Tag Archives: Weather Routing

Dangerous Central North Pacific Storm Expected

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Fred Pickhardt

A developing gale low over the western North Pacific, east of Japan will deepen rapidly over the central North Pacific reaching 958 MB by 00z/14th and 949 MB by 00Z 15th.  This will be a dangerous storm as it travels … Continue reading →

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Central Pacific hurricane force storm forecast

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Fred Pickhardt

A strong 500MB jet lies west to east across the North Pacific south of 40N latitude and will cause a hurricane force storm to develop over the central North Pacific shipping lanes over the next 2-3 days. Wave heights could … Continue reading →

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North Pacific Storm Update

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening hurricane force storm low over the west-central North Pacific is forecast to produce winds of 55-70 knots with significant wave heights building 10-15 meters (33-50 feet)  within 240-300 NM southwest of the center during the next 24-36 … Continue reading →

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North Atlantic Storm

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Fred Pickhardt

A rapidly deepening low over the western North Atlantic is forecast to produce winds of 50 to 70 knots within 360 NM west of the center during the next 24-48 hours building significant wave heights to over 40 feet (12 … Continue reading →

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About Optimum Ship Routing

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Fred Pickhardt

A short history of weather routing The earliest form of ship routing may have been when early humans used the prevailing easterly winds to sail from island to island in the Pacific or when Arab traders sailed portions of the … Continue reading →

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