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Weather sources used in Orca

For routing and weather visualization, Orca uses the following models:

Model

Coverage

Data

ECMWF

Global

Wind, rain, waves

CMEMS

Global

Currents

UKV 2km from UKMO

UK and Ireland

Wind, rain

AMM15 operational model from UKMO

North Sea, English Channel, German Bight, Skagerak, Kategat

Waves, currents

ICON-EU from DWD

Europe

Wind, rain

ICON-D2 from DWD

Germany, Benelux, East coast of the UK south of Aberdeen, English Channel East of Isle of Wight, Denmark, South West section of Baltic Sea

Wind, rain

Automatic model selection will prefer regional models where available.

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