Weather

Ocean-Pro Weather Services
Naples, Florida: 26 08N, 81 48W
Tel:239-775-7435, 239-877-4094
www.ocean-pro.com/htmfiles/routing2.htm, captcook@ocean-pro.com
Global weather and ocean current routing. Bob Cook is an experienced sailor and weather router and operates the Ocean-Pro marine coast station, callsign WQCN860. Bob provides detailed & long range weather and passage routing assistance to all vessels power and sail via all means, sat phone, ssb and email. Info and assistance available includes, vessel position logging, weather forecasts, weather routing, Gulf Stream and ocean eddy analysis and recommended routing waypoints, general ocean current routing, etc. The marine coast station scans 6224, 8294, 12353 and 16528 daily, 12Z to 15Z and 21Z to 23Z. Send a blank email to info@ocean-pro.com for automatic reply with details of services.

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Hurricanes

Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Forecast
http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/
Tropical Meteorology Project at the University of Colorado.

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
http://www.cdera.org/index.php

Caribbean Hurricane Network
http://stormcarib.com/
Information, weather discussions and local reports on hurricanes and tropical storms in the Caribbean, also useful bulletin boards.

Reports

Red Sea Weather Forecasts

Question About Gulf of Tehuantepec Winds

Instant Wind Forecasting: Book Review

Weather Forecast Services for South Pacific

Favourite Weather Sites

Useful Weather Websites

New Radio Frequencies for Australia

Links

Climate Prediction Center
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory
Latest information on El Niño can be obtained from the website of the Climate Prediction Center ENSO Diagnostic Discussion.

EuroMeteo
http://www.eurometeo.com/
Marine and land forecasts in Italian and some English. Forecasts for Italy and Mediterranean.

European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts
www.ecmwf.int

European Weather
http://www.weatherweb.net/uksail.htm
A useful source of weather data in .txt format for European coastal and off-shore areas.

EzWind
http://www.bebinkasoft.com
With an HF radio a computer and software to decode the incoming signal you can receive Fax images on board. You receive a Surface Analysis Chart. These show the centers of low and high pressure, the fronts and a series of lines of equal pressure called isobars. Unfortunately in most cases wind arrows are not shown. Can't figure out what winds to expect? With EzWind it's simple. No knowledge of meteorology required I have also released a new version of Visual sEa-Log. You can now interface with GPS.

GRIB.US
www.grib.us
Useful site for downloading grib-files.

Global Hydrology & Climate Center
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/ghcc_home.html

Marine Observing Systems Team Homepages
http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/

Metvuw.com/
http://www.metvuw.com/
New Zealand and South Pacific weather.

NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/index.html

Ocean Surface Winds
http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/doc/oceanwinds1.html

Oceanweather.com
http://www.oceanweather.com/data/
Current marine data for the world including sea temperature, wave graphics.

Pacific Weather Advice
http://www.pacificyachtdeliveries.co.nz/weather.htm
Good weather advice page for cruisers in the Pacific.

PassageWeather - Forecasts for Sailors and Adventurers
www.passageweather.com

Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
http://www.ssmi.com/ssmi/ssmi_monthly.html

Sources of Weather Information
www.franksingleton.clara.net/index.html
A useful site for sources of European weather forecasts and communication options.

Surfline
http://www.surfline.com/home/index.cfm

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to monitor and study tropical rainfall.

Tropical Storms Worldwide
http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/

Typhoon Warning Center
Naval Pacific Meteorology & Oceanography Center
metoc.npmoc.navy.mil//jtwc.html

UK Weather Forecasts
VHF Channel 16
www.metoffice.gov.uk
To get local weather forecasts go to the Med Office website, then click on 'leisure', then 'marine', then 'inshore waters forecast'. It gives a good reliable forecast for all UK waters. Issued at 05.00hrs and 17.00hrs This forecast is repeated on VHF channel 16 every 4 hours by local coastguard stations along with navigational warnings.

US Coast Guard Navigation Center
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/

US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
http://www.noaa.gov/

US Navy Public Weather Website
https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/

Weather and Climate Forum
http://www.geo-earth.com/forums/

Weather forcasts for the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Non commercial; RSS feeds for hurricane warnings and weather by email. Listing of weather forecasts by SSB HF (time, frequency, area).

World Gazeteer
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html
includes some weather information

http://www.wxmaps.org/
http://www.wxmaps.org/

www.windguru.com
http://www.windguru.com

New Weather Website Launched by NOAA (06 Nov 2008)

Hurricane Bertha Strengthens Over Atlantic East of Caribbean (08 Jul 2008)

Tropical Storm Warning Philippines (20 Jun 2008)

Arthur Weakening, but Many Hurricanes Forecast (05 Jun 2008)

Forecasters Predict Active Hurricane Season (31 May 2008)

La Niña possible within the next 2-3 months (14 May 2007)

El Nino Coming To An End While La Nina Develops (14 Mar 2007)

El Niño conditions are likely to continue through March-May 2007 (16 Jan 2007)

El Nino and Pacific Passage Planning: Responses (15 Jan 2007)