onaans vne0R Dee ae Wee Merny En nt ion cueranen Goweranen d BE Seems srecees Canada Environment Canada Manin > Marine Weather Forecasts |AFOR Decode Table MAFOR Decode Table Environment Canada issues MARine FORecast (MAFOR) coded forecasts as part of their marine weather products for the Great Lakes and the St.Lawrence and Saguenay Rivers ‘Sample MAFOR string Group! Group? | Group3 Group4 Groups Y¥G\G_OAAAAy | GDF Wm @VST;Ty)! GDKPyTyty)! Group 1 W6,Gi/ YY: Day of the month GG, : Time of commencement of forecast (UTC). Midnight is encoded as 00, Group 2 OAAAIg, ‘The maritime area to which the whole forecast or set of forecasts refers. Ifthe geographical name for the forecast region is used instcad of the indicator AAAa,,, it shall be inserted at the place of this group. Group2 ym Code Portion of the Maritime Area 0 Whole of the area AAA, 1 Northeast quadrant of the area AAA 2 Eastem halfof the area AAA 3 Southeast quadrant ofthe area 4 Souther half ofthe area AAA’ 5 Southwest quadrant of the area AAA 6 Westem halfof the area AAA 7 Northwest quadrant of the area AAA. 8 Northem half ofthe area AAA 9 Rest ofthe area AAA Group 3 1GDF Woy G Forecast period D: Direction ftom which the wind is blowing Fm: Wind speed hitpiwavec.ge.calreteo- eather default asplang=EnBir= ABAFF 187-1 182015 Wy Forecast weather G | Forecast Period | _D Code Descriptive Code 0 Beginningof 0 petiod 1 Valid for3hrs 1 2 Valid forshrs 2 3 Valid forShrs 3 4 Validfori2hs 4 5 Valid for ishrs |S 6 Valid for24hrs 6 7 Valid for 8s 7 8 Validfor7Zhs 8 9 Occasionally 9 Group 4 2V8T,T,M V. Visibilty S: State of the sea ‘Ty: Maximum air temperature Tq: Minimum air temperature vss s Code ‘sibility Code 0 Lessthan Som 0 1 50-200m 2 200-500m 2 3 s00=1000m 3 4 24m 4 5 2-4km 5 6 4— 10km_ 6 7 10-20km 7 8 2-Sokm 8 MAFOR Decode Table - Weather and Meteorology Envronment Canada Wind Direction Calm Northeast Fast Southeast South Southwest West Northwest North Variable Group4 State of the Sea Descriptive Calm Calm Smooth Slight Moderate Rough Very rough High Very high Group3 Fa | Wind W Code | Knots 0 0-10 0 I neo 16 2 mW 2 21 3 m3 2 4 2-4 33 5 Mes 40 6 He 6 "7 7 48-07 55 8 6-8 8 9 Co) Height T..Ty (meter) Code 0 0 0-01 1 ol-os 2 0s-125 3 125-25 4 25-45 5 4-6 6 6-9 7 -4 8 hitpiwavec.ge.calveteo-eatherIdefau.asp7lang=EnBir= ABAFF 187-1 Forecast Weather Code Visibility greater than 3 nm Risk of accumulation of ice on superstructures Strong risk ofaccumulation of ice on superstructure Visibility > | nmand <3 nm Visibility 14 Group 5 3DkPyHy Hy Dy: Direction from which swells moving Pry: Period of waves HiyHly : Height of forecast waves, in units of 0.5 metres Groups os Direction from which the swell is moving (5, 0 Calm ° 1 Northeast 1 2 Rast 2 3 Southeast 3 4 South 4 5 Southwest 5 6 West 6 7 Northwest 7 8 Nonth 8 9 Variable 9 9 Not forecast Period of waves Inseconds B Mormore Sorless 6 7 8 9 Calm or not determined Note 1: MAFOR groups 4 and $ are not included in the Canadian MAFOR bulletins issued by the Meteorological Service of Canada and are being provided for reference purposes only. This is consistent with the World Meteorological Organization's coding regulations for the MAFOR bulletins. hitpiwavec.ge.calreteo- eather default asplang=EnBir= ABAFF 187-1 Date Modified: 2015-03-06