For visualizing weather forecasts in the chart and graphs, Orca uses a series of hand-picked local weather sources:
Germany – ICON
France and south of Europe – Meteo-France
U.K – MetOffice
Denmark – FCOO
Finland – FMI
Norway – YR
Sweden – SMHI
Rest of world – NOAA
For routing, Orca uses the following models, and will automatically pick the best model available at any given location.
ECMWF
Up to 10-day forecast window
0.25-degree resolution
3-hour intervals for the first 6 days
6-hour intervals for the remaining 4 days
Updated 4 times per day for the first 4 days
Updated 2 times per day for the remaining 6 days
ICON-EU
5-day forecast window
0.0625-degree resolution
1 hour intervals
Updated 4 times per day
ICON-D2
27-hour forecast window
0.02-degree resolution
1 hour intervals
Updated 8 times per day
Operational Mercator
Up to 10-day forecast window
0.0830-degree resolution
1 hour intervals