WORLDWIDE MARINE RADIOFACSIMILE BROADCAST SCHEDULES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC and ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE December 20, 2001 INTRODUCTION A printed copy of this publication is distributed free of charge to all ships that participate in the U.S. Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program. If your ship is not participating in this worthwhile international program, we urge you to join. Remember, the meteorological agencies that do the weather forecasting cannot help you without input from you. ONLY YOU KNOW THE WEATHER AT YOUR POSITION!! Please report the weather at 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC as explained in the National Weather Service Observing Handbook No. 1 for Marine Surface Weather Observations. Within 300 nm of a named hurricane, typhoon or tropical storm, or within 200 nm of U.S. or Canadian waters, also report the weather at 0300, 0900, 1500, and 2100 UTC. Your participation is greatly appreciated by all mariners. For assistance, contact a Port Meteorological Officer (PMO), who will come aboard your vessel and provide all the information you need to observe, code and transmit weather observations. Appendix C contains information on a new and exciting PC software program known as AMVER/SEAS which greatly assists in coding and transmitting meteorological observations and AMVER position reports. This publication is made available via Internet at: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm This webpage contains information on the dissemination of U.S. National Weather Service marine products including radiofax, such as frequency and scheduling information as well as links to products. A listing of other recommended webpages may be found in the Appendix. TABLE of C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ i TABLE OF CONTENTS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ii,iii ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iii,iv AFRICA CAIRO, EGYPT-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-1 NAIROBI, KENYA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I-2,3 CAPE NAVAL, SOUTH AFRICA----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-3 DAKAR, SENEGAL---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I-4 ASIA BEIJING (PEKING), CHINA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ II-1,2 SHANGHAI, CHINA---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-3 NEW DELHI, INDIA---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-3,4 TOKYO , JAPAN-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-4-6 PEVEK, CHUKOTKA PENINSULA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-7 TAIPEI, REPUBLIC OF CHINA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-7 SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-7-8 BANGKOK, THAILAND----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-8-9 TASHKENT 1, UZBEKISTAN--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-9-10 TASHKENT 2, UZBEKISTAN--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II-10 KYODO NEWS, JAPAN/SINGAPORE-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------II-11 SOUTH AMERICA MARAMBIO, ARGENTINA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III-1 PUERTO BELGRANA, ARGENTINA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ III-1 RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ III-1 NORTH AMERICA HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-1 IQALUIT, N.W.T., CANADA----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-2 RESOLUTE, N.W.T., CANADA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV-2 KODIAK, ALASKA, U.S.A.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-3 POINT REYES, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-4 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-5 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S.A.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-6 INUVIK, CANADA----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV-7 PACIFIC OCEAN BASIN DARWIN & CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V-1,2 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V-2 HONOLULU, HAWAII, U.S.A.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V-3,4 EUROPE SKAMLEBAEK, DENMARK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI-1 HAMBERG-PINNEBERG,GERMANY----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI-1,2 ATHENS, GREECE---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI-2 ROME, ITALY----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI-3 MOSCOW, RUSSIA--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI-4,5 MURMANSK, RUSSIA------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VI-5 ANKARA, TURKEY----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI-5-6 NORTHWOOD, UNITED KINGDOM------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VI-7 ANTARCTICA CASEY--------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VII-1 CENTRO METEOROLOGICO ANTARTICO-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII-1 APPENDICIES MARINE WEATHER VIA THE INTERNET INCLUDING RADIOFAX------------------------------------------------- A FTPMAIL INSTRUCTIONS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER LISTSERVER INSTRUCTIONS-------------------------------------------------- B UIUC HURRICANE LISTSERVER INSTRUCTIONS---------------------------------------------------------------------- B AMVER/SEAS PC PROGRAM-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C USEFUL MARINE WEATHER PUBLICATIONS--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS IN THE U.S.A.----------------------------------------------------------------- E SHIPBOARD ENVIRONMENTAL ACQUISITION SYSTEM (SEAS) PERSONNEL------------------------------- F PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS FOR CANADA----------------------------------------------------------------- G PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS FOR EUROPE----------------------------------------------------------------- H PORT METEOROLOGICAL OFFICERS FOR AFRICA, ASIA, INDIAN OCEAN AND PACIFIC RIM--------- I NOAA WEATHER RADIO----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right Cover ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION The schedules contained in this book were obtained from official and unofficial sources. The information herein may neither be complete or accurate. Wherever possible, the schedules are dated with the latest change available. The National Weather Service would like to thank everyone who provided assistance. For ease of use, all stations are listed by WMO region, in alphabetical order, by country and location. All times listed herein are Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), unless otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise stated, assigned frequencies are shown, for carrier frequency subtract 1.9 kHz. Typically dedicated radiofax receivers use assigned frequencies, while receivers or transceivers, connected to external recorders or PC's, are operated in the upper sideband (USB) mode using carrier frequencies. For information on weather broadcasts worldwide, also refer to NIMA Publication 117 and the British Admiralty List of Signals, which are updated through Notices to Mariners. Information on these and other marine weather publications