Favourite (free) Internet Weather Sites

[saltwater_gypsy]

About a week ago I invited Forumites to tell me about their preferred internet sites for Weather Predictions. I got an varied and interesting response. Here is the resultant list.I'm sure there are others and if there are just add them on.Thanks.

GOOD INTERNET WEATHER FORECAST SITES

Passageweather
Excellent for world wide coverage. 7-day prediction of Wind Strength, Synoptic Charts, Wave Height,Precipitation,Visibility, Sea temperature and local forecasts. Gulf Stream strength and direction
Very easy to use
Plus weather information for Major Yacht Race Venues e.g. Fastnet, Sydney Hobart etc
www.passageweather.com

Wind Guru
Good site if you happen to be a selected location.
Bias towards surfers. Pro. version available
www.windguru.com/int/index.php?typ=none


WeatherOnline
Good worldwide coverage of wind and rain
www.weatheronline.co.uk

XCweather
This is good for UK wind and weather. Quick and easy.
www.xcweather.co.uk/

Fukgesteuerte Wetterstaion
Synoptic chart for Atlantic and Europe Same as Met. Office but free.
www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/bracka.html

EuroWeather
Good site with hour by hour record of windspeed, pressure etc
Choose your own location. Useful table with weather around Europe.
You are not alone in the wind and rain!!
http://www.eurometeo.com/english/home

Printout of the UK shipping forecast
Say no more!
http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/UKMOFFAT

Frank Singleton’s Weather for Sailors
Excellent site with masses of info.Europe and America
Frank sails a HR34 so emphasis is on sailing info.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/franksweather/

Met Office Satellite Animation
Fascinating to see the weather systems roll in. Slow to load
www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

Windfinder
Worldwide coverage, mobile phone friendly.
Leads to some of the other sites listed here
http://www.windfinder.com/

Mark Stronge’s UK Weather Portal
Good for UK but many other links from the site+ GRIB files
UK Tide tables, Surf forecast. Freeware GRIB downloader software
www.stronge.org.uk/marine.html

Ant Veal’s Great Weather
Another portal for UK weather forecasts plus unusual data e.g. Lightning strikes!
10-day weather and 6 hourly reports. Pro. And amateur reports. Road reports.
Archived data from 1899, Webcams across the UK. Masses of stuff!!
http://www.greatweather.co.uk/

Wunderground
Some interesting alternative locations. Heat index, Windchill, Humidity
Worldwide coverage
http://www.wunderground.com/


Sat24.com
More European satellite animations with rainfall radar etc
Faster load up than Met Office satpics. Open up and the clods are on the move!
http://www.sat24.com/frame.php?html=view&country=gb&sat=vis

UGRIB weather data for free
Has the GRIB.US data which is incorporated into many other sites
Some interesting leads from this site.
www.navagear.com/2007/04/ugrib-weather-data-for-free/

Magic Seaweed
Cool site for surfers. Interesting data on swell height and period plus wind strength
Webcans and spectacular photos. Animated GFS grib data
http://magicseaweed.com/