Marine Forecast Service

							Marine Forecast
    Service
 Easy accessible information on weather
and sea conditions for offshore operations.
     Michael Jørgensen (mij@dmi.dk)

     Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
             Lyngbyvej 100
          2100 København Ø
         Tel: (+45) 39 15 75 00
           Background:
Several types of operations take place in
Danish and surrounding waters:
Offshore oil and gas exploration.
Building and maintenance of offshore wind farms.
Shipping.
                Background:
    Several types of operations take place in
    Danish and surrounding waters:
•   Offshore oil and gas exploration.
•   Building and maintenance of offshore
    windmill parks.
•   Shipping.
•   Building of large bridge links.
    Detailed knowledge of sea and weather
    conditions are of crucial importance for the
    safety of such operations.
    A new presentation tool:
Marine Forecast Service.
Developed by DMI in cooperation with business
partners operating offshore.
Requires only a web browser and an internet
connection.
Works on all platforms.
Enables easy access to sea and weather data
relevant to the user.
                Features:
Data are presented in both maps, graphs and
tables.
Live observation data are presented if such are
provided by the user.
Data can be exported as data files.
Weather synopsis and forecast comments
issued by a forecaster are presented for certain
locations as required by the user.
Global coverage.
                           Overview
                                      Navigation tabs




User's predefined points
of interest
                   Forecast maps
                             Parameter selection




Animation/time navigation
Forecast graphs

                 Forecaster's comments




          Data export facility
Forecast table

                 Graph/table switch
Observation graph

                  Latest observation




             Observed




              Forecast
Radar and satellite
      Concluding remarks
Marine Forecast Service (MFS) is easy to
access and use.
MFS has global coverage.
MFS comes with full 24 h meteorological
guidance from experienced forecasters.
User feedback this far has been very
positive.
MFS is under continued development and
refinement in close cooperation with
business partners.
Thank you for your attention