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The Shipping Forecast

Details and audio latest shipping forecast here, click on image

LATEST SHIPPING FORECAST BBC iplayer

WEATHER AT SEA POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (PDF)   Weather_for_Course.pdf

SHIPPING FORECAST PRO FORMA  weather_forecast  and weather_maps.doc

RYA and R Met Soc weather charts met_maps.pdf

French Weather forecast terms  http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/French-Marine-Weather-Terms

SHIPPING FORECAST TERMS
Gale warnings and timing
Imminent                 within 6 hours of time of issue of forecast
Soon                         within 6 -12 hours of time of issue
Later                         after 12 hours from time of issue
Wind
Direction                 Direction from which wind blows
Cyclonic                    Rapid changes in wind direction
Veering                     Changing direction clockwise
Backing                     Changing direction anticlockwise

Fair                            No precipitation

Visibility
Very Poor             < 1000 metres (fog)
Poor                     1000m - 2 Nautical Miles
Moderate                2 - 5 Nautical Miles
Good                     > 5 Nautical Miles 

Pressure Tendency
Steady                 < 0.1 mb in 3 hrs
Slowly                     0.1 to 1.5 mb in 3 hrs
Rising/Falling         1.6 to 3.5 mb in 3 hrs
Quickly                 3.6 - 6.0 mb in 3 hrs
Very Rapidly > 6.0 mb in 3 hrs = Gale
Now rising /         a change of direction in the last 3 hours
falling 

Pressure System Speed of Movement
Slowly                         up to 15 knots
Steadily                     15 - 25 knots
Rather quickly         25 - 35 knots
Rapidly                     35 - 45 knots
Very rapidly                 > 45 knots

posted 5th March2011