BUOYWEATHER PRO AUTO-RESPONDERS

The auto-responders are a means to request forecast data via email. By sending a specially formatted message containing a model valid lat/long position, you can have a reply to any email address with the forecast data or chart. Similar the National Weather Services FTPmail, the auto-responders read the variables sent by email and executes a program that sends out the data.

This service is primarily for mariners who do not have a direct connection to the internet, but do have an email system.

The auto-responders run five times per hour. The turn around time once the email is recieved will be less than 12 minutes. HF email services, however, do not process and relay your messages immediately. You can expect turnaround times to be closer to 2 hours.

The rest of the auto-responder userguide pages are in text format(not HTML). These text files are themselves available from the text-responder. This is to make sure you always have access to the lastest directions while you are at sea. Over the course of the next year, you can expect to see many more new services available.