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Weather
Forecasts
You should always try to get a weather forecast before heading out
from land, especially if going more than several miles from shore,
as it is difficult to tell at a glance what winds will appear, due
to large land masses, mountains and other geographical features. You
can use your radio, Navtex or contact the Port Police who receive
weather faxes several times a day for the area.
VHF frequencies
A forecast in Greek and English is given for all Greek waters at 0600,
1000, 1600, 2200 GMT. Add two hours for local time. Gale warnings
are given at the beginning of the broadcast and a special security
warning on Ch 16 gives all the VHF frequencies for different
areas.
General shore stations are as follows:
- Corfu (Kerkira) Ch 02
- Cephalonia Ch 27
- Petalidhi (Kalamata) Ch 83
- Kithera Ch 85
- Perama (Pireaus) Ch 86
- Saronic Ch 25
- Salamis Ch 23
- Siros Ch 04
- Parnis (Khalki) Ch 25
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- Pilio (Volos) Ch 60
- Sfendarni (Thessaloniki) Ch 23
- Thasos Ch 85
- Limnos Ch 82
- Lesvos Ch 01
- Khios Ch 85
- Rodhos (Rhodes) Ch 63
- Knossos (Kriti - Crete) Ch 83
- Sitia (Kriti - Crete) Ch 85
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Navtex (N4) Transmitters for Greece
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Transmitter Identification Character |
Freq / kHz |
Times |
Language |
Range |
Status of implementation Character |
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Limnos
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L
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518
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0150, 0550, 0950, 1350, 1750, 2150
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English
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280 NM
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Operational
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Iraklion
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H
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518
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0110, 0510, 0910, 1310, 1710, 2110
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English
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280 NM
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Operational
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Kerkira
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K
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518
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0140, 0540, 0940, 1340, 1740, 2140
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English
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280 NM
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Operational
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Navtex has three message priorities:
Vital: For immediate broadcast
Important: For broadcast at next available period
Routine: For broadcast at the next scheduled transmission period
The following subject indication characters are used:
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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
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Navigational warnings
Meteorological warnings
Ice reports
Search and rescue information
Meteorological information
Pilot service messages
Decca messages
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H
I
J
K
L
Z
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Loran messages
Omega messages
Satnav messages
Other electronic navaid messages
Navigaional warnings
No messages on hand |
Other Internet sites for weather information
are:
Mediterranean sailing - Rod Heikell's site for sailing in the
Med - www.medsail.nildram.co.uk
Poseidon Weather for Greece - Up to 72 surface wind forecasts
for Greece.- www.poseidon.ncmr.gr/
University of Athens - Weather observations at Greek airports
- http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/GR-cc.html
www.thalassa.gr
- for information about Greek weather and sea quality.
www.cruisenews.net
- for more cruising news.
*This page based on information and statistics from 'Greek
Waters Pilot' by Rod Heikell, published by Imray, eight edition, 2000
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