(June 2015) A U.S. government weather forecaster this week pegged the chance of El Nino conditions lasting into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16 at 85%, extending its outlook for how long the conditions will last. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in its monthly report put its outlook of El Nino continuing through Northern Hemisphere autumn 2015 at 90%.
Extreme climate events, often triggered by El Nino conditions, can have potentially disastrous consequences for maritime traffic. Globavista vessel tracking software provides sophisticated environmental data to vessel managers, information that is automatically updated that has become indispensable during route planning and risk assessment activities.
Continuously refreshed sea state, wind-speed, precipitation, barometric pressure, hurricane warnings and other environmental data can be provided as a backdrop to vessel activity.
Risk analysis, vessel range and bearing calculations, trip duration and ETA are all calculated using environmental data to analyse and alert potential dangers to a vessel’s planned route.
Live weather forecasts are provided on a global basis, 5 days in advance and are updated every 6 hours. Weather and wave height information can be displayed as a map overlay, and viewed as discrete height information in a green/amber/red heat map.
Both the quantity and quality of environmental information provided by Globavista gives greatly increased visibility of pending hazards to vessel managers, as planned journeys can be reviewed against potential risks allowing mitigating action to be taken when choosing routes.
View a product video on Environmental Information & Route Planning here.
For further information on Globavista’s vessel tracking product, please contact info@globavista.co.uk
El Nino Reporting by Chris Prentice, marinetechnologynews.com
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BigOceanData is a leader in maritime tracking and telemetry, delivering global vessel tracking and monitoring services along with fleet management tools via its sophisticated browser-based interface. Key features of the BigOceanData product include its ability to fuse data from AIS signals and a range of onboard satellite reporting systems so as to both improve position accuracy and reduce data costs. The system also integrates a series of data feeds and management tools that show users not only vessel locations and movements, but situational data such as marine charting, terrestrial mapping, weather and sea-state (current and forecast), and piracy and other security alerts.
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