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Met 01 - Final Assignment No. 3

Weather observations from ships can improve forecasts by providing additional data from the oceans. Ships record weather conditions at sea, including wind speeds, currents, temperatures, and presence of storms or ice. This ship-based data, along with information from satellites, buoys, and weather stations, is used by meteorologists to model marine weather patterns and predict future conditions. More accurate forecasts allow maritime crews to safely navigate by avoiding high winds, large waves, and other hazardous weather.

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Met 01 - Final Assignment No. 3

Weather observations from ships can improve forecasts by providing additional data from the oceans. Ships record weather conditions at sea, including wind speeds, currents, temperatures, and presence of storms or ice. This ship-based data, along with information from satellites, buoys, and weather stations, is used by meteorologists to model marine weather patterns and predict future conditions. More accurate forecasts allow maritime crews to safely navigate by avoiding high winds, large waves, and other hazardous weather.

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ASSIGNMENT NO.

3
EXPLAIN HOW THE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AT A SHIP CAN BE USED TO
IMPROVE THE FORECAST DERIVED FROM THE SYNOPTIC AND PROGNOSTIC.

Maritime activities are always risky, but there are many things that mariners and seamen
can do to reduce the risks. Weather is one of several factors that cause maritime work and
recreation to be risky and dangerous, but forecasting the weather can help prevent accidents that
lead to shipping and cargo losses, injuries, and even fatalities.

Weather can be difficult to predict, especially on waterways, but good forecasting can
help ships and their crews navigate and make decisions that reduce risks. Bad weather can
cause ships and boats to capsize, to run aground, or to collide with other ships or objects.
Knowing what kind of weather is coming is extremely important in making maritime activities
safer.

Weather at sea is not the same as weather over land. The main driving forces are winds,
including the trade winds, which blow to the west in the tropical oceans, and the westerlies,
which blow to the east in the mid-latitude regions. Winds create surface ocean currents by
dragging across the water. In the northern hemisphere, these currents move in clockwise
rotations while in the southern hemisphere, they move in counterclockwise rotations.

Maritime weather can be unpredictable, and this is why forecasting it is so important.


Forecasting isn’t perfect, but it does give navigators and other crew the ability to make better
decisions about routes. The main types of weather that can cause maritime accidents are high
winds, storms, and waves or swells. Any of these can cause ships to list heavily, which in turn
can cause on-board accidents. Shifting cargo and equipment, falls, and overboard accidents can
all result from rough weather and listing ships.

Ships can also get blown off course by severe weather, which can lead to serious
accidents. These include running aground in shallow waters or on reefs, which can damage ships,
throw crew members overboard, and even cause a ship to sink. Weather can even cause a ship to
run into another ship or an object like a bridge, which can cause similar accidents.
Forecasting can be done in multiple ways. Satellites are important for tracking weather
across oceans and other bodies of water. Meteorological satellites are dedicated to tracking
weather and include those that orbit at the poles of the earth, stationary satellites that monitor just
one part of Earth’s surface, and satellites that orbit the entire planet. Satellites can gather
information about clouds, temperature of the air and water, currents, dust storms, ice coverage,
and more.

Maritime weather is also monitored by weather buoys and weather ships. A moored buoy
is a stationary device that can be tethered to one part of the ocean to collect weather information.
There are also drifting buoys that track weather as they move across oceans. There are currently
more than 1,000 drifting weather buoys across the world, helping to forecast marine weather.

Information taken from these weather stations and satellite is used by meteorologists and
computer software to model currents and winds, to track temperatures and storms, and to predict
what weather will happen next, where it will happen, and how it may impact ships and other
vessels on the oceans.

The information provided by marine weather forecasting agencies are important for
preventing accidents by avoid storms and other weather-related hazards. The consequences of
not using that information, of ignoring it, or of misusing or misjudging the information can be
serious. 

Maritime weather forecasting is an important tool for anyone in the maritime industry,
from cargo ship captains to crew on smaller fishing vessels. Weather can be highly
unpredictable, but good forecasting can help crew make better choices and avoid the kinds of
disasters that can lead to tragic accidents, injuries, lost cargo, ship damage, and lost lives.

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