WEATHER  FACSIMILE  BROADCAST  SCHEDULE  for  METAREA VII

   

South African Weather Service / Cape  Naval Radio - AFMET  ZSJ

 

DRUM SPEED: 120     IOC: 576

 

TIME UTC                 DESCRIPTION                                             MAP ID

 

04:30                  FACSIMILE PROGRAMME FOR ZSJ

05:00                  00:00 SURFACE ANALYSIS (SHIPPING)          ASXX

06:30                  12:00 UPPER-AIR PROGNOSES (12Z)            FUXX

07:30                  12:00 SURFACE PROGNOSES (12Z)              FSXX

08:00                  ANTARCTIC ICE LIMITS (OCT. - MARCH)        AIAA

10:30                  06:00 SURFACE ANALYSIS (SHIPPING)          ASXX

11:00                  00:00 SURFACE PROGNOSES                    FSXX

15:30                  12:00 SURFACE ANALYSIS (SHIPPING)          ASXX

22:30                  18:00 SURFACE ANALYSIS (SHIPPING)          ASXX

 

FREQ KHZ               TIME UTC

 

4 014                 16:00 - 06:00 (When TX available)

7 508                 H24

13 538                H24

18 238                06:00 - 16:00 (When TX available)

 

The facsimile broadcast will be interrupted twice daily at 09:30

and 17:30 UTC to transmit  RTTY (radio telex) weather bulletins

for Coastal Waters and High Seas.

Parameters: shift 170 khz   centre frequency 1700hz   75 baud

 

The surface analyses are produced by the

Central Forecasting Office in Pretoria.

SA Weather Services  - 23/12/2002

 

 

 

 

Ian T Hunter

Manager, Maritime Services

South African Weather Service

Private Bag X097

Pretoria 0001

Tel +27 (0) 12 367 6032

Fax            367 6042

ian@weathersa.co.za

 

Weatherline : 082 162

SAWS Website : www.weathersa.co.za