1) Scheduled bulletins and warnings for Western Mediterranean Sea are prepared by France
2) Forecasts for areas 30°S - 50°E/50°S - 80°E and tropical cyclone warnings are prepared by Reunion
3) Tropical cyclone warnings if any issued by Reunion as unscheduled broadcast through AOR-E also
4) Scheduled bulletins and warnings for south of the equator prepared by Australia
Broadcast times for MET information published in the table above are for routine Weather Messages, Storm Warnings are also broadcast on receipt.
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has decided that routine broadcasts of navigational warnings and meteorological forecasts will be made at scheduled times over a single nominated satellite for each NAVAREA/METAREA. Unscheduled broadcasts of SAR alert relays and severe weather warnings will be made over all satellites which serve the area concerned. See the SafetyNET User's Handbook, published in electronic format by Inmarsat Ltd, available at:
