Pacific Ocean RADIOFAX Schedule

Products listed on this page are provided by the Ocean Prediction Center and the National Hurricane Center (denoted with **). The forecast area includes the North and Tropcial Pacific offshore and high seas waters. The products listed on this page are transmitted via high frequency (HF) through transmitters of the United States Coast Guard from Point Reyes, California. The shortwave HF signal is decoded by Weather FAX receivers onboard ships in the forecast area. The broadcast frequencies are listed below.

NOTE: If you are interested in printing the marine weather charts listed on this page a TIFF viewer produces the best results. The GIF marine weather charts are color enhanced and includes the actual color coded weather symbols.

Time delay of analysis products: Graphic analysis/forecast charts broadcast by radiofacsimile are available by broadcast time and are usually available 15 minutes prior to broadcast.

Information on key terms & symbols used on charts.

NOAA National Weather Service Washington, D.C.
Radiofacsimile Schedule Transmitted Via U.S.C.G. Pt. Reyes, California (NMC)
19 September 2018

Assigned Frequencies(KHZ):
Day = 8682, 12786, 17151.2, 22527 kHz
Night = 4346, 8682, 12786, 17151.2 kHz
For Carrier Frequency Subtract 1.9 kHz

The current GMT/UTC/Zulu time is:

Additional Schedule Formats: Print — Product Links

Additional Broadcasts: Kodiak, AK — Honolulu, HI — Worldwide (pdf)

Note: The FTPmail program retrieves text messages and charts from an ftp server maintained by the National Weather Service. It will retrieve any marine products available from any National Weather Service office. IDs for the products in this radiofax broadcast are listed in the table below.

Abbreviations: VT=VALID TIME, Hr=Hour

Comments On this Schedule Or Quality Of Charts Are Invited.