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Frequently Asked Questions About NOAA/NWS Marine Products and Services
1. Where can I find Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
and Gulf Stream information on the Web?
2. I understand that registering my 406 mHz EPIRB
and subsequent 2 year renewals is a
U.S. requirement and the wise thing to do. Who do I contact in NOAA to
register my EPIRB? Where on the Internet can I learn more about EPIRBS?
3. I appreciate your FTPMAIL service but would like to
be sent your weather forecasts by e-mail on a scheduled basis rather than
having to request a forecast each time. How can I do this?
4. Where can I get copies of old forecasts or find climatological information?
5. Is the voice I hear on NOAA Weather Radio a computerized voice or a real person?
1. Where can I find Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
and Gulf Stream information on the Web?
Try these sites on the Web for Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Gulf
Stream information.
URL Addresses....pay attention to capitalization
NOAA SOURCES
http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/gsf/
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/OSDPD/OSDPD_high_prod.html
http://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/
http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/cofs/Welcome.html (nowcasts and forecasts)
http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/~climsat/pacs_images.html
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsst.html
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey/
http://www.goes.noaa.gov
http://www.alaska.net/~nwsar/html/ice/ice_marine.html
http://sgiot2.wwb.noaa.gov/COASTWATCH/
http://140.90.191.231/oppt/loops/goes_sst/index_main.html
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/uot/
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/gtspp-home.html
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/
NAVY SOURCES
http://www.navo.navy.mil
http://www.fnoc.navy.mil
http://www7300.nrlssc.navy.mil/altimetry/
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global_nlom/globalnlom/skill.html
NASA SOURCES
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS/IMAGES/SST.html
UNIVERSITY SOURCES
http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/index.html
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/images.html
http://www.deos.tudelft.nl/altim/gulfstream/
http://www.thecoolroom.org
DIRECTORY OF PRIVATE WEATHER SERVICES
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/index.html
Providers on above webpage which provide Gulfstream information:
Alan Archer
President
Continental Weather Corporation
1407 Hounds Hollow Court
Lutz, FL 33549
PHONE: 813/949-4424 FAX: 813/949-3875
EMAIL: skyarcher@aol.com
Mitchell A. Roffer
President
Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc.
2871 S.W. 69th Court
Miami, FL 33155
PHONE: 800/677-7633 FAX: 305/265-9077
EMAIL: fish@roffs.com
www.roffs.com
Jenifer Clark
Satellite Oceanographer
Jenifer Clark's Gulfstream
5902 Federal Court
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
PHONE: 301/952-0930 FAX: 301/574-0289
EMAIL: gulfstrm@erols.com
John C. Freeman (CCM)*
Director of Research
Weather Research Center
3227 Audley Street
Houston, TX 77098
PHONE: 800/44-STORM FAX: 713/528-3538
EMAIL: wrc@wxresearch.com
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2. I understand that registering my 406 mHz EPIRB
and subsequent 2 year renewals is a
U.S. requirement and the wise thing to do. Who do I contact in NOAA to
register my EPIRB? Where on the Internet can I learn more about EPIRBS?
To register a 406 mHz EPIRB or to learn more about EPIRB's contact:
NOAA SARSAT E/SP3, RM 3320, FB-4
5200 Auth Road
Suitland MD 20746-4304
301-457-5678
888-212-7283 (Toll Free)
301-568-8649(FAX)
osdpd.dsd.reception@noaa.gov
http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/marcomms/gmdss/epirb.htm
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3. I appreciate your FTPMAIL service but would like to
be sent your weather forecasts by e-mail on a scheduled basis rather than
having to request a forecast each time. How can I do this?
Many e-mail systems such as Lotus CCMAIL include a feature to send e-mails
on a scheduled basis. If your e-mail system does not contain this feature there are
several commercial web-based e-mail
services which do such as
www.usa.net
Within your FTPMAIL script file,
include the "reply-to" command to have the FTPMAIL server send the
results to your primary e-mail account.
You may also be able to combine the scheduling feature
with one of the public FTP-to-EMAIL and WWW-to-EMAIL servers
(Our FTPMAIL server is limited to NOAA products available via FTP only) available to
allow Internet access if you do not have direct
or cost effective access to the World Wide Web but are equipped with an e-mail system to form
an extremely useful system. CLICK HERE for information.
 A free service which is similar in concept to FTPMAIL and also allows retrieval of NWS marine GRIB files, simple webpages, and products to be retrieved on a scheduled, recurring basis may be found at:
www.saildocs.com
If you are interested in only hurricane products, the National
Hurricane Listserver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Listserver, or Hurricane Watch Net YahooGroup Listserver , may better suite your needs.
Note: Any reference to a commercial product or service does not imply any endorsement by the National Weather Service as to function or suitability for your purpose or environment.
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4. Where can I get copies of old forecasts or find climatological information?
For Historic Weather and Satellite Data Contact:
National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue, room 120
Asheville, NC 28801-5001
828-271-4800
828-271-4876 (FAX)
weborder@ncdc.noaa.gov
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
For Historic Oceanographic Data Contact:
National Oceanographic Data Center
User Services
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC1
SSMC3, 4th Floor
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
301-713-3277
301-713-3302 (FAX)
services@nodc.noaa.gov
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov
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5. Is the voice I hear on NOAA Weather Radio a computerized voice or a real person?
You are most likely listening to a computer synthesized voice.
Efforts are underway to both expand the coverage of the NOAA
Weather Radio network and improve the audio quality.
If you hear words in a broadcast which need to have the
pronunciation adjusted, forward your comments to the
appropriate NWS forecast office so they can attempt to improve the
pronunciation.
Please visit NOAA Weather Radio.
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