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The weather ship crews were normally at sea for three weeks at a time , returning to port for 10 - day stretches . Weather ship observations proved to be helpful in wind and wave studies , as they did not avoid weather systems like other ships tended to for safety reasons . They were also helpful in monitoring storms at sea , such as tropical cyclones . The removal of a weather ship became a negative factor in forecasts leading up to the Great Storm of 1987 . Beginning in the 1970s , their role became largely superseded by weather buoys due to the ships ' significant cost . The agreement of the use of weather ships by the international community ended in 1990 . The last weather ship was Polarfront , known as weather station M ( `` Mike '' ) , which was put out of operation on 1 January 2010 . Weather observations from ships continue from a fleet of voluntary merchant vessels in routine commercial operation .
The weather ship crews were normally at sea for three weeks at a time , returning to port for 10 - day stretches . Weather ship observations proved to be helpful in wind and wave studies , as they did not avoid weather systems like other ships tended to for safety reasons . They were also helpful in monitoring storms at sea , such as tropical cyclones . The removal of a weather ship became a negative factor in forecasts leading up to the Great Storm of 1987 . Beginning in the 1970s , their role became largely superseded by weather buoys due to the ships ' significant cost . The agreement of the use of weather ships by the international community ended in 1990 . The last weather ship was Polarfront , known as weather station M ( `` Mike '' ) , which was put out of operation on 1 January 2010 . Weather observations from ships continue from a fleet of voluntary merchant vessels in routine commercial operation .