Canada’s e-Navigation Portal - Dataset description

Summary

Environment Canada's Marine weather XML files contain forecast conditions, marine weather alerts (warnings and watches), ice alert information and end of season notification.

Description

The Marine Weather XML files contain the same XML information used to generate each marine forecast area page on the Environment Canada web site at the following address: http://weather.gc.ca/marine/region_e.html?mapID=15

The XML files are updated 2-4 times daily at a minimum, but can be updated
"as needed" with issuance of forecast amendments, marine weather alerts
(warnings and watches) and Ice alert information.

Tables describing each of the marine weather XML element tags and their
associated attributes can be found at the following address: http://dd.weather.gc.ca/marine_weather/docs/tags_table_e.csv

The XML schemas for marine weather data are found in this directory:
http://dd.weather.gc.ca/marine_weather/schema/

Environment Canada's guide to the marine forecast can be accessed at the following address:
http://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/general-marine-weather-information/publications/guide-forecasts.html

Category

• Marine Weather

Region

• Maritimes

Date

• Creation : 2015-07-23
• Revision : 2020-05-31

Other metadata format

• ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 XML