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Finding Buoys and Observations:

Active weather locations are marked with yellow buoy icons (). These icons are rotated to point into the prevailing wind. A circular background color, if present, indicates wave states greater than 4 feet. Similarly, the presence of red wind flags indicates elevated wind speeds above 18 knots. Hover the mouse over any buoy to see its full name and official tracking number.

Specific wind and wave ranges are indicated by the Buoy Legend show below and also available in the Google Earth Place Menu.

Detailed Observations, Historical Plots, and Buoy Notes:

Click on a buoy to see detailed information. Each buoy description includes:

• The Individual Buoy Homepage at the NBDC
• The latest text observation for the buoy (rendered in real-time from the NDBC Buoy RSS feed)
• Any NBDC provided station notes
• Links to historical observation plots if available – such as wind, wave, and temperature trends

Disclaimer

This map is not an official source of weather data and should be used for planning only.

The EarthNC Premium Weather Beta features Wind, Wave, Temperature, Current, and other ocean forecasts for Google Earth. Forecast data is provided by NOAA.

Maps can be loaded from the links below or via built-in shortcuts in the EarthNC Plus and EarthNC Lite Online Data Folders under Weather and Tides. In either case, maps will update automatically based on the update cycle of each data source. Legends are provide for each overlay type. Most units are in metric, we are investigating alternatives for English units.

Available maps are:

• 180 Hour Wind and Wave Forecasts at 6 hour intervals updated 4 times daily with Global Coverage
• 120 Hour Temperature and Current Forecasts at 24 hour intervals updated once daily for the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Wind and Wave Forecasts

Our Wind and Wave Forecast map covers the global ocean in various resolutions depending on the location. Load the Google Earth file below to show coverage areas.

To load an area, find the blue wave icon in the upper left corner of the area, click to bring up it’s information window, and then click on the ‘View’ link. Once loaded, animate the map using the time slider controls in the upper right window of the Google Earth map window.

Wind and Wave Forecasts for Google Earth

Temperature and Current Forecasts

Updated daily, these 120 hour forecasts cover the North Atlantic, Caribean, and Gulf of Mexico. Use the time slider to animate and select a valid time.

Temperature and Current Forecasts for Google Earth

Bahamas Charts
Serving our most requested international destination, the EarthNC Bahamas charts will offer hybrid vector/raster coverage of the Bahamas Islands in three regions. The 1st region will be the Northwest Bahamas including the Abacos, Grand Bahama, Berry Islands, and Bimini targeted for a spring 2008 release. The Southeast Bahamas will follow later in 2008 with the Central Bahamas scheduled for a winter release. Chart data is based on Wavey Line Data and includes routes, marinas, lights, wrecks, depths and contours, and more. Click on the image above for a quick preview of the Marsh Harbor chart raster layer.

Premium Weather
For those going offshore for work or recreation, EarthNC is building a complete set of ocean forecast products. A sample Sea Surface Temperature map is shown at right. Premium Weather layers will include 5-day forecasts for:

• Wind Speed and Direction
• Wave Height and Period
• Visibility
• Sea Surface Temperature and Temperature at 8 additional depth levels down to 4000m
• Salinity for the surface and 8 additional depth levels
• Horizontal and Vertical Currents for the surface and 8 additional depth levels
• Mixing Layer Depth
• Sea Surface Height Deviation from Normal

Initial coverage will include the full Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and North Atlantic Oceans at a very reasonable annual price. Best of all, these weather layers are fully integrated with our charting products in Google Earth, providing a seamless view of navigation and weather data and the easy derivation of latitude and longitude coordinates for any point.

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We’ve found that not all forecasts zones are active at any given time. If you receive a ‘no forecast’ message, please try other zones nearby. This seems especially true in the Great Lakes area.

EarthNC real-time Marine Forecasts for Google Earth.