Weather Data Sources:
Main NWS weather page: www.weather.gov/marine
Fax schedules and charts: weather.noaa.gov/fax/marine.shtml
World-wide fax schedule: www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/rfax.pdf
Grib-files from Saildocs: www.saildocs.com/gribinfo
Ocens WxNet (subscription): www.ocens.com
UGrib: www.grib.us
Seminars:
Lee Chesneau www.marineweatherbylee.com/
(especially note: "Mariner's Guide to the 500mb Chart")
Weather and Routing Software:
Grib viewers:
Airmail/Viewfax www.siriuscyber.net/wxfax
Ocens "grib explorer" ($199) www.ocens.com
Weather fax software
Airmail / Getfax www.sailmail.com/download.htm
MScan Meteo ($300) www.mscan.con
Weatherfax-2000 ($200) www.xaxero.com
JVComm32 ($93) www.jvcomm.de/index_e.html
Chart software that can display grib's:
Coastal Explorer www.rosepointnav.com
Nobeltec (ver 9) www.nobeltec.com
Tactical Software
Expedition http://effil.tripod.com/
Deckman for Windows (B&G) www.bandg.com/deckman.htm
Raytech / Raymarine www.raymarine.com/
MaxSea (Furuno) www.maxsea.com
General info:
Transpac weather seminar notes:
www.transpacificyc.org/07/tp07-seminar-wx.html
“Meteorology Today”
by C. Donald Ahrens (www.amazon.com)
“Mariner’s Weather Handbook”
by Steve Dashew (www.setsail.com)