Emma Warning Message - Furuno FA-170 Operator's Manual

12. Press
the ENT/ACK key. The system will now attempt to send the message.
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EMMA warning message

EMMA (European Multiservice Meteorological Awareness) warnings are sent by base
stations to skippers to inform them of special meteorological situations. EMMA does
not provide continuous weather information, but only warnings of wind, rain, snow and
ice, thunderstorm, fog, extreme temperatures (low and high), flood, fire in the forest.
These messages are additional to the Notices to Skippers warnings.
The information includes the following:
• Start time of validity
• End time of validity
• Fairway section start and end
co-ordinates
• Type of weather warning
When you receive an EMMA warning, the "EMMA WARNING RECEIVED" pop up
window appears and shows the MMSI or name of the sending agency. To see the con-
tents of the message, do the following:
1. Press the MENU/ESC key to open the menu.
2. Select [MSG] then press the ENT/ACK key.
3. Select [EMMA WARNING BOX] then press the ENT/ACK key.
4. Select a message then press the ENT/ACK key.
The EMMA warning message looks something like example below. To view the
other messages, press
EMMA WARNING MSG DETAIL
TIME [ UTC ]
FROM
TERM [ UTC ]
AREA
TYPE
VALUE ( MIN~MAX )
CLASS
WIND DIRECTION
: MESSAGE
Item
TYPE
MIN, MAX VALUE
CLASS
or to highlight [<SEND MSG>] at the top right of the screen, then press
or
30 /SEP 17: 20
123456789 / NAUTILUS
26 /JAN 15: 00 ~
34 º25 .0000 'N
~
134 º25 .0000 'E 134 º35 .0000 'E
WIND
36 ~ 50 [ km/h ]
MEDIUM
NORTH EAST
[FIRE IN THE FORESTS], [FOG],
[FLOOD], [HIGH TEMPERATURE],
[LOW TEMPERATURE], [RAIN],
[SNOW AND ICE], [THUNDER-
STORM], [WIND]
The minimum and maximum value of respective item over one hour. For ex-
ample, if the minimum and maximum values for snow and ice are 1 and 4 re-
spectively, this means that 1-4 cm of snow or ice has fallen in one hour.
The indication range is -254 to +254, or "- - - -" in case where a value is not
reported, for example, fire in the forests and flood.
Weather classification: [SLIGHT], [MEDIUM], [STRONG/HEAVY] or "- - - - -
- - -" (unknown)
• Minimum value
• Maximum value
• Classification of warning
• Wind direction
.
Time and date the
message was received.
Time frame (from date/time
26 / JAN 18 :00
to date/time) and area
34 º35 .0000 'N
(coordinates) of the warning.
Type of weather warning,
class of warning and other
details of the warning.
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Description
Units of measurement are as follows:
• km/h (wind)
• °C (temperature)
• cm/h (snow)
2
• l/m h (rain)
• m (visibility distance in fog)
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