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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
	Welcome to GreatWeather featuring UK weather forecasts, charts, rain radar, satellite imagery etc! The site was launched on 19th 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:  >  to provide a simply presented comprehensive set of links to a broad range of websites with meteorological content  >  to be unbiased & feature content provided by weather companies, universities, professional & amateur meteorologists  >  to appeal to anyone with an interest in British meteorology and climatology New links & updates are marked accordingly for around a month to highlight changes. I try to update the site at least fortnightly and strive to minimise dead links. Please E-mail any suggestions for improvements to this site, new links and corrections to existing. I use limited advertising to help offset some of the costs associated with running this site. Ant Veal.
	LATEST NEWS: 'GreatWeather' currently lists around 1324 links with 98.7% currently working when checked on 29th April 2012. More links coming soon....

CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS (updated hourly or more frequently)

CURRENT DATA RECORDED BY NATIONAL MET SERVICES / AIRPORT AUTHORITIES » Current weather (hourly) - Met Office + alternative + rolling 31-day archive - Met Office WOW - Meteogroup (from hourly synops including 6 day archive) - US NWS - W Underground - Netweather » Temp, dewpt, wthr, wind, gust charts from G Mueller (hourly METAR) » Plotted chart (hourly) - Meteocenter + large version » Current mslp, wind, temp & wthr chts/data (half -hourly) from XC Weather » Hourly metars+more from Skylink Wthr » Current conditions from METARS (half-hourly) from IPS Meteostar » Current, forecast & historical data for many locations from WolframAlpha » Current weather from HAMweather » Extreme & (unofficial) record breaking weather around the world derived from METARs from CoolWx    CURRENT DATA RECORDED BY AMATEURS (or try the 'Climate Stations' section of my 'Reference' page) » Current global conditions (Google Maps mapping) (starts centred on WMO station no. 03535) from Weather Underground » Current UK / Eire contributing stations from Weather Underground » Current global conditions (zoom to UK) from NOAA ESRL » Current conditions across NW Europe & beyond from AWEKAS » Independent UK automatic weather stns from Prodata » Table or Map of current conditions mainly South East UK + archive data from LGFL » Scottish, UK (updated) & Irish 'Weather Network' data » Current weather conditions split by UK region from mylocalweather » UK snow depth observation map from Met Office    CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS/AIR QUALITY DATA » Road weather data - mainly UK from Vaisala - Scottish Trunk Roads (map/Google map/list) from Traffic Scot - Shetland from SI Council - Eire from Eire NRA »Traffic weather alerts- Highways Agency England - Traffic Scot (map/list) - Traffic Wales - TrafficWatch NI + daily gritting report » Tay Bridge weather report » Forth Road Bridge weather report » UK air quality bulletin from DEFRA (updated) » London air quality bulletin from Kings College London    CURRENT MARINE DATA » Marine Observations from MetO » Offshore buoy data from NDBC » Marine Observationsfrom Oceanweather Inc » Realtime Wave Buoy Data from CEFAS » Real-time UK Wave & Wind Report from Windfinder » Sea level height from UK Tide Gauge Network sites from POL » Tide Height along R Thames from PLA (new) »Real-time UK Wave, Tide & Weather data from Channel Coast Observatory » Eire buoy reports from Met Éireann » Range of Irish Marine Obs from Marine Inst (new)    LIGHTNING / LUNAR / SOLAR » Last 3hrs sferics from Met Office (new) » Today & past week ATD lightning for UK & Iceland from Iceland & Met Office » Past 3 hours Satellite & Lightning - Meteox » Last 2hrs sferics from Euclid » Today's 'Zeus' Lightning Data from National Observatory of Athens » Lightning data & archive from blitzortung.org » Sferics image & animation from Meteocentre » Current lightning activity from Weather in a Flash » Last 24hrs Sferics from World Wide Lightning Location Network » Lightning for Gt Britain & N Europe countries from BLits Informations Dienst von Siemens (BLIDS) » UV Data - HPA » 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

SURFACE WEATHER CHARTS AND DATA » Daily European chart (1week animation) / 3-hourly satellite/weather fronts/weather/lightning (24hr animation) from USAF » Met Office synoptic analysis chart (6-hourly) from G Mueller + same chart from Infomet » Daily 00hrs European synoptic 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 Cover from NOAA SSD » Temperature, weather, wind, precipitation & snow charts from G Mueller (6-hourly SYNOPs) (archive here) » 6 hrly SYNOPs from Ogimet (help file) » Hourly surface observations from University of Wyoming » Raw surface SYNOPS & METARS & other coded data from Florida State University Meteorology (updated) » 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 around the British Isles from Meteocentre » European radiosonde plots from University of Cologne » UK Tephigrams from Weather Online » UK/Eire Tephigrams from Stephen Haley » Valentia Tephigram from Met Éireann » 12 hourly upper air maps / soundings from Univ of Wyoming » Radiosonde & aircraft (e.g AMDAR) data from FSU Met » Northern Hemisphere Total Ozone from Environment Canada » Past 3 days European Jet Stream map from Weather Underground    DAILY & MONTHLY SUMMARIES » Last 24hrs UK maximum & minimum temperatures, sun & precipitation from Met Office (link may die later in 2012) » Yesterday's Weather from Met Éireann » Central England Temperature from Seal Software (new) » UK and Ireland daily weather extremes from UKweatherworld (new) » 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, past 6 hours thunder yesterday's sunshine (more info) from Roger Brugge » UK weather diary & month so far from R Brugge » Recent weather news from BBC Weather (new) » Climate indicators/Monthly summaries from P Eden » Newspaper Articles - Guardian - Daily Telegraph » Weather girls blog from Sky News » Weather news from Meteogroup » Jim Andrew's International Blog from Accuweather UK and IE » Monthly summaries, past weather events & news blog (new) from Met Office » Scottish Snow Profiles, Lochaber, North & South Cairngorms & Creag Meagaidh mountain conditions Scottish Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) blogs » Ben Nevis & area winter conditions from Alan Kimber » Scottish Ski conditions from BBC » Scottish Ski conditions from Meteogroup » Today's, Yesterday's, this year's & 31day animation of European Snow & Ice Charts from NOAA National Ice Centre » Racecourse going maps & GoingStick readings (archive) from Turftrax » Going reports from British Horseracing Auth    MARINE, RIVER AND & WATER RESOURCES DATA » Sea surface temp (SST) from G Mueller » SST from wetter.net » SST from DWD » SST + anomaly + climatology from FNMOC » Daily surfing conditions from A1 Surf » Sea temp / Wave height 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 & regional water resources situation - R Exe at Thorverton Gauging Station cams - England and Wales River and Sea Levels & hosepipe bans / drought orders - Latest Solent & South Downs river levels from Environment Agency » Scottish river levels - SEPA - Fish Scotland - Fish Tweed - Where's the Water » Daily cave water reports from Cave Diving Grp GB    ARCHIVED DATA » Charts - Bodendruck (1899-1949), NCEP Reanalysis (1950- ) & Met Office (1998- ) from G Mueller - DWD (2003- ) from Wetter3 » Archived daily climate observations (1982 - today) for 233 UK stations from Weather Online » Archived monthly data for 37 UK stations from Met Office » Archived actual v normal daily data for W Europe - last 30 90 365 temperature - last 30 90 365 precipitation from NOAA NWS CPC » European Severe Weather Database (1975ish - today for UK) for Europe providing reports of many previous severe weather events

FORECAST CHARTS (just a 'taster' of the wealth of charts available)

A BROAD SELECTION OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION WEATHER CHARTS » Met Office charts - T+12-120 hrs surface / upper air from USAF - T+24,36,48,60,72,84,96,120hrs from G Mueller - 0-120 hrs from MWIS      "          "              - T+24,36,48,60,72,96,120 hrs + mosaic of all from Infomet - 0-5-day MSLP Animation from Met Office (new) » Met Office NAE charts - 0-48 hrs from Met Office » ECMWF charts - 3-6 days from ECMWF - 3-9 days from G Mueller - 0-10 days from Meteogroup » GEM charts - 0-6 days (UK) from Weather Online » GME charts - 0-3 days (Europe) from G Mueller » DWD charts - Today, +1, +2 & +3 days from DWD » GFS charts - 0-180hrs from FNMOC - 0-180hrs + 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 » WRF charts - 0-5 days for NW Europe from Meteocenter » MASS charts - 0-72 hrs Wave Watch III simulation from Meteosim » NOGAPS charts - 0-144 hrs from Weather Online - 0-180 hrs from FNMOC » 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 from latest model run + most recent 0-72hrs charts from 00Z run from ARPAL » NCEP ensemble charts - 0-15 days from CDC - 0-16 days from Meteogroup » Ensemble (EFS) Plots - 0-10 days from FNMOC » Theyr.tv charts - 0-60 hrs (the old theyr.net rebranded) (updated) » Model comparison charts - 72-240 hrs GFS / ECMWF / MetO / Global Ensemble from Netweather              "          "          "       - 0-384 hrs as above plus NAE / JMA and others from WeatherOnline »0-15 days GFS ensemble charts for 13 UK cities & lots more 'expert' charts from Weather Online »0-15 days GFS (NCEP) & ECMWF ensemble graphs for London (temp, wind & rainfall) from Meteogroup » Today / tomorrow Atlantic temps, rainfall, cloud & pressure + 3 hours ahead rain, mslp & wind from Met Éireann » 0-10 day UK maps of hi / low temp, weather, precip, UV & wind from Accuweather UK/IE    CHARTS FOR PILOTS » 12-48hrs Flight hazard charts (icing, thunderstorms, turbulence charts) & winds from USAF » Flight hazard charts & winds from USAF » Range of flight & hazard charts from Jeppesen » Surface & flight level wind, temp & sig weather WAFC prognostic charts from the Icelandic Met Office » Northwood HF Black / White Radiofax charts of the North Atlantic from JOMOC » High Level Atlantic/Polar SIGWX Charts issued 0000 0600 1200 1800 hrs & other SIGWX charts from NOAA AWC » Todays & 0-6 day Regional Atmos Soaring Prediction (RASP) glider pilot charts from Leeds Metropolitan University    CHARTS FOR MARINERS AND WATERSPORTS ENTHUSIASTS » 0-7.5 day NOGAPS, WW3 & FLEWT North Atlantic sea state charts from FNMOC » 0-2 day Euro Storm Fcst from ESTOFEX » Wind, Wave and weather charts for the British Isles and beyond from Passage Weather » 0-6 day Theyr charts for sailors from YBW » Charts for surfers - Magic Seaweed - Surfers Village - Surf-Forecast » 0-7.5 days Wavewatch III jet stream winds from Stormsurfing » Radiofax charts for North Atlantic and latest chart briefing - World Area Forecast Center Fax charts - London (tif format) from US NWS » 5-day Meteograms from NOAA ARL » Frank SIngleton lists a huge array of GMDSS and other marine forecasts    ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND OTHER CHARTS » Atmospheric dust load forecast charts and other 0-7 days charts from Univ Athens » 0-3 day European Pollution forecast (6 pollutants) from Rhenish Institute » 0-6 day NW Europe Tropospheric Ducting Forecast from Dx Info

SATELLITE & RAINFALL RADAR PICTURES

SATELLITE IMAGES » Past 24 hrs Hi Res visible and infra red (quarter hourly) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) animation from yr.no » Past 1.5 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 West Cheshire College » 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 » Meteosat & NOAA (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 & visible animations (6hr steps past 3 days) from Wetter 24 » Infra red images archive for last 10 days from Wetter.com » Dundee Satellite Receiving Station current and archived images » 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 » UK & Eire MODIS Terra & Aqua Visible images (250m resolution) 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 6 hours animation from the Met Office » Past 2 hrs & 3 day archive and past 1-2 hrs* 'Rain Today' radar from Meteogroup » Past 4 hours animation from the AccuWeather (new) » Past 2 hours* animation from WNI Weathernews » Past 2 hours* animation from Netweather » Belgium + W Europe from R. Met Inst. Belgium » North Sea* from Tele Weer

A SELECTION OF 100 OR SO WEBCAMS FROM AROUND THE UK (n.b. sites with groups of webcams highlighted by *)
	England » Barnstaple - BBC » Bassenthwaite - Camvista » Bexhill - Discover Bexhill » Birmingham - BBC » Bournemouth - BBC » Brampton - Paul Crabtree » Bridgnorth - Shropshire CC (returning soon) » Brighton - BBC » Bristol (Horfield) - Martyn Hicks » Burnham on Sea - BOS.com » Cambridge - Emmanuel Col » Cambridge - CamPlus » Cat and Fiddle - MaccInfo » Chelmsford - Chelmsford SkyCam » Chester - West Cheshire College » Clevedon - Clevedon Weather » Draycote Water - Draycote Wthr » Durham - BBC » Environment Agency rivers - EA » Exeter - BBC » Exmouth - Exmouth NCI » Falmouth - National Maritime Museum » Great Yarmouth - Camvista » Hathersage, Peak District - Outside » Keswick - George Fisher » Kingston Upon Hull - Stewart Lowe » Lake District - LakelandWebs » Leeds - BBC » Lincoln - BBC » Liverpool - Radio City » Looe - Watermark Hotel » London - Earthcam » Lyme Regis - LRTourism » Manchester - BBC » Minack, Cornwall - Minack Theatre » Motorways* - Highways Agency » Motorways* - Keep Moving » Newcastle - Telewest	» Newquay - Newquay Weather » Norfolk (various)* - BBC » Norwich - BBC » Nottingham - BBC » Oxford - Oxford Internet Inst » Peterborough - Peterb' WW » Plymouth - BBC » Portsmouth - BBC » Postbridge, Devon - Dartcam » A53 Nr Buxton - Flash Stores » Reading - Oscura » St Ives - NCI St Ives » St Martins, Scilly - T Davis » Saunton Sands - Camvista » Scafell Pike - 214Fells » Sheerness - IOSSC » Shrewsbury - Shropshire CC » Southampton - BBC » Starcross - Starcross Yacht Club » Swaledale - Swaledale N Yorks » Torquay - TQ Webcam (updated) » Wasdale - Wasdale Web » Weeley, Essex - WW » Wells-next-the-Sea - Wells Harbour » W Country Rivers* - Farson Digital » Weymouth - Weymouth Weather » Woking - Sangwell.com » Worthing - Gavin Baylis (updated) » York - BBC    Scotland » Aberdeen - Aberdeen CC » Ben Nevis - Lochaber » Brodick, Arran - Arran Accom Guide (new) » Cairngorm - Heriot-Watt University » Cairngorm - Cairngorm Ltd » Carbost, Skye - Carbost Weather » Dunoon - Argyll / Bute C » Edinburgh - Earthcam » Eoropie, Lewis - Eoropaidh (updated)	» Fair Isle - Northern Isles Weather » Glasgow - Glasgow City Council » Glencoe - Kings House Hotel » Glencoe - Glencoe Mountain (updated) » Gleneagles - Camvista » Islay - Bruichladdich Distillery » Loch Ness - lochness » Oban - Oban Tourism » Orkney Cams* - Visit Orkney » 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 (not currently working) » Carmarthen - Cmrthn Cam » Lleyn Peninsula - D Goadby » Ogwen Valley - OV Mountain Rescue » Snowdon - First Hydro » Tegryn, Pembs - Tegryn Online » Tenby - VIrtual Tenby » Welsh Roads* - Traffic Wales    Northern Ireland » Armagh - Armagh Obs » Belfast - Belfast CC » Various Roads* - Traffic Watch NI    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 » Sark Maseline Harbour - Simply Sark

USEFUL UK WEBCAM COLLECTIONS » Paul Gilliver's Collection » Wetterklima » Magic Seaweed » Floodwarn River Cams » Windfinder » Skycam UK » BBC Travel » Farson Digital Watercams (UK rivers) » Orange (UK traffic) » MWIS Mountain Webcams » Creating a weather webcam? Why not try Andrew J Brown's excellent guide

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