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SIRIUS Marine Weather FAQs
- What does it cost to subscribe?
- What information do I get with my SIRIUS Marine Weather subscription?
- Who can purchase SIRIUS Marine Weather service?
- What are the areas where service is available?
- Where does SIRIUS Marine Weather come from?
- How accurate is SIRIUS Marine Weather data?
- How current is the SIRIUS Marine Weather Data?
- Can I get the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Service with my SIRIUS Marine Weather service?
- Who supplies SIRIUS Marine Weather compatible navigation products?
- Are there any long-term contracts required for SIRIUS Marine Weather?
- How do I activate my service?
- What are the Terms & Conditions of SIRIUS Marine Weather Service?
1. What does it cost to subscribe?
Sirius Marine Weather provides the widest array of the most valued weather content available for only $29.99 per month, with a $50 activation fee. For your convenience, seasonal (6 months for $179.94) and annual ($359.88) subscriptions are available. You can add Sirius Satellite Radio to your weather subscription as little as $6.99 per month.
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2. What information do I get with my SIRIUS Marine Weather subscription?
SIRIUS offers the most comprehensive set of information that serve recreational boaters, boating enthusiasts and professionals alike. See our service information below.
- Weather Radar (WSI NOWRad)
- Lightning
- Marine Metar
- Tropical Storm Tracks
- Sea Surface Temperature
- Storm Cell Tracks
- Marine Zone Forecasts
- Tropical Statements
- Marine Warnings
- Marine Observations and Buoy Reports
- Canadian Weather Radar
- Marine WatchBox
- Cloud Cover & Height
- City Forecasts
- Product Statistics
- Surface Features/Pressure - 0 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 12 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 24 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 36 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 48 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 72 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 96 Hour
- Surface Features/Pressure - 120 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 0 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 3 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 6 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 9 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 12 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 18 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 24 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 36 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 48 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 72 Hour
- Forecast Wave Height - 96 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 0 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 3 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 6 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 9 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 12 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 18 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 24 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 36 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 48 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 72 Hour
- Forecast Wave Period - 96 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 0 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 3 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 6 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 9 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 12 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 18 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 24 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 36 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 48 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 72 Hour
- Forecast Wave Direction - 96 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 0 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 3 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 6 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 9 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 12 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 18 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 24 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 36 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 48 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 72 Hour
- Forecast Winds - 96 Hour
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3. Who can buy SIRIUS Marine Weather service?
SIRIUS Marine Weather is available to people within the continental United States only.
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4. What are the areas where service is available?
SIRIUS Marine Weather subscribers are able to receive SIRIUS Marine Weather from anywhere within SIRIUS's satellite footprint, which blankets the 48 contiguous states, and international waters extending hundreds of miles into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
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5. Where does SIRIUS Marine Weather come from?
WSI, the industry leading professional weather service, supplies the weather information for SIRIUS Marine Weather. For over a quarter century WSI has served federal, state and local governments; and the marine, aviation, agriculture, media and energy industries with unrivaled expertise in analyzing, forecasting and presenting weather information. WSI combines NOAA data with information from other government, research, commercial and proprietary sources, and creates timely, accurate weather information using the most reliable, sophisticated analysis methods and processes in practice today. We partnered with WSI because WSI is the "gold standard" among the commercial weather industry.
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6. How accurate is SIRIUS Marine Weather data?
SIRIUS Marine Weather is comprised of both current conditions and forecasted conditions throughout the SIRIUS service footprint. WSI ensures that we draw the current observed conditions from the most recent and accurate information available. For our forecast products, although predicting the weather always involves a degree of uncertainty, WSI strives to ensure that forecasts are based on the most reliable source data and computer weather models; and their team of seasoned experts works 24/7 to ensure the highest level of integrity of the process.
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7. How current is the SIRIUS Marine Weather Data?
With the wide variety of information types in the SIRIUS Marine Weather service, there is also a wide range of time intervals over which the various information types are created. SIRIUS and WSI both ensure that that our data is the most recently available information. For instance, we provide the WSI NOWRad® weather radar for the entire country, updated every five minutes.
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8. Can I get the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Service with my SIRIUS Marine Weather service?
SIRIUS Marine Weather receivers allow for the simultaneous reception of both the SIRIUS Satellite Radio Service and the SIRIUS Marine Weather service. Your ability to actually receive and display the wide selection SIRIUS Radio channels available via your SIRIUS Marine Weather receiver depends on the capabilities of the navigation system you purchase to work with your SIRIUS Marine Weather receiver.
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9. Who supplies SIRIUS Marine Weather compatible navigation products?
The industry leading marine electronics companies are offering SIRIUS-compatible products. Also, PC users can receive SIRIUS Marine Weather using WXMate, from AirGator, Inc. Click the following links to learn more about each of these exciting new offerings from Raymarine, Northstar, Furuno, and AirGator.
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10. Are there any long-term contracts required for SIRIUS Marine Weather?
No. You can subscribe on a month-to-month basis. SIRIUS will bill your credit card monthly in advance, and you may cancel your subscription at any time. There will be a $25 activation fee when you reactivate your service. For your convenience, we also offer six-month seasonal and annual billing options.
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11. How do I activate my service?
After your receiver is installed, connected to your display product and powered up, you or your dealer can dial 1-800-869-5480 to activate the service. To activate be prepared with your billing information, subscription preferences and the SIRIUS ID# for your receiver. In mere minutes after your customer service representative enters the information your service will be activated. The SIRIUS ID# of your receiver will be accessible via the user interface on your weather viewer display.
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12. What are the Terms & Conditions of SIRIUS Marine Weather Service?
You can download our Terms & Conditions here.
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We get our weather information from the weather industry’s leading experts and deliver it via digital receivers capable of receiving both the SIRIUS Satellite Radio and SIRIUS Marine Weather services – inshore and offshore. Now you have the ability to receive high-quality and comprehensive weather information and state-of-the-art forecasting – integrated graphically on navigation displays from the industry’s leading manufacturers like Raymarine®, Furuno®, and Northstar®. And if you use a PC on your boat you can receive SIRIUS Marine Weather® through WxMate® receivers and software supplied by AirGator. Sirius’ premium weather content supplies information that all boaters can benefit from, including:
- WSI NOWRAD Weather radar
- Lightning strikes
- Buoy reports
- NOAA marine zone forecasts
- Storm tracks, watches and warnings
- Weather, wind and wave forecasts
- High resolution sea surface temperature
- And much more!
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WSI NOWRad® with Lightning Strikes provides nationwide, high-resolution weather
radar imagery and the ability to anticipate
developing weather conditions. / See buoy reports for current conditions on the water.
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High-resolution Sea Surface Temperature
images help sport fisherman narrow the
search for game. / Wind, waves and storm forecasts help you
plan a day, a weekend or a week of cruising