The Utility Menu contains the AMVER SEAS Utilites:

Archiving Meteorological Data -This saves the Archive MET to disk by. The utility compresses the Admin.txt and Archive_Met.txt file and saves it onto floppy or to the selected disk location. The Archive_Met.txt file is then deleted. In addition the compressed file is also saved in the AMVERSEAS directory under Report_Seas\SaveData. All archives are backed up to this directory. These archives must be manually removed from this directory to avoid using excess disk space. The Compressed file is named in the following format: 'CallSign'.met.'JulianDate'.zip.
This file can be read using WinZip. In addition PKZIP can be used if the file is renamed to an abbreviated name such as met.zip.

The Archieved files should be sent to:

NOAA
National Climatic Data Center
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801-5001

Set Time Zone -This is a help dialog that informs the user how to set up the correct computer time for the AMVERSEAS program to operate properly. (See Setup Procedures, Time Setup.)

Run External Process - This function runs the batch file GoSeas.bat using the ASCII.sea and the TIME.cfg file. ASCII.sea contains the last BBXX message. TIME.cfg contains the date/time (DDTTTT) that ASCII.sea was saved.

Backup Sail Plans - This program will copy all the SailPlans in the AMVERSEAS\SailPlans directory to the user specified location.