Marine Forecast Texts for the Mediterranan

Internet links to forecasts for the Mediterranean broadcast under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) via VHF, NAVTEX and INMARSAT.

Related pages -

• INMARSAT Forecasts Worldwide
• Texts of NW European forecasts
• Texts of SW European forecasts
• METAREA IV - XVI - outside Europe
• Sea area charts

Links to forecasts

France

Météo-France Home page

Sea area forecasts

• High Seas forecast --- INMARSAT-C text for Western areas of the Mediterranean Issue times 0900/ 2100. In English
• Sea Areas --- NAVTEX bulletins au large from CROSS La Garde [W]. Issue times 0930/ 2130. In English

Coastal Forecast broadcast by CROSSMED on VHF channels, in French..

• Cerbere to port la Camargue
• port la Camargue to Saint-Raphael
• Saint-Raphael to Menton
• Coasts of Corsica

Spain

Spanish Met Service Home page

• Latest forecast and Outlook --- Sea Area forecasts as on Spanish NAVTEX

Coastal Forecasts

• Latest Forecast and Outlook --- W Andalucía, Gibraltar Strait, Ceuta
• Latest Forecast and Outlook --- E Andalucía, Melilla, Alborán
• Latest Forecast and Outlook -- Murcia, Valencia
• Latest Forecast and Outlook --- Cataluña
• Latest Forecast and Outlook --- Ilas Baléares

NOTE - Texts of Coastal forecasts are in Spanish and include reports of actual weather. Outlooks may be for one or two days depending on time of issue

Italy

Italian Met Service which is under the Italian Air Force

• Texts of NAVTEX and VHF broadcasts

Malta

• Malta Airport --- Area 50 nm around Malta
• Short period and brief three day forecast
• Detailed Three-day forecast
• Observations of wind

Croatia

Croatia Met Service Home page

• Sea Area Bulletin ]] --- 24 hours plus 12 hour outlook (In English)

Turkey

Turkish Met service Home page

• 24 hour forecast
• Outlookl Turkish areas

Greece

Greek Met service Home page

• High Seas forecast --- The text of the INMARSAT, NAVTEX and VHF broadcasty forecasts.
  
• Menu of charts of forecast winds

Grid point winds and other services from the DWD

Start with the Index for all DWD marine forecasts
Look for "Seewetter Mittelmeer + Ostatlantik" and click on "mehr" or more for an index. I cannot save these links. For those whose German is less than perfect, these are -

• Seewetterbericht Westteil - Three day forecast at grid points for Western Med
  
• Stationsmeldungen - Latest actuals
  
• Seewetterbericht Ostteil - Three day forecast at grid points for Esstern Med
  
• Streckenwetter - Three day forecasts at grid points from the English Channel, Irish Sea, Sole, Biscay to Gibraltar and Canary Isles.
  
• Vorhersagekarte - Forecast charts, 24. 48, 72 hours, E and W Med.[<<]]
• Seewetterbericht - 24 hour text forecasts
  

All in German

See also -

• Forecasts around Western Europe
• Marine Weather Forecast services in the Mediterranean and Adriatic
• Weather in the Western Mediterranean

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