WEATHER FORECAST

AGENDA  BASIC INFORMATION

 SOURCES
 WIND
 GALE WARNINGS
 SEA STATE
 WEATHER
 VISIBILITY

WEATHER FORECAST 2
 INFORMATIO
N

WIND SEA STATE

WEATHER VISIBILITY

WEATHER FORECAST 3
 WIND

EXAMPLE
North 5 to 6, becoming NE 7
imminent, perhaps gale 8 later

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 SEA STATE

EXAMPLE
Moderate becoming rough later

WEATHER FORECAST 5
 WEATHER

EXAMPLE
Rain, Thundery showers soon.
Temperature +10 ◦ C.

WEATHER FORECAST 6
VISIBILITY

EXAMPLE
Poor, becoming moderate or
good later

WEATHER FORECAST 7
  Local radio / VHF

SOURCES  Local marina office

 Internet & apps

WEATHER FORECAST 8
WIND
 EXPECTED TIME

IMMINENT
Expected within 6 hours

SOON
Expected in 6 – 12 hours

LATER
Expected after 12 hours

WEATHER FORECAST 10
WIND DIRECTION

We name the wind FROM the

direction it is coming FROM

WEST wind is coming from DIRECTION

WEST

WEATHER FORECAST 11
WIND SPEED

nautical miles per hour (kn)

Beafort Force
Force 0 – Calm
Force 8 – Gale
Force 12 – Hurricane force

WEATHER FORECAST 12
 WIND DIRECTION CHANGE

Cclockwise Anti-clockwise
«veering» «backing»

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 GALE
WARNINGS
GALE WARNINGS

Gale warnings are broadcast

immediately and then at each
forecast time

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SEA STATE
SEA STATE / WAVE
HEIGHT
SMOOTH SLIGHT
Less than 0.5 m 0.5 m to 1.25 m
MODERATE ROUGH
1.25 m to 2.5 m 2.5 m to 4.0 m
VERY ROUGHT HIGH
4.0 m to 6.0 m 6.0 m to 9.0 m
VERY HIGH PHENOMENAL
9.0 m – 14.0 m >14.0 m

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WEATHER
WEATHER
The forecast mentions the weather as:

1 FAIR: No precipitaion

2 Showers / rain / heavy rain

3 Snow or hail

WEATHER
PITCH
FORECAST
DECK 19
VISIBILITY
 VISIBILITY

We a t h e r

NAUTICA
METERS
L MILES

​ HAZE​
1 THICK FOG 50-200 5 ​ 1-2
​ ​
​M ODERATE FOG ​ LIGHT HAZE
2 ​ 200-500 6 2-5.5
​
​
​C LEAR
​L IGHT FOG 7 5.5-11
3 500-1000
​
​T HIN FOG VERY CLEAR
4 ​ 926-1852 8 ​ 11-27
​ ​

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