Sirius Satellite Radio said WSI Corp. would provide it with a full suite of marine weather content for a new service expected to launch later this year. Sirius plans to create a special marine weather service that will include a variety of graphical and text information, including water surface temperatures, lightning strikes, coast-to- coast United States and Canadian weather radar, storm tracking, winds and wave heights. Sirius said it plans to introduce a new data receiver for use in conjunction with this service. Financial terms of the agreement between Sirius and WSI were not disclosed.

“Our goal is to offer the gold standard of marine services, beginning with this WSI agreement,” Larry Pesce, senior vice president of Sirius Service said in a prepared statement. “WSI is known for its high quality, precision forecasts and offers the most comprehensive suite of market specific weather information services in the world.”