This page has been produced from a Catalog of weather sites made available through Winlink2000 for HAM radio users. I wish to thank those involved with Winlink2000 for providing the original list. I have removed some items where I know that the links are "dead" or obsolete and done some slight re-ordering to help users. Other items removed are those which can only be accessed by HAM Winlink users.  The list is light on European links but those at my GMDSS page could provide a basis.  

As there are fairly comprehensive lists of marine products at my Essential Sites and GMDSS pages,  I have omitted European and Mediterranean sites that were in the original Winlink list.

Note

• There will be some duplication as many forecasts are available from a variety of sources.
• By the very nature of its compilation it is not an easy list to use but may help fill in some gaps.
•  I have tried to check all the links here but some may have slipped through the net.
• The information, like the original Winlink version is very much "as is".
• My checks to date have shown that many of the text links are quick to download. Those with charts are, as ever, slow for users using mobile or satellite phones.
• To access forecasts via email, see the GRIB page of this site and  the email page.
• The table has been divided into "Categories" of message that are, by and large, self explanatory.

NOTE.  Winlink2000 responds to requests from its Catalog by accessing addreses such as these and sending the information as email attachments over HAM radio links.  Where there are big files these are often made much smaller.  Sometimes  this is achieved by extracting text from among the graphics.  Sometimes it is by producing a slightly degraded form of graphics.. Therefore, my abbreviated list is NOT for use by those asking Winlink2000 for information.  This should only be done from the Winlink2000 catalog.

Those who are not into HAM and wanting text information can always use the URLs with the Saildocs html retrieval service.