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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

MeWelcome to GreatWeather! It's been online continuously since September 1995 when just 4 links were listed & the site was known as Ant Veal's UK Weather Centre. Its aims remain the same as the day that it was conceived. Those are:
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to provide a simply presented comprehensive range of links to a wide range of websites with meteorological content
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 to be unbiased & feature content provided by both professional weather companies & amateur meteorologists
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o appeal to as wide an audience with a common interest in British meteorology and climatology

New links & updates are marked accordingly for a month to highlight changes. I usually try to update the site at least fortnightly. Please E-mail any suggestions for improvements to this site, suggestions for new links and corrections to existing. I use limited advertising to help offset some of the costs associated with running this site. The site currently lists around 1110 links of which 99.2% were working when checked on 1st Jul 2009! Further updates early Jul.  Ant Veal.




CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS (updated hourly or more frequently)
Springtime shot of the coast from Teignmouth towards Dawlish, Devon, April 2008

   CURRENT DATA RECORDED BY NATIONAL MET SERVICES / AIRPORT AUTHORITIES
» Current wthr (hourly) - Met Office (station plot) - US NWS - W Underground - Informet - Netweather » UV Data - HPA
» Plotted surface wthr chart (hourly) from Meteocenter » Temp, dewpt, wthr, wind, gust charts from G Mueller (hourly METARs)
» Current mslp, wind, temp & wthr chts/data (half -hourly) from XC Weather » Hourly metars+more from Skylink Wthr
» Current, forecast & historic data for many locations (e.g. London) from WolframAlpha (new)
   CURRENT DATA RECORDED BY AMATEURS (or try the 'Climate Stations' section of my 'Reference' page)
» Current global conditions (Google Maps mapping) (starts centred Midlands on WMO No. 03535) from Weather Underground
» Current UK / Eire contributing stns from Wthr Underground » Current global conditions (zoom to UK) from NOAA Fcst Res
» Current conditions NW Europe & beyond from AWEKAS » Independent UK automatic weather stns from Prodata
» Current conditions Scotland, UK & beyond from Marykirk Wthr » Current conditions UK & beyond etc from Weatherbonk
» Table or Map of current conditions mainly SE UK 9 + archive data from LGFL » Scottish, UK & Irish 'Weather Network' data
   ROAD CONDITIONS/AIR QUALITY DATA
» Road weather data - mainly UK data from Vaisala - Shetland from SI Council - Eire from Eire NRA
» Traffic weather alerts - Highways Agency (England) - Traffic Scotland (map / list) - Traffic Wales
» UK air quality bulletin from AEA (new) » London air quality bulletin from Kings College London (new)
   MARINE DATA
» UK Offshore buoy data from NDBC » Marine Observations from Oceanweather Inc » Eire buoy reports from Met Éireann (new)
» Real-time UK Wave & Wind Report from Windfinder » Sea level height from UK Tide Gauge Network sites from POL
» Real-time and historic weather & oceanographic data from Portsmouth - Bilbao P&O ferry (FerryBox Project) from NOC
» Real-time UK Wave, Tide & Weather data from Channel Coast Observatory
   LIGHTNING / LUNAR / SOLAR
» Past week's lightning (ATD) data for UK/Iceland from Icelandic & UK Met Offices (updated) » Lightning activity - Meteox
» Lightning data & archive from blitzortung.org » Sferics image & animation from Meteocentre » Last 2hrs sferics from Euclid
» Lightning for Gt Britain & selected other N Europe countries from BLits InformationsDienst von Siemens (BLIDS)
» Current lightning activity from Weather in a Flash » Last 24hrs Sferics from World Wide Lightning Location Network
» Apparent disk of moon (moon phase etc) from US Naval Obs » Aurora Watch - Lancs Univ » Sunspots etc - Space Weather



RECENT (updated 6-hourly or less frequently) & ARCHIVED CONDITIONS
Reflection on the River Dart at Staverton, Devon, April 2009


   MAINLY 6-HOURLY SURFACE CHARTS
» European chart from USAF » Met Office synoptic chart (6-hourly) from G Mueller » European chart from Meteoliguria
» British Isles plotted surface chart (6-hourly) from G Mueller » 6-hourly Atlantic synoptic chart from US National Weather Service
» Temperature & significant weather - surface observations - precip - snow depth+ship SST - 2m / max / min temps - 24hr sunshine
   - 00 / 06 / 12 / 18hrs temp, SLP & significant weather charts from Univ of Cologne » Snow Depth from NOAA Marine Obs Team
» Temp, wthr, wind, precip, snow charts from G Mueller (6-hourly SYNOPs) (archive here) » 6 hrly SYNOPs from Ogimet (help file)
» Hourly surface obs from University of Wyoming » Raw surface SYNOPS & METARS from Florida State Univ Met
» 00,03,06,09,12,15,18,21hrs decoded synops, 3-hourly weather report & recent snow + depth & thunder from Roger Brugge
   UPPER AIR
» T+00hrs upper air analyses charts (+ others) from USAF » Tephigrams for Europe from Univ Barcelona
» European radiosonde plots from Univ Cologne » UK Tephigrams from Weather Online » Valentia Tephigram from Met Éireann (new)
» 12 hourly upper air maps / soundings from Univ of Wyoming » Radiosonde & aircraft (e.g AMDAR) data from FSU Met
» Northern Hemisphere Total Ozone Levels from Environment Canada
   DAILY & MONTHLY SUMMARIES
» Last 24 hrs UK max & min temps, sun & precipitation from Met Office » Yesterdays temp extremes from Meteogroup
» Overnight air & grass minimum temperature & rain plus yesterday's sunshine total - daytime maximum temperature & rain
   - plots of daytime max temp & rain, overnight air min, grass min, rain & yesterday's sunshine (more info) from Roger Brugge
» UK weather diary & month so far from R Brugge » Daily UK review from BBC Weather » Yesterday's Wthr from Met Éireann (new)
» Newspaper Weather Articles - The Guardian - The Times (new) - Daily Telegraph (new) » The weather girls blog from Sky News
» Alan Reppert's & Joe Bastardi's (long range/extreme weather) European Weather Blogs from Accuweather UK and IE
» Climate Indicators from Met Office » Climate Inds/Monthly Summaries from Philip Eden » Topical weather news from Meteogroup
» Lochaber, North & South Cairngorms & Creag Meagaidh mountain conditions Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) blogs
» Winter conditions on Ben Nevis & nearby mountains from Alan Kimber » Scottish Ski Resort conditions from Meteogroup
» Racecourse going maps & GoingStick readings (archive) from Turftrax (updated) » Going reports from British Horseracing Auth
   MARINE, RIVER AND & WATER RESOURCES DATA
» Wave height chart from FNMOC » Sea temperature from G Mueller » Sea temp from wetter.net » Sea temp from DWD
» Daily Regional Surfing conditions from A1 Surf » Sea temp/ Wave ht from Oceanweather Inc » QuikScat ocean winds from KNMI
» Ocean surface winds derived from SSM/I radiometer & ERS-2 & QuikSCAT radiometers from NOAA Marine Obs Team
» SSM/I ocean rain rate, cloud liquid water, atmos water vapour & surface wind speed - AMSR-E ocean rain rate, cloud liquid water, atmos water vap, surf wind speed & sea surf temp - QuikScat Nth Atlantic sea surface winds from Remote Sensing Systems
» Monthly England & Wales water resources situation - R Exe at Thorverton Gauging Station cams - Latest river levels in Solent & South Downs area from Environment Agency » Scottish river levels - SEPA - Fish Scotland - Where's the Water
» England / Wales hosepipe bans / drought orders from Environment Agency » Daily cave water reports from CDG of GB
   ARCHIVED DATA
» Archived Charts - Bodendruck (1899-1949), NCEP Reanalysis (1950-date) & MetO (27/01/1998-date) from G Mueller
» Archived daily climate observations (1982 - today) for 233 UK stations from Weather Online
» Archived actual v normal daily data for W Europe - last 30 90 365 temperature - last 30 90 365 precipitation from NOAA NWS CPC


WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER FORECASTS

   NATIONAL, REGIONAL & CITY FORECASTS
» Met Office » BBC Weather » ITV Weather » Accu Weather » Meteogroup » GMTV » Yahoo » CEEFAX » Metcheck » Weather Channel » Weather Online » Channel 5 » Sky » Wthr Commerce » Manx Radio » WNI » WMO » RTE » yr.no » Met Éireann (new)
   SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS
» Severe Weather - Met Office (UK) - BBC Weather (UK) » Meteoalarm (Europe) » Met Eireann (Eire) » Metcheck (British Isles)
» Flood Warnings - Environment Agency (Eng/Wales) - SEPA (Scot) - Rivers Agency (advice only) (N Ireland) - UCC (Eire)
» Cold Weather Warnings - Met Office (NW England only - trial service)
   NEWSPAPER FORECASTS
» Daily Telegraph » Guardian » Times » Daily Express » USA Today » Washington Weatherpost » Daily Mail » Farmers Weekly
   SOUND & VIDEO FORECASTS
» UK, World, Shipping & Inshore Waters from BBC Wthr » UK from Met Office » ITV Regional Forecasts from ITV Local
» Scottish Outdoor (might not be current) from BBC R Scot » Daily UK Podcast from Meteogroup
   HIGHWAY FORECASTS

» Scottish Road Weather from Traffic Scotland » English Road Weather Warnings (Nov - Apr only) from Highways Agency
» 7-day UK road weather forecast from Weather Online » Medway in Kent Road Forecast from Medway Council
   COASTAL AND MARINE FORECASTS & WARNINGS
» Shipping Forecast - Gale Warnings - Inshore Waters/Strong Winds - High Seas Forecast/Storm Warnings from Met Office
» Shipping Forecast - Area Forecast - Inshore Waters - Extended Outlook - High Seas Forecast - Warnings from BBC Weather
» Shipping Forecast - Inshore Waters from Marinecall » Various Fcsts from Yachting+Boating World » Sailing Fcsts from Accuwx
» Irish Sea Area Forecast - Irish Coastal Reports/Sea Crossings - Irish Inland Lakes from Met Éireann (new)
» Surf forecasts - magicSeaweed - A1 Surf - Surfcore - Windguru (windsurfers) - Waveindex (for finding best surf) (new)
   SKIING CONDITIONS & MOUNTAIN WEATHER FORECASTS
» E Highlands - W Highlands - Lake District - Peak District - Snowdonia - Brecon Beacons Mountain Forecasts - MetO (updated)
» Lake District National Park Weatherline Forecast » Mountain Fcasts - Accuweather » Snow Forecast Maps for walkers etc
» Scottish Avalanche Information Service » Scottish / Lake & Peak District Outdoor Forecasts - Geoff Monk » Scottish Ski Info
» Scottish skiing forecasts & mountain weather - Winterhighland » Weather for snow sports - Snow-forecast.com
   OTHER OUTDOOR LEISURE ACTIVITY FORECASTS
» Monthly Evening Sky Maps - Skymaps » UV Index - Met Office » UV Index - Met Office » UV Index - DWD
» Various - Ananova » Pollen - Zirtek » Pollen, SAD, UV & Respiratory - Weather Chnl » Going forecasts from BHA
» Various - Weather Channel » Volcanic Ash Advisory - NOAA SSD » Gardening Forecast (twice weekly) - BBC Weather
» Fire severity forecast for England from Natural England Open Access site » Scottish midge forecast from APS
   OTHER FORECASTS FOR SPECIFIC CITIES & REGIONS (from the BBC)
» Beds/Herts/Bucks - Berkshire - Birmingham - Black Country - BradfordBristol - CambridgeshireCornwall - Coventry/Warks - CumbriaDerbyDevon - Dorset -  Essex - Gloucestershire - Guernsey - Hampshire -  Hereford/WorcestershireHumber - Isle of Man - JerseyKentLancashireLeeds - Leicestershire - LincolnshireLiverpoolLondonManchesterNorfolkNorthern Ireland - Northamptonshire - North YorkshireNottinghamshireOxfordScotlandShropshire - SomersetSouthampton - South Yorkshire - Stoke/StaffordshireSuffolkSurrey/SussexTeesTyne - WearWalesWiltshire
   LONGER RANGE FORECASTS
» Frosted Earth 1 year ahead » Positive Weather Solutions forthcoming season » UCL winter outlook » Netweather, Metcheck, Met Office, Weather Online & Weather Outlook seasonal » BBC Weather & Philip Eden 1 month ahead


FORECAST CHARTS (just a 'taster' of the wealth of charts available)
Buckfastleigh, Dart Valley Railway, Devon, March 2009

» MetO charts - T+12-120 hrs sfc / u/a from USAF - T+24,36,48,60,72,84,96,120hrs from G Mueller
     "          "      - T+24,36,48,60,72,96,120 hrs from Meteosort - 0-3.5-day MSLP Anim from Met Office
» ECMWF charts - 3-6 days from ECMWF - 3-9 days from G Mueller
» GEM charts - 0-6 days (UK) from Weather Online
» GME charts - 0-3 days (Europe) from G Mueller
» GFS charts - 0-144 hrs from FNMOC - 0-180 hrs & 0-180 hrs animation from G Mueller
     "          "     - 0-7 days + vert prof from Wetter3 - 0-15 days from Meteogroup - 0-7 days from MetVUW
» JMA charts - 0-8 days from G Mueller
» MASS charts - 0-72 hrs Wave Watch III simulation from Meteosim
» NOGAPS charts - 0-144 hrs from Weather Online
» DWD charts - 0-96 hrs from Meteosort
» ETA charts - 0-72hrs from Hidrometeorološki zavod Crne Gore
» ETA/NMM 0-72 hrs charts, meteograms, movies, soundings, pictograms - from Meteoblue
» BOLAM 0-72 hrs charts & chart archive - from Meteoliguria
» NCEP ensemble charts - 0-15 days from CDC » Ensemble (EFS) Plots - 0-10 days from FNMOC
» NGP - 0-6 days from FNMOC » Theyr.tv (the old theyr.net rebranded) & Theyr.net
» Flight hazard charts & winds from USAF » Range of flight & hazard charts from Jeppesen
» 0-15 days GFS Ensemble charts for 13 UK cities & lots more 'expert' charts from Weather Online
» 12-48hrs Flight hazard charts (icing, thunderstorms, turbulence charts) & winds from USAF
» High Level Atlantic/Polar SIGWX Charts issued 0000 0600 1200 1800 hrs from NOAA AWC (updated)
» Todays & 0-6 day Regional Atmos Soaring Prediction (RASP) glider pilot charts from Leeds Met Uni (new)
» 0-10 day UK maps of hi / low temp, weather, precip, UV & wind from Accuweather UK/IE
» Atmospheric dust load forecast charts and other 0-7 days charts from Univ Athens
» 0-2 day Euro Storm Fcst from ESTOFEX » 0-6 day NW Europe Tropospheric Ducting Fcst from Dx Info
» 0-3 day European Pollution forecast (6 pollutants) from Rhenish Institute
» Today/tomorrow's Atlantic temps/rainfall/cloud/pressure charts from Met Éireann (updated)
» Large range of swell, period, wind & synoptic charts of interest to surfers from Magic Seaweed
» Wind, Wave & Weather Charts for Sailors from Passage Wthr» Various wave charts - Surfers Village
» 5-day Meteograms from NOAA ARL
» Regional Area Forecast Center Fax charts- London (tif format) from US NWS


SATELLITE & RAINFALL RADAR PICTURES
Shropshire haystack, March 2009    SATELLITE IMAGES
» Past 3 hrs Hi Res visible and infra red (quarter hourly) MSG images from Sat24
» UK Hi Res visible (3-hourly daytime) and other MSG UK images from W Che Col
» MSG / Meteosat 7 / METOP (mainly hourly) for various channels from EUMETSAT
» MSG and METOP (mainly hourly) derived products (e.g. fog, dust) from EUMETSAT
» Infra red (6 hourly) Brit Isles & visible (6 hourly daylight hrs) Eire images from Met Éireann
» Infra red & visible (hourly daytime) MSG UK images/animations from the Met Office
» Infra red & visible (hourly daytime) MSG European images/animations from the Met Office
» MeteosatNOAA (6-hourly) & daily archive from R. Met Inst. Belgium
» Various derived products from a range of satellites from NWCSAF, Spain
» European satellite & frontal analysis from USAF » Various Images from Bernard Burton
» Infra red images & animation (1hr steps) from Wetter 24 (Uhr=German time)
» Infra red images archive for last 10 days from Wetter.com
» Dundee Satellite Receiving Station » Visible (1hr steps) UK images from BBC Weather
» Various images from West Cheshire College » Latest visible image from WeatherOnline
» Quikscat 25km & 100km winds & ERS-2 satellite wind products from KNMI
» Latest SATREP (Satellite and Report) MSG images (1 month archive here) from KNMI
» Experimental Geostationary Rain Estimation from US Naval Research Lab
» MODIS Terra & Aqua Visible Sats to 250m resolution (UK viewed twice daily) from NASA
   RAINFALL RADAR IMAGES (* = quarter hourly data otherwise half hourly or greater)
» Past 3 hrs*,6,9,24 hrs (archive) plus past 3 hrs with Google Maps overlay from Meteox
» Past 2 hrs plus past 3 hrs* with Google Maps overlay from Meteogroup
» Past 6 hours animation from the Met Office
» Past 2 hours* animation from WNI Weathernews
» Past 12 + next 24 hrs animation (with clouds) from BBC Weather » UK from Sky Weather
» Belgium + W Europe from R. Met Inst. Belgium » North Sea* from Tele Weer


A SELECTION OF WEBCAMS ACROSS THE UK
Anemone, Staverton, Devon, March 2009    England
» Barnstaple - BBC
» Bassenthwaite - Camvista
» Birmingham - BBC
» Blackpool - BBC
» Bournemouth - BBC
» Brampton - Paul Crabtree
» Bridgnorth - BBC
» Brighton - BBC
» Bristol (Alveston) - Alveston Wthr
» Cambridge - BBC
» Cambridge - CamPlus
» Carlisle - BBC
» Cat and Fiddle - MaccInfo
» Chelmsford - Chelmsford SkyCam
» Chester - West Cheshire College
» Clevedon - Clevedon Wthr
» Draycote Water - Draycote Wthr
» Durham - BBC
» Ennderdale - BBC
» Exeter - BBC
» Exmouth - Exmouth NCI
» Falmouth - Falmouth.tv
» Great Yarmouth - Camvista
» Ilfracombe - Fish North Devon
» Keswick - George Fisher
» Leeds - BBC
» Lincoln - BBC
» Liverpool - BBC
» London - Earthcam
» Lyme Regis - LRTourism
» Manchester - BBC
» Motorways - Highways Agency
» Motorways - Keep Moving
» Newcastle - Telewest
» Newquay - Newquay Weather
» Norwich - BBC » Norwich - CRU
» Nottingham - BBC
» Oxford - BBC
» Peterborough - BBC
» Plymouth - BBC
» Portsmouth - Harbour Eye
» Postbridge, Devon- Dartcam
» St Ives - NCI St Ives
» Saunton Sands - Camvista
» Selby - YHGfL
» Sheerness - IOSSC
» Southampton - BBC
» Starcross - Starcross YC
» Taunton - R Huish Coll
» Torquay - BBCl
» Truro - BBC
» Wasdale - Wasdale Web
» Wells-next-the-Sea - W Har (new)
» Weymouth - BBC
» Worthing - Seasprite Sport
» York - BBC
   Scotland
» Aberdeen - Aberdeen CC
» Ben Nevis - Lochaber
» Brodick, Arran - Arran Hideaways
» Cairngorm - Heriot-Watt Univ
» Cairngorm - Cgorm Ltd
» Carbost, Skye - Crbst Wthr
» Dunoon - Argyll / Bute C
» Edinburgh - Earthcam
» Eoropie, Lewis - Eoropaidh
» Fair Isle - Northern Isles Weather
» Glasgow - BBC
» Glasgow - Glasgow CC
» Glencoe - Kings Ho
» Glencoe ski - Glencoe Mountain
» Islay - Bruichladdich Distillery
» Loch Ness - lochness
» Oban - Oban Tourism
» Orkney Cams - Visit Orkney
» Perthshire - BBC
» Skye Bridge - Camvista
» St Andrews - StA.. .com
» Thurso - Tugmistress
» Various Roads - Traffic Scotland
» Vidlin, Shetland - Lunna House
   Wales
» Aberystwyth - BBC
» Bangor - BBC
» Barmouth - Gwynedd Council
» Cardiff Bay - BBC
» Carmarthen - Cmrthn Cam
» Lleyn Peninsula - D Goadby
» Ogwen Valley - OV Mt Res
» Snowdon - 4 Wales
» Snowdon - First Hydro
» Tegryn, Pembs - Teg' Online (new)
» Tenby - VIrtual Tenby
» Welsh Roads - Traffic Wales
   Northern Ireland
» Armagh - Armagh Obs
» Belfast - Belfast CC
   Isle of Man
» Various - Manx Radio
» Various - IOM Dept Tran
   Channel Islands
» Alderney - Alderney Quay
» St Peter Pt Guernsey - Sure
» Herm - Herm Island
» Jersey - Jersey Met
For more try Wetterklima, Magic Seaweed, Windfinder or Skycam UK (new). Creating a weather webcam? Try AJB's excellent guide

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