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METAREA IV
ISSUING SERVICE: United States of America - North-West / Canada - Hudson Bay and approaches
PREPARATION SERVICE United States of America - North-West / Canada - Hudson Bay and approaches
COVERAGE: The western part of the North Atlantic Ocean east of the North American coast to 35°W, from 7°N to 67°N, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the sea area between 7°N and the South American coastline at 4°30’N and Hudson Bay* and Approaches.

*INMARSAT-C broadcasts to Hudson Bay and Approaches use "rectangular area referencing" so as to ensure that INMARSAT-C receivers aboard vessels navigating outside this area do not display marine forecast messages extraneous to the vessels' area of operation.

SATELLITE OCEAN REGION: AORE (Atlantic East Ocean Region)

SATELLITE SYSTEMS COMMUNICATION
GMDSS
Transmission Schedule For Full GMDSS
Limits of METAREAS - World Map
 
MSI
INMARSAT-C Land Earth Stations (LESs) accepting Short Access Code (SAC) 41 messages

TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS COMMUNICATION
COUNTRY MAPS GMDSS MSI
DSC NAVTEX FACSIMILE HF-NBDP
World Map NAVTEX stations
World Map Radio-Facsimile
 
METAREA IV - United States of America SafetyNET Forecasts
Barbados DSC
Bermuda DSC NAVTEX
Canada Forecast areas - Atlantic Coast DSC NAVTEX FACSIMILE HF-NBDP
Forecast areas - Hudson Bay and Approaches
Forecast areas - Pacific Coast
Costa Rica DSC
Cuba DSC
Curaçao and Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) DSC NAVTEX
Dominican Republic DSC
Greenland DSC
Grenada DSC
Guadeloupe, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy DSC
Jamaica DSC
Martinique DSC
Mexico DSC
United States of America Forecast areas - Atlantic and Gulf Coast DSC NAVTEX FACSIMILE HF-NBDP

focal points
METAREA Coordinator contacts for WMO Worldwide Met-Ocean information and warning service
 
Port Meteorological Offices
Ship Weather Routeing Services

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