marine weather resources
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Marine Weather Resources
Jack DaleISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor Evaluator
Sail Canada Advanced Cruising InstructorASA Advanced Coastal Cruising / Catamaran
InstructorIYT Yachtmaster Coastal Instructor
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Sources of Weather Information Traditional
VHF Radio Newspaper Telephone
Electronic Internet Phone Apps
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Sources of Weather Information Electronic
Internet Ethernet WiFi Cell Phone
Tethered Air card
Phone Apps
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WiFi Many marinas Internet cafes Quality varies
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Cell Phone Tethered
WiFi hotpsot USB cable
Air Card
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Cell Service Coverage
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Cell Phone Coverage
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Good sites Marine Weather : Pacific - South
Coast http://
weather.gc.ca/marine/region_e.html?mapID=02
Choose area
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Forecast Area Forecast Extended forecast Weather conditions Ice conditions Warning Synopsis
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Weather Conditions Hourly updates Buoys Lightstations
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Other Sites BIGWAVEDAVE.CA
weather information for windsurfing and kiteboarding on Vancouver Island, BC.
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Smartphone Apps Buoyweather Sail Flow Predict Wind mobileGrib
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GRIB Files A widely used bit-oriented data
exchange scheme is the WMO GRIddedBinary (GRIB) format. GRIB is an efficient vehicle for transmitting large volumes of gridded data to automated centers over high-speed telecommunication lines using modern protocols.
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Grib Readers Ugrib - free ZyGrib - free Ocens WeatherNet – subscription Open CPN – free (CHS charts $$$) Expedition – racing software
Optimal course Target speeds Utilizes polars
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Acquiring Grib Data File Transfer Protocol
Built in to software Email
Saildocs
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Saildocs Saildocs is an automated system
and the format for a grib request must be followed exactly.
The format for a basic grib-file request is:gfs:lat0,lat1,lon0,lon1|dlat,dlon|VTs|Params
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Email To: [email protected]
Subject: anything
send gfs:46N,52N,130W,121W|1,1|6,12..96|PRESS,WIND
NB – email may not be possible when using WiFi.
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Weather Fax From NOAA
500 Mb Analysis & Forecast Surface Analysis & Forecast Sea State Analysis & Wave Period
Forecast / Direction Wind / Wave Analysis & Forecast Satellite Photos Gales, Storms and Hurricanes
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Acquiring Weather Fax Internet SSB radio Weatherfax receiver Sat Phone (email)
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Weather Fax Internet http://
weather.noaa.gov/fax/marine.shtml Email FTP Web
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/nepacificbrief.shtml
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Weatherfax SSB
Pt.Reyes(NMC) 4346(except 19z,23Z), 8682, 12786, 17151.2, 22527(19z,23Z) kHz Radiofax Broadcast
Start Broadcast 0140Z 0655Z 1120Z 1400Z 1840Z 2320Z
Broadcast Schedule
1124Z 2324Z
SSB to Modem to PC to Printer
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Weatherfax Receiver PC Chartplotter
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NAVTEX Used in Sea Area
A2 150 miles
offshore Synopsis Forecast Waves
NAVTEX Receiver Printer Display Keyboard
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Studying Weather Marine weather courses Books
Anything by Owen Lange