Directory of UK Weather & Climate Websites

Welcome to GreatWeather which now boasts over 2000 links to UK weather forecasts, charts, rain radar, satellite imagery & more showcasing the huge variety of weather websites! The site was originally launched in September 1995 as Ant Veal's UK Weather Centre with just 4 links. Its aims remain the same to provide a comprehensive directory of online weather links that appeal to anyone interested in UK & Irish meteorology; and to be trustworthy & unbiased with content from weather companies, universities & professional meteorologists shown alongside amateurs.

New links & updates are highlighted for around 2 months & the site is updated regularly. I welcome suggestions for new links & updates to existing. Please email me at web @ antveal dot com. Cheers, Ant Veal.
LATEST NEWS: I've added 593+ new links & updated 135+ since December 2022. Site last updated 14 April, 2024.

• NATIONAL, REGIONAL & CITY FORECASTS

• Met Office (+ forecast verification) - BBC Weather - ITV Weather - AccuWeather - Metcheck (+ live discussion + meteorologists discussion) - Weather Channel - Weather Online (includes their Morning Call) - Netweather - Sky - STV - U TV - LBC - WMO - RTÉ (+ Ireland National summary) - yr.no - Weatherquest - Weatherpro - Met Éireann (+ occasional meteorologist's commentary) - Donegal Weather Channel (Ireland) - Weather2 - ITV Good Morning Britain (+ ITV National) - Yahoo - Farmers Weekly Interactive - Weather Central - M6météo - Yourweather (+ in more detail) - MSN - Meteovista - Very Weather - Is It Raining? - Tomorrow io - Freemeteo - weather&radar - NMS CEEFAX (type 400 for weather pages) (updated) - Climendo (type in location & it compares different forecast providers) - drops.live (focuses on rain) - Syngenta.
• SPECIFIC REGIONAL & LOCAL FORECASTS
• Met Office regional forecasts for UK - Orkney & Shetland - Highlands & Eilean Siar - Grampian - Strathclyde - Central, Tayside & Fife - SW Scotland, Lothian, Borders - Northern Ireland - Wales - North West England - North East England - Yorkshire & Humber - West Midlands - East Midlands - East of England - South West England - South East England.
• Met Éireann regional forecasts for Ireland - Dublin - Ulster - Munster - Leinster - Connacht.
• JerseyMet regional forecast for Channel Islands - Jersey - Guernsey.
• Ronaldsway Met Office forecast for Isle of Man - Isle of Man (+ pdf version) & 5 day forecast (+ pdf version).
• Other regional forecasts - Manx Radio (Isle of Man) - Isle of Wight Met Service (Isle of Wight) - MetCast (was Essex Weather) (Essex) - Abersoch Virtual Guide (Abersoch).

• WEATHER WARNINGS

• Severe Weather Warnings - Met Office (UK) (+ archive back to 2012) (new), BBC Weather (UK) - Ronaldsway Met Office (Isle of Man) - Jersey Met (+ warnings via X (Twitter)) (Channel Islands) - Met Éireann (Ireland) - Meteoalarm (Europe) - WMO Severe Weather Information Centre (+ another version) (global) - Metcheck (British Isles).
• Flood Warnings - Environment Agency warnings + warning list + 5 day flood risk + 5 day flood risk map (England) - NRW + 5 day flood risk maps (Wales) - 5 day flood risk forecast (England/Wales) - SEPA + 3 day flood forecast (Scotland) - BBC relay flood warnings for GB (England/Scotland/Wales) - Rivers Agency (N Ireland) - IOM Gov (Isle of Man) - UCC (Ireland).
• Cold weather & health watch alerts (England only) - UK Health Security Agency - Met Office - NHS England.
• Severe Thunderstorm / Tornado Watches - TORRO (UK).
• Severe & convective weather & storms forecast/guidance - Netweather - Convective Weather.co.uk (+ archive back to 2016) + Convective Weather X (Twitter) - MetSwirl + MetSwirl X (Twitter) - Handry Outlook + Handry_Outlook X (Twitter)- Met4CastUK - Estofex.
• Avalanche Warnings - SAIS (+ avalanche map) (Scotland) - MWIS also relay SAIS warnings (Scotland).
• Marine warnings - Shipping Forecast+Gale Warning (+print version) - Inshore Waters+Strong Wind (+print version) - High Seas Fcast+Storm Warning (+print version) from Met Office - European-wide gale warning chart from Meteo Consult.
• Strong Stream Warnings on navigable waterways in England & Wales from Canal & River Trust.
• Strong stream warnings/navigation advice on River Thames from Environment Agency.
• Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) Alerts from Surfers Against Sewage.
• Bathing Water Quality Warnings - Environment Agency Swimfo (England) - SEPA (Scotland) - NRW (Wales) - DAERA (Northern Ireland).

• SOUND & VIDEO FORECASTS

• GENERAL WEATHER FORECASTS
• UK 24 hour, weekend, week ahead, 10 day trend, outlook/special events & Scotland 24 hour forecasts from Met Office.
• UK forecast & UK weather for the week ahead from BBC.
• Regional BBC forecasts (usually Mon-Fri only) are accessible using location search on the BBC Weather Homepage.
• UK from ITV.
• Occasional UK Weather Blog (weekdays) from ITV Good Morning Britain.
• ITV Regional - Anglia - Border - Calendar - Central - Channel - Granada - London - Meridian - Tyne Tees - Wales - West Country - UTV (N Ireland).
• RTÉ (Ireland) (or try RTÉ Weather via X (Twitter)).
• Ireland (sound only) from Met Éireann.
• Regular 'Quickcast' from Weather Trending.
• 10 day, seasonal & Xmas forecasts from GavsWeatherVids.
• 14 day UK weather prospects (issued on Wednesdays) from TWO.
• "Pages from NMS CEEFAX" includes current news & weather forecast CEEFAX style pages from Nathan Dale.
• SPECIALIST FORECASTS FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
• Shipping forecast (or try alternative shipping forecast link) & radio forecast broadcast times from BBC.
• Scottish/English/Welsh mountain outdoor & winter planning forecasts from MWIS.
• Flying weekly livestream from Flyer Magazine.
• Farming forecast for Ireland from RTÉ.
• Farming commentary for Ireland from Met Éireann.
• Farming week ahead weather from Weatherweb.net.

• NEWSPAPER FORECASTS

• National Newspapers - Daily Express - Daily Mail - Farmers Weekly - Daily Star - Independent - Sun - Daily Mirror - inews - Metro.
• Regional and Local Newspapers - Jersey Evening Post - Stoke Sentinel - Sheffield Star.

• SOCIAL MEDIA FORECASTS & COMMENTARY ON WEATHER SITUATION

  - new section under development
• FACEBOOK FORECASTS
• UK or Ireland Wide - Met Office - theweatheroutlook - UK Weather Forecasts - UK Weather Outlook - Weather School - Severe Weather Updates - Weather Watch UK - The Actual Weather - Irish Weather Online -
• UK Regional - Southwest Weather Forecast UK - North Yorkshire Weather Updates - Reading Weather - Herefordshire Weather Watch - Windy Wilson (Scotland) - Chiltern Weather Alerts - Highland & Islands Weather (N Scotland) - Weather Forecast for London - Braemar, Ballater, Deeside & Donside (Deeside/Donside Scotland).
• X (Twitter) FORECASTS
• UK Wide or Ireland - Met4Cast - Nick Parnell - Marco Petagna - Convective Wx - Nathan's Weather Updates -
• UK Regional - East Anglia Weather - Snow Dreamer (London & SE).

• HIGHWAY FORECASTS & GRITTING UPDATES

• English adverse weather & roadside message sign weather information from National Highways.
• Scottish regional weather alerts - Planned winter salt treatment (& on map) - Forecast bridge restrictions - Police Scotland travel warnings from Traffic Scotland.
• Northern Ireland Winter Service and Emergency News from TrafficWatch NI.
• 5-day UK weather forecast & route planner from RAC.
• Transport Infrastructure Ireland (today/tomorrow).
• Local Authority winter road forecasts & gritting updates - Met Office compilation - Aberdeenshire - Barnet - Bedford - Bolton - Cheshire East - Derbyshire - Donegal - Dorset - Fife - Gloucestershire - Hampshire - Kent - Kirklees - Leicestershire - North Lanarkshire - Nottingham - Redbridge - Solihull - West Sussex.
• Roads & weather for Crieff/Auchterarder area of Scotland from Windy Wilson.
• Current bridge status - Humber Bridge - Forth Bridges - Cleddau Bridge - Tay Road Bridge - Severn Bridges - Tamar Crossings - Cowes Floating Bridge.

• COASTAL & MARINE FORECASTS & ASSOCIATED WARNINGS & TIDE TIMES

• Shipping forecast+gale warning (print version) - Inshore waters+strong wind (print) - High seas forecast+storm warning (print) - 3-15 day extended outlook (print) from Met Office.
• Shipping forecast - Inshore waters - Extended outlook - High seas forecast from BBC Weather.
• Channel Islands Shipping Forecast from Jersey Met.
• Isle of Man shipping forecast (+ pdf version) - 5 day coastal waters forecast (+ pdf version) from Ronaldsway Met Office.
• Worldwide Met-Ocean Information & Warning Service (WWMIWS) Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS) - METAREA 1 Enhanced Group Call (EGC) & NAVTEX messages from WMO (Only latest data available. Other warnings may still be in force) [How to read NAVTEX by Jolly Parrot - Notes on NAVTEX & EGC from egmdss.com].
• British Isles coastal forecasts (68 areas) - European-wide gale warning chart from Meteo Consult.
• Channel Islands shipping forecast from Port of Jersey.
• Orkney Harbour Scapa Flow forecast from DTN.
• Irish sea area forecast - Marine warnings - Coastal reports - Sea crossing - Irish inland lakes from Met Éireann.
• Surge model forecast (+ archive) from National Tidal & Sea Level Facility.
• Surfing - Big G Surf Forecast - Big Salty - Surf-Forecast - Surfline - Kite Addicts (kite surfers) - Windguru (windsurfers) - wisuki (surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, sailing).
• UK Tide Times - for the next 5 days from BBC Weather (sourced from UK Hydrographic Office).
• UK, Isle of Man & Channel Islands 'Easy Tide' Tide Times - for the next 7 days from Admiralty Maritime Data Solutions.
• British Isles Tide Times - for next 28 days for a selection of ports from the National Tidal & Sea Level Facility.

• AVIATION FORECASTS

• Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs) - Orbifly - Skylink - allmetsat - ukga (raw coded TAFs) - [Met Office TAF decode]
• Gliding forecasts - David Masson's Lasham, Hampshire Soaring Forecast - Sid's (Ian Smith's) Nympsfield forecast for Bristol & Gloucs Gliding Club - Phil Warner's Dunstable Downs Weather Brief for London Gliding Club.
• Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction (RASP) Blipmap (Boundary Layer Information Prediction) Forecasts - town & city BLIP forecasts - Forecast upper air soundings - custom soundings for dozens more locations from Dr Jack.
• Paragliding forecast/current conditions from Paragliding Map.
• Paragliding & hang gliding forecast including wind at 10m, stars (thermals), airspace & NOTAMs from Fly Bubble.
• Channel Islands Aviation Forecast from Jersey Met.
• Volcanic ash advisories - forecast text & graphics & London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) products from Met Office.

• MOUNTAIN WEATHER FORECASTS & SKIING CONDITIONS

• NW & SW Highlands - N Grampian - S Grampian & SE Highlands - Mourne Mountains - Lake District - Yorkshire Dales - Peak District - Snowdonia - Brecon Beacons Mountain Forecasts from Met Office.
• Mountain Forecasts - Lake District National Park Weatherline.
• NW Higlands, W Highlands, Cairngorms & Monadhliath, SE Highlands, S Uplands, Lake District, Yorkshire Dales + N Pennines, Peak District, Snowdonia/Eryri, Brecon Beacon mountain forecasts from MWIS.
• 2 day site specific mountain forecasts for Ireland from Met Éireann.
• Worldwide individual mountain summit forecasts including 100 highest UK mountains from mountain-forecast.com.
• Collection of links to mountain weather forecasts split by area from the Database of British & Irish Hills.
• Scottish Avalanche Information Service (+ archive since 1993).
• 3 day Scottish munro forecasts from Munrobagger.
• Scottish ski forecasts & mountain weather from Winterhighland.
• UK ski resort & UK snow forecast maps from snow-forecast.com.
• Scottish Ski Information from Visit Scotland.
• 3-day Scottish resort forecasts from Ski Club of Great Britain.
• 5-day Lecht ski resort forecast from Lecht 2090.

• AGRICULTURE & WILDFIRE FORECASTS

• UK farming weather forecast (rain, wind, temperature & spraying guide) from Farming Online.
• Aphid forecast from Rothamsted Research Insect Survey.
• BlightSpy potato forecasts from ADHB.
• Nematodirus forecast for sheep from SCOPS.
• Pests, diseases & monitoring services from PGRO.
• Weekly grass growth forecasts for next week & fortnight (Mar - Oct) from GrassCheck GB.
• Farmers 48 hour weather forecast (just enter town or postcode) from Farmers Guardian.
• Farmers 72 hour weather forecast (just enter postcode) from Farmers Guide.
• Farmers 72 hour weather forecast & spraying guide (just enter postcode) from Procam.
• Farmers 10 day rain, wind, temperature and spray guide forecast (just choose postcode district) from Farming Online.
• Forecast commentary for Ireland from Met Éireann.
• Fire Severity Index (FSI) forecast for England & Wales from Met Office.
• Occasional news posts about willdfire danger for Scotland from Scottish Fire & Rescue Service.
• Fire Weather Index (FWI) for Ireland from Met Éireann.
• Fire Danger Notices for Ireland from Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
• EFFIS WIldfire Risk Viewer for Europe from Copernicus.
• 3 month UK Hydrological Outlook (rainfall, river flows & groundwater) (+ summary) (+ archive) from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH).

• ASTRONOMY & SPACE WEATHER FORECASTS

• 0-4 day space weather forecasts (including solar activity/wind, gemagnetic activity & aurora forecasts) from Met Office.
• Monthly sky maps from Skymaps.
• Monthly night sky from Astronomy.co.uk.
• 0-3 day space weather forecasts (select nearest large town) & array of other charts from In-The-Sky.org.
• Astronomical observing calendar from the British Astonomical Association.
• Sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, interactive sky chart & lots more for any location (e.g. London) globally from Heavens Above.
• Astronomy forecast for any location (just type the first half of yourpostcode in the box) in the UK from Weatherweb.net.
• Hourly astronomers forecasts from Clear Outside.
• 3 day global geomagnetic activity forecast from BGS.

• SPORTS & OTHER OUTDOOR LEISURE ACTIVITY FORECASTS etc.

• Range of forecasts for sporting activities & events from Netweather.
• TV sports events including league & cup football match forecasts & other forecasts for hobbies from Metcheck.
• Going & weather forecasts (click on rading fixtures) from British Horseracing Authority.
• Course forecasts for cycling time trial events from myWindsock.
• 0-5 day Golf course forecast (including golf conditions rating) from GolfWeather.
• Beach forecasts & tide times for 500 locations - Will it rain today? from Met Office.
• UV Index & Dose from DWD.
• UV Index Calculator to calculate maximum potential UV index value anywhere on earth from Environment Canada.
• Air Quality Forecasts - UK (DEFRA) - Scotland (gov.Scot) - Northern Ireland (DAERA-NI) - Manchester (Clean Air GM) - British Isles (CAMS via CERC) - Europe (CAMS).
• Air pollution, UV, pollen & temperature forecasts for London - Airtext.
• Migraine, Flu & Rheumatism forecast from Meteovista.
• Pollen forecast - Benadryl - Met Office - Netweather - Meteovista - Univ Worcester (weekly) - Met Éireann.
• Scottish midge forecast from Smidgeup.
• River Tweed weekly prospects from FishPal.
• 0-1 day Peak wind generation forecast (including time) for Great Britain from BM Reports.
• 0-2 day Carbon Intensity Forecast for the GB Electrical System from National Grid & Others.
• 0-2 day Carbon Intensity Forecast & energy news for the GB Electrical System from electricity info.
• 0-1 day WWF's UK Green Energy Forecast - for finding out the greenest time to use electricity. (new)

• UP TO TWO WEEKS AHEAD

• Met Office - BBC Weather - theweatheroutlook - Weather Online (next 7 days only).

• MONTH AHEAD

• Met Office - BBC Weather - Netweather - Mark Vogan - theweatheroutlook - Weather Without Technology - Weather Online - Weather Channel - GavsWeatherVids - Copernicus (for Europe) - Met Éireann (Ireland).

• THREE MONTHS AHEAD

• Met Office - Hydrological Outlook (rain/river/groundwater) (+archive) for next 3 months from various organisations - Met Éireann (for Ireland) (new) - Copernicus (for Europe) - Columbia Climate School IRI (global).

• SEASONAL & LONGER

  (seasonal unless otherwise stated)
• Netweather - GavsWeatherVids - Weather Online - Weather Without Technology - Mark Vogan - Weather Outlook - Copernicus (for Europe) - Met Office (seasonal to decadal) - Met Office (global seasonal climate outlook).

• NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP) MODEL FORECAST CHARTS

• WEBSITES PROVIDING CHARTS FROM SEVERAL NWP MODELS
• WxCharts - Netweather - theweatheroutlook (TWO) - Wetterzentrale Top Karten - WeatherOnline - Starlings Roost - Ventusky - Windy.com - Meteologix - Meteoblue.
• LINKS TO SPECIFIC NWP MODEL CHARTS
• Met Office charts - T+24,36,48,60,72,84,96,120 hour from G Mueller - 0-120 hour from MWIS - T+24,36,48,60,72,96,120 hour + mosaic of all from Infomet - 0-5 day MSLP Animation from Met Office.
• Met Office UKV model charts - 0-5 day from Netweather.
• Met Office MOGREPS-G Ensemble Output - 0-8 day graphs for counties from Netweather.
• ECMWF charts - 0-10 day from G Mueller - 0-10 day from Met Éireann 0-15 day medium range (+ verification) - 0-42 day extended range - 0-13 month long-range from ECMWF.
• GEM charts - 0-16 day (UK) from Weather Online.
• GME charts - 0-3 day (Europe) from G Mueller.
• ICON-EU charts - 0-5 day (Europe) from Wetterdienst.
• DWD charts - Today, +1, +2 & +3 day & Various 0-4.5 day charts from DWD.
• GFS charts - 0-384hr from G Mueller - 0-192hr from Univ of Wyoming - 0-7 day + vert prof from Wetter3 - 0-7 day from MetVUW - 0-6 day from COLA - 0-7 day from BigSalty - 0-10 day from Wetterdienst.
• JMA charts - 0-8 day from G Mueller.
• WRF charts - 0-5 day for NW Europe from Meteocenter.
• NWW3 charts - 0-10 day Wave Watch III simulation from Metcheck.
• NAVGEM charts - 0-8 day from Weather Online.
• NMM/NEMS - 0-144 hr charts, meteograms, multimodel etc - from Meteoblue.
• BOLAM - 0-72 hr charts from latest model run from ARPAL.
• NCEP ensemble charts - 0-15 day from ESRL.
• 0-15 day GFS ensemble charts for 13 UK cities & lots more 'expert' charts from Weather Online.
• 0-7 day Atlantic rainfall & airmass charts & Briish Isles sea surface temperature (updated Tue & Fri) from Met Éireann.
• 0-24 hr charts for professionals from Meteogroup.
• 0-72 hr GFS and HIRLAM convective weather maps from Lightning Wizard.
• 0-10 day various maps & charts from Weather Channel.
• Short term climate outlooks (temp, precip & soil moisture) from COLA.
• Novel 10 day ECMWF, GFS, ICON-EU, ICON, NEMS, AROME charts from Windy.com.
• 0-16 day Atlantic + 0-10 day interactive global jetstream forecast from Netweather.
• 0-10 day visualisation of weather conditions from various sources from Ventusky.
• 1-2 day noon Northern Europeean forecast charts produced by meteorologists from met.no.
• 0-3.5 day Met Office synoptic charts and past week annotated archive from MWIS.
• Long-term monthly & seasonal forecast of Europe temperature & rainfall anomalies using ECMWF output from EFFIC.

• FORECAST CHARTS FOR PILOTS

• Surface & flight level wind, temp & sig weather WAFC prognostic charts from the Icelandic Met Office.
• Northwood HF B/W Radiofax charts of N Atl from JOMOC (login required).
• 0-36hr World Area Fcst System Data (WAFS) showing turbulence, icing, cumulonimbus cloud & wind from NOAA.
• High Level (FL250-630) ICAO Area H Atlantic/Polar, ICAO Area B1 Africa/Europe & Mid Level (FL100-450) Atlantic SIGWX Charts (6 hourly & 24 hr archive) from NOAA AWC.
• Regional Atmos Soaring Prediction (RASP) glider pilot charts & spot forecasts from Paul Scorer.
• 0-7 day RASP 'desktop' charts & RASP 'mobile' charts (+ archive since 2016) from RASP UK (Stratus).
• MicroClimat (useful site for pilots).
• Live updates of the weather and other relevant information for flight planning from SkyVector.

• FORECAST CHARTS FOR MARINERS & WATERSPORTS ENTHUSIASTS

• 0-24 hr (+archive) Euro Storm Fcst from ESTOFEX.
• 0-10 day wave height charts from Met Éireann.
• Irish waters forecasts - 0-3 day ROMS forecast charts - 0-6 day wave forecasts - 0-2 year tidal predictions from Irish Marine Institute.
• 0-10 day surface pressure/frontal charts - Interactive weather chart (subscription required to view content) from Meteo Consult.
• 1-4 day Atlantic 500hPa, surface, wind & wave ht, period & direction North Atlantic forecast charts from NOAA Ocean Prediction Center.
• Wind, Wave and weather charts for the British Isles & beyond from Passage Weather.
• 0-6 day Theyr FS & WW3 weather & ocean charts for sailors from Yachting & Boating World.
• Charts for surfers - Surfline (new) - Surf-Forecast.
• 0-7.5 day Wavewatch III jet stream winds from Stormsurfing.
• Radiofax charts for N Atlantic & latest chart briefing - World Area Forecast Center Fax charts - London (tif format) from US NWS.
• Frank Singleton's array of GMDSS & other marine forecasts.
• 0-5 day wind predictions around British Isles updated every 6 hours (model used not specified) from Windology.

• FORECAST ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION & OTHER CHARTS

• 0-7 day atmospheric dust load charts & aerosol optical depth (also North Atlantic) from University of Athens.
• 0-3 day dust from WMO.
• 0-3 day dust from WMO Barcelona Dust Regional Center.
• 0-4 day Total Ozone & deviation from normal maps from Environment Canada.
• 0-10 day UV from TEMIS.
• 0-3 day European Pollution forecast (6 pollutants) from Rhenish Institute.
• 0-6 day NW Europe Tropospheric Ducting Forecast from Dx Info.
• 0-3 day lightning forecast from TALOS project from Univ of Athens.