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UNIT - 4 Weather Routeing & Weather Reports
UNIT - 4 Weather Routeing & Weather Reports
UNIT - 4 Weather Routeing & Weather Reports
1. Weather :
(a) Proximity of tropical revolving storms and
depressions.
(b) Predominating wind direction and Beaufort
wind scale.
(c) Swell direction and wave height.
2. Ocean currents and tidal streams.
3. Proximity of icebergs and pack ice.
4. Metacentric height (with due regard to ice
accretion and water absorbsion ).
5. Nature of cargo 6. Stowage of Cargo 7.
Carriage of deck cargo
8.. Ballast condition. 9. Vessel Transit speed
10. Geographical considerations. 11. Deviation
points. 12. Load Line Zones.
1. Weather :
5. Nature of cargo
6. Stowage of cargo
7. Carriage of deck cargo.
8. Ballast condition.
• Sailing directions
• Notices to Mariners
• Weather reports and weather facsimile charts (initial
information shall be obtained at least 24 hours prior to
vessel’s departure). The availability of additional
weather information should be sourced via vessel’s
agents and coastal radio stations.
Weather Forecasts
Weather Bulletins
Fisherman Warning(Coastal weather warning, Four
stage warning, Port warning, Sea weather warning &
Cyclone warning)
Weather Observations
Monsoon Reports
Daily rainfall graph/Statics
Local Weather report
Numerical Weather forecast
Seismology
Cyclone Atlas (On line)
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), also referred
to as the Met Department, is an agency of the Ministry of
Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the
principal agency responsible for meteorological
observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is
headquartered in New Delhi and operates hundreds of
observation stations across India and Antarctica.