Ocean Prediction Center Mobile Products

The following products are available on the Ocean Prediction Center mobile web site. The availability of products on the mobile web site will be 'limited' in size due to bandwidth considerations. For the time being products available are EXPERIMENTAL.

• Atlantic & Pacific Marine Weather Discussion with meteorological discussion of current and expected conditions expected over the offshore and adjacent waters.

• Atlantic & Pacific Offshore Forecasts

• Atlantic & Pacific NAVTEX Forecast

• Atlantic & Pacific High Seas Forecast

• Atlantic & Pacific Sea State Analysis/Forecasts (covering the offshore and adjacent waters)

These products are available for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) capable cell phones and Portable Digital Assistants (PDA).

Address for Mobile OPC web site:

URL http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/mobile/index.wml

Some Of The Methods Of Accessing The Ocean Prediction Center mobile web site

• Cellphone with a WAP microbrowser and internet service provider (ISP).

• PDA equipped with a WAP microbrowser and an account with a wireless ISP.

•  PDA with a ISP that will allow the download of website content. A possible service provider for PDAs and smartphones includes the service from AVANTGO.  The URL address to provide is: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/mobile/index.wml.

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DISCLAIMER: Any reference from NCEP Web server service to any non-government entity, product, service, or information does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the National Weather Service or any of its' field offices or employees. The mobile web pages available from the Ocean Prediction Center does not constitute an endorsement of any service provider of smartphones or PDA devices. We are not responsible for the contents of any "off-site" web pages referenced from NWS servers.

There are likely to be other ways to access the analysis and forecast products from the  OPC mobile web site as new methods become available and technology advances. We can only provide a few suggestions and can't recommend any particular service provider. Mobile products are EXPERIMENTAL for the time being since there will  probably be some problems .

Any comments or suggestions to help improve mobile content are encouraged. Please include detailed information when alerting us to any difficulties with content.