Atmospheric Environment and Ocean Division, Atmosphere and Ocean Department, Japan Meteorological Agency[Notice] The Japan Meteorological Agency changes offices which provide port meteorological services as of April 2013. Please check a list of contacts for the port meteorological services.
Contacts for Port Meteorological Services
A resource detailing ships' marine meteorological observations.
Includes information on submitting weather logbooks and weather messages.
(Attention)"NEW"
The Land Earth Stations (LES) of the Inmarsat C service in the United States have not been available.
Select the UK or France LES to report through the Inmarsat C service via the AMER (Americas Ocean Region) and AORE (Atlantic East Ocean Region) satellite.
more about TurboWin+ "NEW"
A paper-based resource for weather observation recording and submission to JMA.
Used for submitting marine meteorological log files made in TurboWin or marine meteorological logsheets. Postage is paid by JMA from locations in Japan. Log files can also be e-mailed.
Images of typical clouds for reference.
Images of marine conditions for estimation of wind intensity in the absence of anemometer data.
A resource for determining the dew point from dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperature.
A brief outline of weather report coding.