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2.7.4 EMMA warning message
EMMA (European Multiservice Meteorological Awareness) warnings are sent
by base stations to skippers to inform them of special meteorological situations.
EMMA does not provide continuous weather information, but only warnings of
wind, rain, snow and ice, thunderstorm, fog, extreme temperatures (low and
high), flood, fire in the forest. These messages are additional to the Notices to
Skippers warnings.
The information includes the following:
• Start time of validity
• End time of validity
• Fairway section start and end co-ordinates
• Type of weather warning
• Minimum value
• Maximum value
• Classification of warning
• Wind direction
When you receive an EMMA warning, a popup displays "MESSAGE! EMMA
WARNING". To see the contents of the message, do the following:
1. Press the MENU key to open the menu.
2. Select MSG then press the ENT key.
3. Select EMMA WARNING then press the ENT key.
4. Select a message then press the ENT key.
The EMMA warning message has three pages and the 1
st
page looks
something like the left-hand screen on the next page. To view the other
screens, press ►.
[EMMA WARNING] 1/3
START TIME [UTC]
12/JUN 11:30
END TIME [UTC]
12/JUN 11:35
X
W
[EMMA WARNING] 2/3
START
LAT : 51
°
55.0213'N
LON : 4
°
30.0012'E
END
LAT : 49
°
55.0213'N
LON : 2
°
30.0012'E
X
W
[EMMA WARNING] 3/3
TYPE: SN
SNOW AND ICE
MIN VALUE: 1 cm/h
MAX VALUE: 4 cm/h
CLASS: MEDIUM
WIND DIRECTION: NW
Start and end times of validity
of warning
Fairway section start and
end co-ordinates of warning
Type, minimum and maximum
values, class and wind direction
(See below for description.)