. Quick downloads of forecasts in text format issued within the GMDSS may be accessed via the Météo-France Navimail service, (more details).
Issued by the Met Office for broadcast via INMARSAT at 0930/2130 UTC High Seas forecast for Metarea I |
Issued by the Met Office at 0505/1130/1725/2330 Local Clock Time Shipping forecast Latest Gale Warning |
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Latest Storm Warning issued by the Met Office, Exeter for Metarea I |
Issued by the Met Office at 0500/1700 UTC Inshore Waters Forecast |
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Warnings & Forecast Coastal reports Forecast charts (courtesy Met Eireann and RTE, Ireland) |
Sea area forecasts and index Forecasts for waters north of 65N |
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KNMI Warnings: Menu Marine Forecasts - (in Dutch) (courtesy KNMI) |
Menu for sea-area forecasts including the Baltic, Fisher and German Bight Menu for Weather forecasts in English issued by Denmark (courtesy Danish Meteorological Institute) |
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Issued by Météo-France at 0900/2100 UTC (in English) High Seas forecast for Metarea II (North Atlantic) |
Issue times 0900/2100 NAVTEX bulletin (Biscay etc) |
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Menu page Forecasts and Warnings and a selection of forecast charts (In French) |
Issue times 0930/ 2130 NAVTEX bulletin (Western Mediterranean) |
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Forecast for south and south-east North Atlantic (Southwest Approaches to the Windward Isles) Forecast for the Southern and South-eastern North Atlantic, in French, as broadcast by RFI at 1140 UTC |
Coastal waters (out to 20 km) Western Mediterranean Atlantic waters including Approaches to the UK Full details of NAVTEX and coastal station broadcasts (no real-time forecasts) from the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Spain |
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GMDSS forecasts in English via Météo France Index page for forecasts Menu for access to the wave model output |
GMDSS forecasts in English via Météo France Index page for forecasts (click on area required) |
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| Metarea Links to WMO-IOC site |
Issuing Country | Forecast Links to the Met Service if available |
Notes & additional links |
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| III(W) | France | High
Seas forecast Western areas of the Mediterranean | Issue time 0900/2100 |
| NAVTEX bulletin (La Garde) | NAVTEX output from CROSS La Garde [W] | ||
| Spain | Spanish coastal areas in the Mediterranean | Western Mediterranean
from the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Spain. Index for computer forecasts of wind etc | |
| Forecasts for Catalan coast | Catalan Meteorological Service: Texts, wind and waves graphics | ||
| Sardinia | Marine bulletins and charts (area 46°N-36°N, 5°E-16°E) | Surface wind forecasts and
sea state out to Day 3 (area 36-46°N, 5°E-16°E) Follow menu on home page: Previsione/Bollettino de mare/Accesso al bollettino and finally choose the English version (top right) | |
| Malta | Three-day
marine forecast for 50nm radius Scroll down the page for the forecast | Observations
of wind MSLP 24-hr f/c Radar | |
| III(E) | Greece | Greek
Met Service pages Forecasts and other information for the mariner | Poseidon
site (Click on the map to access the various menus) Wind and swell forecasts around Greece for 36 hours ahead. |
| Turkey | Mediterranean areas east of 12°E | Fleet forecast areas to east
of 12°E See chart on page 184 Vol 3(1) ALRS 2003/2004 Ed | |
| IV | USA | High Seas forecast | High Seas issue times: 0420/1020/1620/2220 Ice information: Canadian waters US Coastguard chart |
| V | Brazil | High Seas forecast |
Menu to charts and data Best viewed using Explorer 5.0 or above |
| VI | Argentina | High
Seas forecast N of 60°S High Seas forecast S of 60°S |
Menu
for charts issued by Argentina Links to information for Antarctica |
| VII | South Africa | High Seas forecast (PDF format) | Coastal waters forecast MSLP analysis |
| VIII(N) | India | High
Seas forecast via the WMO-IOC JCOMM site |
ECMWF products for the area (T+72 to T+168) |
| VIII(S) | Mauritius/Reunion | High
Seas forecast via the WMO-IOC JCOMM site | Access
to MSLP analysis via the SAWB |
| IX | Pakistan | High Seas forecast | Sub Areas 1-4 |
| Saudi Arabia | Local forecasts | Red Sea and Arabian Gulf | |
| X | Australia | High
Seas forecasts Click on map for area required |
Menu of MSLP analyses and forecasts |
| XI | Japan | High Seas bulletin | Menu
to the JMA marine pages Chart menu: Analysis & Forecast charts |
| China/Hong Kong | Bulletin issued by Hong Kong | Menu
to additional meteorological information provided by Hong Kong Observatory |
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| Thailand | Menu for Shipping forecasts | Sea areas around Thailand and south to Singapore |
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| Malaysia | Menu for Shipping forecasts | Forecasts for areas in the South
China Sea and the Straits of Malacca |
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| Republic of Singapore | Shipping forecasts | Access
to charts and other marine interest Charts are for a large area (the South China Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean) - access requires an up-to-date browser |
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| XII | USA | High Seas forecast | North Pacific E of 180°E |
| XIII | Russia | High
Seas forecast via the WMO-IOC JCOMM site |
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| XIV | New Zealand | High
Seas forecast May need to click or double click on tab FORECASTS Click on map for area required |
Analyses
and forecast charts Click or double click on tab CHARTS if necessary |
| XV | Chile | National Met Service | Charts and other marine interest |
| XVI | USA | High Seas forecast | Area to west of Peru |
| Antarctica | Various | Analyses and forecast products | Products issued by ECMWF, UK Met O and other sources |
ANALYSES FOR THE OCEANIC AREAS ISSUED
BY THE NWS & MSLP FORECASTS BY THE ECMWF
Charts may be accessed direct from the NWS in TIF format
- generally 100 to 150 Kb in size
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world-wide via the WMO |
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Forecast bulletins by FTP via the NWS in Washington
The NWS provides an on request delivery by E-mail of marine
bulletins which have been routed via the RTH at Washington. See a summary
of the service on this site. The service provides a mechanism for accessing
marine forecast texts for several Metareas and also to graphical products (for
example, analyses and forecast weather charts although compared with text forecasts,
files with charts are likely to be ten or more times larger than text bulletins).
Currently the high seas forecasts for all the Metareas for which the NWS provides
forecasts are available, and also available are those produced for Metarea 1
by the Met Office. For more information see the details
of the NWS FTP mail service on the NWS web site.
Fax and radio-teleprinter broadcasts of meteorological information
for shipping
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The DWD maintain three radio outputs of meteorological information Two radio telex broadcasts and a Radio Fax broadcast More details |
Other useful links
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A comprehensive source of meteorological information available for the Mariner in the eastern and central parts of the North Atlantic and in the Mediterranean area. |
Maintained by Tim Rulon this Guide is available on the NWS site of NOAA (the latest update is dated February 9th, 2011). In addition to the listing of details of radio-fax broadcasts of interest to the mariner there is much useful information on accessing forecasts in the marine environment via FTP. The Guide is in PDF format. |
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Products available via Inmarsat SafetyNET™ Comprehensive on-line guide to marine products issued by the NWS |
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