2. INLAND AIS OPERATION
2-21
12. Press
S
or
T
to highlight [<SEND MSG>] at the top right of the screen, then press
the
ENT/ACK
key. The system will now attempt to send the message.
2.6.5
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.
When you receive an EMMA warning, the "EMMA WARNING RECEIVED" pop up
window appears and shows the MMSI or name of the sending agency. To see the con-
tents of the message, do the following:
1. Press the
MENU/ESC
key to open the menu.
2. Select [MSG] then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
3. Select [EMMA WARNING BOX] then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
4. Select a message then press the
ENT/ACK
key.
The EMMA warning message looks something like example below. To view the
other messages, press
S
or
T
.
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
Item
Description
TYPE
[FIRE IN THE FORESTS], [FOG],
[FLOOD], [HIGH TEMPERATURE],
[LOW TEMPERATURE], [RAIN],
[SNOW AND ICE], [THUNDER-
STORM], [WIND]
Units of measurement are as follows:
• km/h (wind)
• °C (temperature)
• cm/h (snow)
• l/m
2
h (rain)
• m (visibility distance in fog)
MIN, MAX VALUE
The minimum and maximum value of respective item over one hour. For ex-
ample, if the minimum and maximum values for snow and ice are 1 and 4 re-
spectively, this means that 1-4 cm of snow or ice has fallen in one hour.
The indication range is -254 to +254, or "- - - -" in case where a value is not
reported, for example, fire in the forests and flood.
CLASS
Weather classification: [SLIGHT], [MEDIUM], [STRONG/HEAVY] or "- - - - -
- - -" (unknown)
EMMA WARNING MSG DETAIL
TIME [UTC]
30 /SEP 17: 20
26 /JAN 15: 00 ~ 26 / JAN 18 :00
34 º25 .0000 ‘N
34 º35 .0000 ‘N
134 º25 .0000 ‘E
134 º35 .0000 ‘E
123456789 / NAUTILUS
TERM [UTC]
AREA
TYPE
WIND
MEDIUM
NORTH EAST
36 ~ 50 [km/h]
CLASS
WIND DIRECTION
VALUE (MIN~MAX)
FROM
: MESSAGE
: BACK
MENU
~
Time and date the
message was received.
Time frame (from date/time
to date/time) and area
(coordinates) of the warning.
Type of weather warning,
class of warning and other
details of the warning.
