Other Weather sources

While Dart Harbour web site provides live inshore and shipping weather reports on its directly from the Met Office there are many sources of weather information. The main ones are HM Coastguard, BBC Radio, NAVTEX and satellite broadcasts.

Brixham – VHF Ch 23 (Dartmouth Area) tel: 01803 882704
Routine weather broadcasts are normally broadcast every four hours at: 0500, 0450, 0850, 1250, 1650 and 2050 (all times GMT). The 0850 and 2050 also include the Shipping Forecast. The broadcasts include Marinecall Inshore Waters Forecast and any gale or strong winds’ warnings in force.

The Shipping Forecasts is read out on Radio 4 at 0048 and 0520 (local time) - (source BBC Radio 4). The forecast gives a summary of gale warnings in force, a general synopsis and area forecasts for specified sea areas around the UK.

DAB Listed as "BBC Radio 4", "BBC R4", or "Radio 4"
FM 92 - 95 FM, 103-105 FM
LW 198 Long Wave
MW Medium Wave is only available in some locations: London 720; Plymouth 774; Hayle (Cornwall) 756; Newcastle 603; Carlisle 1495; Aberdeen 1449; Enniskillen 774; Derry 720; Glasgow 720
Freeview Channel 704 (FM schedule only - the LW schedule is not broadcast on Freeview) (more info)
Freesat Channel 704 (FM schedule) and 710 (LW schedule)
SkyTV Channel 0104 (FM schedule) and 0143 (LW schedule)
Virgin Channel 904 (FM schedule) and 911 (LW schedule)

NAVTEX is an automated service that provides navigational and weather warnings and urgent information to ships. The national NAVTEX service is broadcast on 490kHz. It gives inshore waters forecast twice daily, a three-day outlook twice daily and strong wind warnings.

Using Met Office data, Marinecall provides weather information for coastal, inshore and offshore UK sea areas.

• Weather reports from current observations and six-hour summaries, to 48-hour and five-day forecasts
• Supplied by telephone, fax, email, SMS, MMS and WAP
• Forecasts include gale and strong wind warnings; the general situation; wind speed and direction, probability and strength of gusts, developing weather conditions, visibility and sea state

The Stoke Gabriel weather station, funded by theStoke Gabriel Boating Association is also a useful source.

www.stokegabrielweather.org.uk