weather maps on the web?

[snowleopard]

can anyone give me a url for a 'proper' weather map on the www. on the boat i get nice 1-5 day synoptic charts from nothwood by ssb/fax and i'm sure there must be an equivalent online somewhere.

 

[halcyon]

Try the following,

http:// [url]www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk [/url]


Brian

 

[FlyingSpud]

Try <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.maalla.co.uk/uk-weather/syn.htm>http://www.maalla.co.uk/uk-weather/syn.htm</A>

 

[snowleopard]

thanks, but \'page can\'t be displayed nm

nm

 

[snowleopard]

just the job, thanks nm

nm

 

[halcyon]

Odd site works ok, must be forum link or my fingers.


http://www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk/


Brian

 

[halcyon]

Re: thanks, but \'page can\'t be displayed nm

test


<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk/>http://www.ukweather.freeserve.co.uk/</A>

brian

 

[halcyon]

Re: thanks, finger problem nm

nm

 

[paul_lomax]

Try the YBW weather section - we have synoptic charts for 0, 24, 48 and 72 hours ahead.

 

[LadyInBed]

WeatherOnline
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/windframe?3&CONT=ukuk&WIND=g232&LANG=en
UKMO 5day Charts
http://www.npm.ac.uk/rsdas/tim/weather.html
Isobar map GMDSS
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/tempusfugit/marine/gmdss.htm
USAF synoptic
http://ows.public.sembach.af.mil/wxcharts/wxcharts.htm
Ant Veal's UK Weather Centre
http://www.greatweather.co.uk/
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - ECMWF
http://www.ecmwf.int/
Frank singleton Home Page
http://www.franksingleton.clara.net/

 

[Spacewaist]

Good link - Thanks..(NM)

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[alex_rogers]

The NOAA has lots of weather information for free. Their general weather site is at -

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm

If you use SSB for weather fax they have updated schedules which includes Northwood here -

http://weather.gov/om/marine//rfax.pdf

They have all the MetOffice surface charts up to 120 hours at -

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/

- this is a bit messy but the MetOffice charts at PPVA89.TIF for current , PPVE89.TIF for 24 hour etc. These files are also available by email from the NOAA ftpmail service. This is quite handy if you're using a laptop with a mobile phone and don't want to try browsing the web with a slow connection. If you send the following email to ftpmail@weather.noaa.gov , they respond automatically within a few minutes and email you back the complete set of weather charts.

open
cd fax
get PPVA89.TIF
get PPVE89.TIF
get PPVG89.TIF
get PPVI89.TIF
get PPVJ89.TIF
get PPVK89.TIF
get PPVM89.TIF
get PPVO89.TIF
quit

There are instructions on the NOAA website.

 

[ccscott49]

You can also try, www.wetterzentrale.de, it's a german site, but quite straighforward. They have weather maps from many, many sources, including met office, for free.

 

[FlyingSpud]

Question

Given
1. Synoptic Weather charts are an essential safety requirement
2. We all know a 101 ways of getting Met Office Synoptic charts for free – as can be seen from the responses on this page
Does anyone want to tell me why the Met Office still charges for providing them, and why we should pay?

 

[alex_rogers]

Re: Question

The same goes for the coefficients for calculating tidal heights - for some reason these are copyright and you have to pay the UKHO for them - free everywhere else.

NIMA - I guess the US equivalent of the UKHO -

http://pollux.nss.nima.mil/index/index.html

- is in the process of putting all its publication on the web in .pdf format. You can already download sight reduction tables, list of lights etc.

 

[ccscott49]

Re: Question

Dont get shirty with HM government!! When was LOGIC ever used by a government department, you're just being silly!!!

 

[FlyingSpud]

Re: Question

You are right, stupid of me, I'll see if I can be booked in for re-programming

 

[jonjo]

Re: Hourly weather buoy stats

The URL was posted earlier in this thread but I thought it worth an extra mention, the site impresses my techno brain.

Somehow hourly weather stats are beamed from about 15 offshore buoys in UK waters and displayed free of charge on the site. You get wind speed, wave height, vis, air temp, water temp, wave period, pressure and more...

The 24 hour history is also useful for those learning how the weather ticks.

Channel Lightship = 40 kts as I post
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?station=62103

Map
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

 

[snowleopard]

works ok now, maybe server was offline, thanks nm

nm

 

[graham]

Impressed with that one Flying Spud. Enough wind to make Spuds Fly tommorow I think.

Handy that it also does the inshore forecasts which is what most of us really need.