Shipping Forecast

The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecasts sent over the Navtex system use a similar format and the same sea areas. The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas, also known as weather areas (see map below) There are four broadcasts per day at the following (UK local) times:

0048 – transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from an extended list of coastal stations at 0052 and an inshore waters forecast at 0055 and concludes with a brief UK weather outlook for the coming day. The broadcast finishes at approximately 0058.

0520 – transmitted on FM and LW. Includes weather reports from coastal stations at 0525, and an inshore waters forecast at 0527.

1201 – normally transmitted on LW only.

1754 – transmitted only on LW on weekdays, as an opt-out from the PM programme, but at weekends transmitted on both FM and LW.

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Samsung Reclaims the Top Spot as Smartphone Market Performs Better Than Expected with 353.6 Million ...

The Marshall News Messenger 30 Oct 2020

In total, 353.6 million smartphones were shipped during 3Q20 and while the market declined, the results were stronger than IDC's previous forecast of a 9% year-over-year decline ... Samsung reclaimed the top position in 3Q20 with a market share of 22.7% after shipping 80.4 million smartphones, up 2.9% year over year....

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Apple shares fall as iPhone sales dip weighs on record quarterly results

Yahoo Daily News 30 Oct 2020

By Subrat Patnaik ... [nL1N2HK3HX] ... Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told Reuters he was "optimistic" about the iPhone 12 cycle based on the first five days of shipping data. However, the company did not provide a specific forecast for the crucial holiday shopping quarter, disappointing some investors ... ....

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Hurricane Zeta Forecast Discussion Number 17

Index-Journal 28 Oct 2020

The official intensity forecast is close to the Decay-SHIPS guidance, which should handle the exponential decay of wind seed for tropical cyclones moving over land ... Thus the official forecast shows an extratropical cyclone at that point and beyond ... The official track forecast follows the correct model consensus, HCCA, rather closely....

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VeriShip and Sifted Merge to Offer First and Only Predictive Analytics Platform for Logistics

The Marshall News Messenger 27 Oct 2020

, the nation’s leading shipping expense optimization platform, today announced a merger with Sifted, provider of the leading data science-driven predictive logistics platform ... “We are giving shippers the clarity, control and freedom they need to forecast and proactively manage shipping costs.”....

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Tropical Storm Zeta Forecast Discussion Number 12

Index-Journal 27 Oct 2020

The official intensity forecast shows slight weakening near landfall, but Zeta is likely to be at or near hurricane strength when it crosses the coastline. The NHC intensity forecast is close to the model consensus and a blend of the LGEM and Decay-SHIPS guidance ... FORECAST ......

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Typhoon Saudel halts traffic in south China's Hainan

Xinhua 24 Oct 2020

Meanwhile, the typhoon forced all roll-on/roll-off ships to halt services as of 3 p.m ... The typhoon is forecast to graze the southern part of the ... Affected by the typhoon and a cold front, Hainan was forecast to be lashed by heavy rains and strong winds from Saturday to Sunday....

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Ruling could allow Carnival cruises from Florida to resume in December

Tampa Bay Times 23 Oct 2020

Shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic since March, cruise ships could return to Florida waters as early as December, according to an order this week by a federal judge in Miami ... As such, she revised her order to allow any impacted ship entering U.S ... Tampa port forecasts limited return for cruise ships by April....

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Andy Zaltzman announced as new host of Radio 4’s The News Quiz

Belfast Telegraph 23 Oct 2020

“Ideally, they would have let me do the Shipping Forecast, but The News Quiz is almost as good, and I eagerly await the challenge of working with a fantastic cast of panellists to make the show as exciting, pertinent, inventive and funny as possible....

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Hurricane Epsilon Forecast Discussion Number 12

Index-Journal 21 Oct 2020

Epsilon is forecast to pass east of Bermuda and make its closest approach to the island Thursday afternoon or evening ... The hurricane is forecast to move over cooler waters ... The NHC intensity forecast lies closest to the SHIPS guidance for the first 24-36 h of the forecast period....

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Hurricane Epsilon Forecast Discussion Number 9

Index-Journal 21 Oct 2020

Epsilon is then expected to become embedded in the mid-latitude westerlies this weekend, accelerating northeastward toward the north Atlantic by the end of the forecast period ... During the first few days, the NHC intensity forecast lies between the nearly steady-state HCCA and IVCN aids and the slightly higher SHIPS and LGEM models....

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Navig8 expects 'wave of tanker scrapping' around the corner

Tradewinds 21 Oct 2020

Navig8 Group, one of the ......

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Tropical Storm Epsilon Forecast Discussion Number 7

Index-Journal 20 Oct 2020

The official NHC track forecast lies well above the guidance consensus in the near term and most closely follows the SHIPS output, which brings Epsilon to hurricane strength overnight ... Epsilon is forecast to be at or near hurricane strength when it makes its closest approach to Bermuda late Thursday or early Friday....

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Satellites keep eye on crawfish for gourmets

China Daily 20 Oct 2020

China's space programs have taken on a wide variety of duties, ranging from serving scientific endeavors, exploring extraterrestrial bodies, enabling better weather forecasts and guiding cars and ships. Soon, they will have a new group of beneficiaries－gourmets in love with freshwater crawfish－known in Chinese as xiaolongxia, or little lobsters....