Forth Coastguard
Serving the Eastern seaboard of Scotland
 


Weather Broadcasts

Aberdeen and Forth Broadcast Schedule

 

Time

Gale warning

SWW

Inshore

Shipping

WZ

Sub/gun

3 Day

0130

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

0430

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

0730

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

1030

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

1330

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

1630

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

1930

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

2230

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

For Weather information broadcasts/MSI (full broadcast)
Aerials are selected in the following procedure.

1ST Announcement (Dourness, Windyhead, Inverbervie & Craigkelly)
CQ de Aberdeen & Forth Coastguard for the Weather information broadcast / Maritime Safety information broadcast (Select as required) listen on VHF Ch 23

2nd Announcement (Nosshead, Fifeness and Gregness Aerials)
CQ de Aberdeen & Forth Coastguard for the Weather information broadcast / Maritime Safety information broadcast listen on VHF Ch84

3RD Announcement (Rosemarkie, Aberdeen and St Abbs)
CQ de Aberdeen & Forth Coastguard for the Weather information broadcast / Maritime Safety information broadcast listen on VHF Ch86

The Weather information broadcasts are run at the following times
0130, 0430, 1030, 1330, 1630 & 2230

The Maritime Safety information broadcasts are run at the following times

0730 & 1930

The weather is normally updated every 6 hrs starting at 00:00

Aerial selection

Durness

Windyhead

Inverbervie

Craigkelly

Vhf Channel 23

Nosshead

Fifeness

 

 

Vhf Channel 84

Rosemarkie

Aberdeen

St Abbs

 

Vhf Channel 86

Gregness

 

 

 

MF 2226Khz

 

 

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