Weather ship
A weather ship is a ship stationed in mid-ocean to make meteorological observations for weather forecasting. Since the 1960s this role has been largely superseded by satellites, long range aircraft and weather buoys.
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute continues to maintain the weather ship Polarfront, known as weather station M ("Mike") at 66°N, 02°E. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) established a network of 13 Ocean Weather Stations in 1948. The agreement of the weather stations ended in 1990, and station Mike has been the only remaining weather ship since the mid 1990s.
See also
Weather station
Translation of "Weather ship"
German: Wetterschiff, Japanese: 気象観測船, Dutch: Weerschip, Norwegian (Bokmål): Værskip.
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