North Sea Weather - Mission Statement

 With thirty years of experience of Marine Weather Forecasting in the North Sea and adjacent waters, I have experienced the frontier days of both that of Long Range weather forecasting and the Offshore Oil industry. Seeing both grow and mature as modern day computing and communications have revolutionised both the Offshore Oil Industry and Weather Forecasting. Gone are the days when forecasts were received offshore via a SITOR Telex link to Wick or Stonehaven radio, taking ages to come in and very often ancient history by the time they were typed out. Modern day KUBAND and the Internet have made the communication of weather forecast data to the Offshore Industry decision makers fast and effective. 

NorthSeaWeather.co.uk understands that a weather forecast is a perishable commodity. Our forecasts are refreshed every 6 hours then processed and delivered within 1 hour. You are usually expected to wait between 6 to 9 hours for a forecast to be processed from the the same model data and delivered. By the time this half rotten forecast arrives in your email box NorthSeaWeather will have already issued a fresh forecast from the next model run for you to view online at your convenience. You are not restricted to one area either, subscribers can access any of our area forecasts in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea or offshore Angola. You need never miss a forecast. With our Forecast archive facility you are able to retrieve in seconds any forecast for any location back to the Summer of 2007. Compare the current forecast with the previous 4 forecast issues with our Confidence and Comparison Graphs available for many locations.

After piloting the service in 2007, and receiving over one million hits in March 2008 with over 800 unique visitors a day, the service went subscription based in May 2008 with an annual subscription costing as little as 27P a day. During Autumn 2008 both Haltenbanken Weather and Offshore Angola Weather will be added at no additional cost to subscribers. 

David Paterson

Founder - NorthSeaWeather.co.uk

 Since I started forecasting for the North Sea 30 years ago I have provided onsite forecast consultancy for over a dozen Jacket & Topside Float outs, as well providing critical operations forecast coverage on Platforms / Drilling  Rigs / Dive Support Vessels / Heavy Lift Barges & Drill Ships, working in locations from the Southern North Sea to the Central and Northern North Sea, as well West of Shetland and the Rockall Trough, and northwards in the Norwegian and Barents Seas. 

Using this vast pool of experience, I have developed a fast and friendly user friendly Internet portal bringing valuable hot of the press forecast information to Oil Industry decision makers at lightning speed.

X-Treme Weather - Plan for it with NorthSeaWeather.co.uk

David Paterson T/A NorthSeaWeather - 58 Commerce St Insch Aberdeenshire AB526JB Tel 01464821496