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The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Services

METAREA II

 

Issuing Service:
 France
Coverage:
Atlantic waters east of 35°W, from 7°N to 48°27'N, and east of 20°W from 7°N to 6°S, including the Straits of Gibraltar
Satellite Ocean Regions (scheduled bulletins): AOR (E), AOR (W) Broadcast (UTC): 0900, 2100

 

MAPS AVAILABLE
France METAREA II - "Grand Large"   Morocco - Weather Forecast Areas
France -Forecast Areas for METAREA II Senegal - Weather Forecast Areas
France - Forecast Areas for METAREAS I, II and III Portugal - Weather Forecast Areas
France - Areas of responsibility of CROSS stations Germany - Forecast Areas for METAREAS I, II and III
Spain - Weather Forecast Areas (High Seas/Atlantic) Angola - Coastal Forecast Areas

 

NAVTEX Stations

COUNTRY STATION NAME POSITION SLOT
RUSSIAN FEDERATION (EUROPE) Arkhangel'sk 64°51'N 40°17'E [F]
AZORES (PORTUGAL) Horta 38°32'N 28°38'W [F][J]
CANARY ISLANDS (SPAIN) Las Palmas 28°9'N 15°25'W [A][I]
FRANCE Corsen (CROSS) (MRCC) 48°24'N 04°47'W [A][E]
PORTUGAL Monsanto (Alges) 38°44'N 09°11'W [G][R]
SPAIN Coruña (MRSC) 33°22'N 08°23'W [D][W]
Tarifa (MRCC) 36°01'N 05°35'W [G][T]

 

Radio-Facsimile Broadcasts

COUNTRY STATION NAME CALL SIGN
POSITION
SENEGAL Dakar
6VA
14°45'N 017°17'W

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

National Contact Points for the WMO GMDSS Marine Broadcast System

Contact: Mr Henri Savina
Address: Météo-France
Direction de la Prévision
Division Marine et Océanographie
42, avenue Gaspard Coriolis
31057 TOULOUSE Cedex 1
France
Email: henri.savina@meteo.fr
Telephone: +33-5 61 07 82 91
Fax: +33-5 61 07 82 09

 

Port Meteorological Offices and Weather Routeing Services

Azores Congo Madeira (Portugal) Senegal
Benin Democratic Republic of the Congo Mauritania Sierra Leone
Côte d'Ivoire France Nigeria Spain
Canary Islands (Spain) Gabon Portugal Togo
Cape Verde Ghana Sao Tome and Principe  

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