Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar-Saturday 10/10

New Methods of Getting Weather Information on Board

 Saturday, 10 October 2015 – Piraeus

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Seminar Description

Learn the ways in which you will always have official meteorological information on board, wherever you are in the world, regardless of whether the facsimile works or not, regardless of whether there are official or unofficial forecasts, and regardless of whether you have broadband or not.

Through a multitude of real-world examples and practical applications, this seminar will open new horizons in the acquisition of meteorological information, educating you in all the modern methods of acquiring meteorological information that have been developed for mariners. You will also learn what Grib Files are and how exactly they are used in the main weather routing software used in navigation, such as SPOS and Bon Voyage.

Learn how you can using e-mail of the ship, receive official charts from the world's largest meteorological services, warnings, advisories for tropical cyclones, metaarea forecasts, observations from passing ships, satellite measurements for wind from the A-SCAT satellite, Grib Files (Digital weather charts). Learn how to use the most popular Grib Viewers and how to ALWAYS have weather on board for FREE at the level of digital charts from the most reliable weather forecast models. Also, special mention will be made to the popular program OPENCPN. (more…)

Tropical Cyclones Seminar – 28 & 29 September 2015

2-day Tropical Cyclones Seminar

Analysis – Prognosis and Avoidance

28 & 29 September 2015 – Piraeus

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Seminar Description

The tropical cyclone seminar is a modern and comprehensive approach to the most dangerous meteorological phenomenon that a sailor can encounter. This seminar provides all the basic knowledge that the bridge officer must know, such as the structure of tropical cyclones, the name, the dangerous and navigable semicircle, the Rule 1-2-3. Special reference is also made to the way tropical cyclones are symbolized on surface maps, which are issued by the world's largest meteorological services (NOAA, JMA) and the way in which meteorological messages (advisories) are read is explained. And all this through practical applications, exercises and numerous examples. (more…)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level 1)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level I)

Saturday – 12 September 2015, 10:00 – 16:00, Piraeus

Seminar Description

The Marine Meteorology seminar entitled Modern Marine Meteorology (Level I) trains participants in the basic principles of modern Marine Meteorology, having as main subjects learning how to read and understand the meteorological surface charts that are published daily by the largest meteorological services in the world, which deal with the weather forecasting in the Oceans. These services are the American Meteorological Service (NOAA/OPC), the Japanese (JMA) and the English (Metoffice). Also, the most modern techniques of safe course planning (weatherrouting) are taught with the aim of avoiding dangerous barometric systems and tropical cyclones. The seminar also makes special reference to waves (wind waves and swell).

Target Audience

The seminar is aimed at bridge officers of ocean-going ships, of any rank, as well as office executives of shipping companies. (more…)

Metarea via Saildocs!!

Downloading Verbal Forecasts (Metarea) via Saildocs

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In my seminar entitled New Methods of Getting Weather Information on Board we have learned that by utilizing the ship's email, we can, through the service Saildocs, to receive the official forecasts and the very useful Grib Files (if you haven't attended my seminar, click here to read a very interesting article in English, which explains exactly what Grib Files are) which give us digital weather maps for the entire world. (more…)

New: Expertise services

Expertise services

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MeteoMarine's new service for finding the actual weather conditions that prevailed at a specific time in the past is a fact. Now we are able, in cases where the actual weather conditions measured by the ship are disputed by the charterers, to prove with official data, the real weather and thus refute any claims that may be based on incorrect data. For more information click here.

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level 1)

Modern Marine Meteorology Seminar (Level I)

Wednesday – 24 June 2015, 10:00 – 16:00, Piraeus

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Seminar Description

The Marine Meteorology seminar entitled Modern Marine Meteorology (Level I) trains participants in the basic principles of modern Marine Meteorology, having as main subjects learning how to read and understand the meteorological surface charts that are published daily by the largest meteorological services in the world, which deal with the weather forecasting in the Oceans. These services are the American Meteorological Service (NOAA/OPC), the Japanese (JMA) and the English (Metoffice). Also, the most modern techniques of safe course planning (weatherrouting) are taught with the aim of avoiding dangerous barometric systems and tropical cyclones. The seminar also makes special reference to waves (wind waves and swell).

Target Audience

The seminar is aimed at bridge officers of ocean-going ships, of any rank, as well as office executives of shipping companies. (more…)

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