WRIDolphin.com

At WRI, we appreciate your comments and input with reference to our Dolphin products and how to make them more "user-friendly," clear, understandable, and easily downloadable for our users.

Please email us any comments or suggestions that you may have at wri@wriwx.com or call us at (1)-518-798-1110.

•    Currents, Sea Temps, Ice Limits, and Additional Ocean Charts- Updated once a day near 0600 UTC

•    Forecast Wind, Seas, Pressure, Precipitation, Visibility, Air Temps, Frontal Analysis, and Freezing Spray data - Updated every 6 hours near 0000 UTC, 0600 UTC, 1200 UTC, and 1800 UTC

•    Real-time Surface, Ship, and Buoy Observations - Updated as often as received, at least three times an hour (from any basin map, click on the “Show Obs” check box to the top left of each chart).

•    Real-time Satellite/Radar Data - updated as often as received.

For vessel operators or other land-based staff, we will require you to register your company email address and create your own specific username and password for accessing the website. 

The process is easy:

1. Log in to the Dolphin site using your standard company-based username and password, then click the "Operations" button.

2. You will be asked to "Create New User". Select "Create New User" from the drop down menu, fill in your name, personal company-based email address, and create a password specific for your login. Then click the "Create New User" button.

3. You should see a pop up screen appear on the page, with a location to enter your Activation Code. You will receive an email from WRI with details of your registration, which also contains this Activation Code. Simply enter this in and submit to verify your email address.

4. That's all! For future logins to Dolphin, your new username is your company-based email address, and your password is the password that you supplied in Step 2.

5. You can still access the Dolphin site by using your previous company-based username and password. If you follow this method, you will need to select your name from the "Select User" menu, and enter your specific password from Step 2 (logging in directly with your new username/password is the faster method). 

For vessels, enter your standard username and password, then click on "Vessel". You will then see a pop up allowing you to pick your vessel name, and login as your specific vessel.

Please let us know if you have any difficulties registering your username and password

Weather and ocean forecast charts are now accessed from the right-side menu bar. Click on the "cloud" icon , and a menu will open with the various available products. The icon will be highlighted green when you have a parameter selected from a given region.

The general forecast product categories include:

• Winds and Wind Gusts
• Pressure
• 500mb Heights
• Visibility
• Temperature
• Cloud Cover
• Precipitation
• Snowfall
• Severe Squall Index
• Wave Heights and Period
• Multi-Direction Wave
• Ocean Currents
• Ocean depth and other ocean parameters
• Radar/Satellite
• Sea Ice
• Freezing Spray
• Sea Surface Temperature
• Rogue Wave Probability

For the map plots, you can select color shading, line contours, or vectors (direction) for the different products. The “vector” products (winds, seas, and currents) will default to showing wind barbs, sea direction arrows, and animated vectors for currents. You can turn on/off animated vectors by clicking the "animated" check box. 

Many of the product categories have multiple products available. These can be accessed by clicking the drop-down arrow for that product. You can switch between WRI’s in-house high-resolution data and global model data or select a different sub-product.

There are also three “preset” combinations of products available at the bottom of the menu. You can edit/save your presets for future use.

To close out of this menu, simply click on the “X” on the top-right of the menu, or click anywhere else on the screen.

You can pan the map to any location by "dragging” the map. You can zoom in/out by using the touch screen. The more you zoom in, the higher the data resolution becomes.

To move forward in time, use the time bar feature on the bottom left of the screen. You can use the < > buttons to move forward or backward in 3 hourly intervals, or you can use the “play” button to start an animated loop. You can also click directly on the time bar to go directly to that date/time.

If you click on the "locator" icon on the bottom right of the screen, you will notice a box in the top right corner which displays the latitude/longitude, direction, and magnitude of the product you have selected. A position icon marker will also be placed on the map. You can drag this icon to any location, and the data in the box will update according to your location. To turn off the locator, click on the icon again.

You can also change your map settings or display other parameters by clicking on the "cog" icon along the top menu bar, including:

• Modify forecast time bar step to 3, 6, 12, or 24 hourly
• Switch between a gradient or solid color scale
• Lock your map view to disable zoom/pan features
• Toggle between tan or dark land color
• Convert product units to a different scale
• Show/hide your ship icons on the maps
• Show/hide 48-hour ship route track line
• Display reported piracy incidents (click for full details)
• Show recent earthquake activity (click for full details)
• Display latest iceberg and sea ice limits
• Show ECA zone boundaries
• Show AIS positions
• Show real-time observations (land, ship, buoy)
• Display Capes, Straits, and Port names

The Tropical Tracker menu allows you to view the latest tropical summaries and analysis for all ocean basins and active or potential systems. This can be accessed by clicking on the "tropical storm" icon along the top menu bar:

• View WRI tropical summary/outlook for all seasonally active regions
• Select specific active system or WRI-classified tropical low
• View latest WRI advisory (initial conditions, discussion, movement, intensity)
• View latest computer model track guidance from various sources
• View/hide gale radius, threat cone, track positions, local warnings/advisories
• Overlay weather forecast maps
• View wind speed probability charts, storm surge potential, and more via the “Tropical Map Products” drop down

The Fleet Monitoring Dashboard menu allows you to view the latest weather and performance information for your fleet. This can be accessed from the main menu icon , then selecting "Fleet Dashboard".

• Weather/Safety – 7-day outlook of weather conditions and potential hazards for each transit
• Performance – Time/bunker gain/loss compared to the C/P description (not currently provided for Foss/Tropical)
• Optimization – Summary of “efficiency” of each transit with weather/current factors and saving using WRI services
• Fleet Status – View all vessels/voyages, modify service type or itinerary, and start/stop services
• Reports – View summary/analysis reports by fleet or vessel for weather, performance, and efficiency products

The Port Reports icon   along the top menu bar allows you to access forecast information for over 8000 locations worldwide:

• In the “Select Port” field, begin to type in a port name. A list of options will appear. Click on your desired location.
• Select from “Forecast”, “Visibility”, or “Tender”, then click the Generate button
• Forecast – Detailed 1-hourly forecast for first 24 hours, and 6-hourly outlook to 96 hours, for both the port and pilot location
• Visibility – 1-hourly analysis of forecast visibility at the port and pilot station, with 6-hourly visibility maps
• Tender – 1-hourly analysis of forecast winds and seas at the pilot station, with 6-hourly wind/sea maps

At WRI, we appreciate your comments and input with reference to our Dolphin products and how to make them more "user-friendly," clear, understandable, and easily downloadable for our users.

Please email us any comments or suggestions that you may have at wri@wriwx.com or call us at (1)-518-798-1110