High resolution weather forecasting has been advancing rapidly over the past few years with improvements in accuracy and consistency as weather model algorithms are refined.

Hydro Products has been associated in the past with the developer as a Representative in the O&G sector, of the user friendly PC based "NCPro" package by Nowcasting International based in Ennis, Ireland. www.nowcastinginternational.com

Nowcasting is now able to contact customers direct from their staff in Aberdeen office .

Please contact Nowcasting directly for details - if needed Hydro Products can assist you..

The NCPro S/W was introduced in 2000 with a basic 24 hour look ahead in 1 hour increments. It required to have an installation done by specialist and was incomplete in some respects - now that same concept has matured out of all recognition and is extremely user friendly giving reliable forecasts up to 3 days ahead, installation is via a email delivered link and takes a minute or two to install - users are many and varied in the marine industry in the UK and overseas internationally The user list goes on expanding as weather is becoming a most changeable entity which affects all offshore and marine activity in one form or another.



Nowcasting International - NCPro display screen

Figure 1. Nowcasting International high resolution Marine weather forecasting service, showing the spatial data points of 12 nm and temporal data points of 1 hr (in 1st 24hrs) .

The service is updated 4 x daily and has a 3 day forecasted period.

System is used by Irish naval Service and Marine and scientific users throughout Ireland and UK . O&G sector is a significant user as is fast ferries and other commercial concerns throughout the world. 

The O&G industry utilises NCPRo in many vessel locations and is seen with fleet users such as Technip, SS7 and many drilling Contractors and FPSO operators.

Nowcasting Intl is based in Ennis Co Clare, where the technical developments originate. These hi-res forecasts are used in OilMap Oilspill prediction packages also.  Details of these are available from Hydro Products Ltd


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Figure 2. Wilkens Weather Technologies

Nowcasting International operates with an associate weather forecasting organization based in USA, Wilkens Weather Technologies (WWT).

WWT provides world weather General Forecasting which interlinks with the high resolution Nowcasting special forecasts.    Map of Atlantic region shows satellite imagery of weather fronts approaching Ireland and UK / Europe.  Marine Forecasts for any part of the world is possible on a 5 , 7 or 10 day ahead forecast routine delivered by email/Fax etc as required.