Service summary
| Description |
Forecast for inshore
water areas around coastline of UK. |
| Format |
Text, XML |
| File
name |
FPUK41_EGRR.DAT, FPUK79_EGRR.DAT |
| Issue
time |
Updated four times daily at 0500,
1100, 1700 and 2300 |
| Cost |
£550 exc. VAT per annum. |
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Contents
Service details
Forecast for inshore water areas around coastline of UK.
| Warning: The UK inshore waters forecast is produced
for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Although
this service is permitted to be delivered to commercial users
for use on their web sites and intranet sites, you should be
aware that the MCA could change aspects of the service, including
the format, delivery times and content. We will try to notify
you as soon as possible of any changes, but it is the service
delivery mechanism that you are paying for and not the actual
content |
Summary of service
details
- Forecast for inshore water areas around the UK
- Updated
four times daily
The UK inshore waters forecast service details the following elements
for the next 24 hours:
- Wind
- Weather type (showers, occasional rain),
- Visibility
- Sea state
It covers an area of 12 miles offshore.
Areas covered by the inshore waters forecast
are:
- Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney
- Rattray Head
to Berwick on Tweed
- Berwick on Tweed to Whitby
- Whitby to
Gibraltar Point
- Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
- North
Foreland to Selsey Bill
- Selsey Bill to Lyme Regis
- Lyme
Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly
- Lands End
to St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
- St Davids
Head to Great Ormes Head, including St Georges Channel
- Great
Ormes Head to the Mull of Galloway
- Isle of Man
- Lough
Foyle to Carlingford Lough
- The Mull of Galloway to Mull of
Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel
- Mull of Kintyre to Ardnamurchan Point
- Ardnamurchan Point
to Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides
- Shetland Isles
Format and Sub-headings
The format of the UK Inshore Waters Forecast is detailed below:
FPUK41 EGRR ddtime
Issued by the Met Office at time UTC on day date
month year Rule C
Ser. No. xx
Inshore Waters Forecast to 12 miles offshore from time UTC
to time UTC
General Situation
Text
From Cape Wrath to Rattray Head including Orkney Rule
A
24 hour forecast:
Text (Forecast wind) Rule D
Text (Forecast weather)
Text (Forecast visibility)
Text (Forecast sea state)
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Text (Forecast wind)
Text (Forecast weather)
Text (Forecast visibility)
Text (Forecast sea state)
Rattray Head to Berwick on Tweed
24 hour forecast:
Text (Forecast wind)
Text (Forecast weather)
Text (Forecast visibility)
Text (Forecast sea state)
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Text (Forecast wind)
Text (Forecast weather)
Text (Forecast visibility)
Text (Forecast sea state)
etc.
|
RULES |
|
A |
Areas will always appear in the order shown above |
|
B |
The content by areas is inflexible |
|
C |
Change "GMT" to "BST" as
appropriate |
|
Pricing
The UK inshore waters forecast service assumes a one-year contract.
Prices are based purely on the basis of service provision (not the
content) and the basic graphics package and does not include technical
support. The price for the service provision is £515 + VAT per annum.
Standard terms and
conditions
All Met Office services are subject to our standard terms and conditions,
which can be faxed to you upon request and will be automatically
dispatched with the contract.
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