hong kong observatory

Members of the Hong Kong Observatory Liaison Group for the Shipping Community met for the tenth time at the annual meeting on 27 June 2019. A total of 27 representatives from cruise and shipping companies, container terminal operators, the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, the Hong Kong Pilots Association Ltd. and the Marine Department attended the meeting.The Observatory announced at the meeting the launch of a new service – the "MyOceanWx – Automatic Sea State Forecast" webpage dedicated for the shipping community. Based on the outputs of a high-resolution numerical wave prediction model suite operated by the Observatory, the new webpage provides detailed forecast of significant wave height, peak wave period and swell for the next four days over the western Pacific Ocean, South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Observatory also extended invitation to all members of the shipping community to take part in the trial of "MyOceanWx On Demand", a free marine weather information delivery service via email system introduced in 2018. https://www.hko.gov.hk/hkonews/D2/hu20190716_e.htm