global
weatherfax
charts from multiple sources
atlantic and caribbean
weatherfax charts from noaa
weatherfax charts of
caribbean from the tropical prediction centre
weather charts and data of all
kinds from wetterzentrale (german)
current weather conditions
for any city worldwide from noaa
mediterranean
spanish navtex
issue forecast for western med
spain
marine graphical forecast
- click on a sea area then select wind/wave and forecast time
spanish met office
charts - select the desired parameters and the map will appear
spanish meteorological
radar - select the parameters for radar animation
index of spanish
maritime area text forecasts - click on a map area for forecast
index of spanish ports for
48hr text forecast - click on a port for forecast
real time spanish buoy
data - select a buoy then the parameters
balearics
weather map for balearics
detailed 24hr forecast
for balearic islands
balearic islands meteorological
centre index in english
grib files
Grib files are forecasts of pressure and
wind vectors which have been encoded into a compressed format for a specific
area. These are therefore much smaller files than graphical forecast charts
and are faster to download over a mobile internet connection. The files can
then be displayed in a suitable viewer program, and the requested forecast
intervals can be cycled through. The following viewer is free.
download airmail then
download airmail grib / fax viewer
then install both (you probably won't use Airmail, but the viewer won't install
unless it's there)
now you can download up-to-date grib files from the following sites then open
them with Viewer
navcenter grib downloads
raymarine
grib downloads
grib files by email
Alternatively, you can send an email request to
the Saildocs server query@saildocs.com
and it will automatically email you the requested grib file free. Unless you're
in an internet cafe, clicking on the following link will compose a sample
request which you can send
grib
email request
email request format
this explains the format of the email request
send grib:lat0,lat1,lon0,lon1|dlat,dlon|VTs|Params
lat0,lat1,lon0,lon1 are the latitude longitude limits (whole
degrees followed by N/S or W/E)
dlat,dlon is the grid increment in degrees (e.g. "1,1"
for a 1-deg by 1-deg grid), if omitted the default is "2,2". The
minimum increment is 1 degree, and whole degrees are recommended (e.g. avoid
"1.5,1.5").
VTs is a comma separated list of valid times (e.g. "24,48,72"),
if omitted the default is "24,48,72". Valid times are 00, 12, 24,
36, 48, 60, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192, 216, 240 hours.
Params is a comma separated list of parameters
("PRMSL" for mean sea level pressure, "U_GRD,V_GRD" for
the surface wind. The default is "PRMSL,U_GRD,V_GRD".
a sample email request would be
send grib:20N,60N,40E,30W
which would be the same as
send grib:20N,60N,40E,30W|2,2|24,48,72|PRMSL,U_GRD,V_GRD
The email subject can be anything.
Do not insert any spaces. The vertical bar is the 'shift \' key.
repeat requests
To have the same grib files emailed to you daily,
change send to sub
e.g. sub grib:20N,60N,40E,30W
and the files will be sent to you daily around 12UTC for a default of 14 days.
To select the number of days you wish to receive them, add a space, then
days=7 or however many days you would like to receive them
e.g. sub grib:20N,60N,40E,30W days=7
days=0 means for an indefinite period
to cancel the request, send the same email but change sub
to cancel