OOW-3000-L2.5

Meteorology

OOW-3000-M2 · Written: General Ship Knowledge · OOW-3000-M2-A The IAMI General Ship Knowledge paper (2.5 hr): construction, stability, meteorology and seamanship.

Weather governs the safety, comfort and timing of every passage, and the OOW must be able to read the instruments, the sky and the forecast. This lesson covers the global wind pattern, local effects, how cloud and fog form, and the depressions that bring the worst weather to temperate latitudes.