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November 2024

Artificial Intelligence is being studied by the UK Met Office and ECMWF.

April 2023

JCOMM replaced.
The The World Wide Met-Ocean Information and Warning System (WWMIWS) has replaced the JCOMM system. Texts of High Seas, Metarea, forecasts and many NAVTEX forecasts are now available online on the WWMIWS site.

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Climate change

New page on this topic – see Quick guide summarising indisputable facts about climate change.


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My site arose from a wish to use my long and wide experience in meteorology and sailing to help others to whom weather forecasts, and marine weather forecasts in particular, are mysteries. If you find this site useful then remember that it seeks to contribute to safety at sea. You might like to send a donation to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, or your national equivalent, mentioning this site of course.


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