Environment Canada Weather
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Environment Canada weather forecasts are produced daily for the general public. But Environment Canada (EC) also produces a wide variety of specialized forecasts for user groups with special needs.
One such specialized group has one thing in common: offshore activities.
Many different types users navigate Canada's inland and coastal waters.
- Cruise ships
- Merchant marine (cargo)
- Ferries
- Canadian Coast Guard
- Police patrol units
- Pleasure boaters
- Offshore exploration and drilling
- Professional and amateur water divers
- ... etc!
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Marine Weather Forecast
All the user groups listed above need to know what the marine weather will be like, before sailing, both for safety and planning purposes.
Therefore, Environment Canada issues a marine weather forecast for coastal waters as well as for most inland water ways.
Marine Weather Conditions
Environment Canada operates a number of buoys equipped with automatic weather observing stations. These buoys continuously report
- air temperature
- water temperature
- wave height
- wave period
- wind (knots)
- barometric pressure (kPa).
These reports are available "live" at the same Web address as the one giving access to the marine forecast (where buoys are available).
Ice Information Services
"The Canadian Ice Service is a world leader in Ice Information Services monitoring sea ice conditions in Canadian waters through aircraft reconnaissance and remote satellite technology".
(Note: Environment Canada is sometimes misspelled Enviroment Canada and
forecast is sometimes misspelled forcast, on the Web.)
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