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Links to sites that provide useful weather information for UK free flight.
Current weather reports from surface stations

  • Wendy Windblows - Automatic Weather Stations at Popular Flying Sites Wendy Windblows - a series of automatic weather stations on hang gliding and paragliding sites round the UK. You can phone them, or access them on the Web to find out what it's ACTUALLY doing, RIGHT NOW on your favourite site. If you have already subscribed go to the Wendy Windblows Home Page or click on the picture to find out more and subscribe online.

  • Cross Country Weather - UK Wind Map. Dave Billignton's weather information for the free flying community.

  • National Data Bouy Center : UK Regional Map. Gives actual weather and sea information from marine stations located around the UK. Stations updated every hour. From the National Data Buoy Center.

  • Airport Information and Weather. METAR & TAF. Info. for decoding METAR's & TAF's is available from a page at UWCC Hang Gliding Club:- Decoding TAF's and METAR's and at the NOAA National Weather Service (USA):- METAR TAF Information Page.

  • The Weather Underground. Latest weather for many sites around the UK.
    • Weather forecasting for the next few days

  • Wetherjack. Specialist UK glider weather forecasts.

  • Rob Arnold's Weather Page. Part of Para-Excellence and Leading Edge Paragliding - a BHPA registered school and shop on the North Wales coast.

  • WeatherOnline. Excellent site with many forecast charts (some models run to 14 days) including wind arrows for the United Kingdom.

  • Unisys Weather: MRF for Europe. Updated at around 0900 UTC. For eample, +7.5 is one week today at mid-day. +3.5 Days, +4.5 Days, +5.5 Days, +6.5 Days, +7.5 Days, +8.5 Days, +9.5 Days. From Unisys Weather.

  • ECMWF medium-range forecast charts. This page contains contour plots from the European Center for Medium range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) forecast model. The model runs to 6 days.

  • Medium Range (0-6 Days) MRF Forecast For Europe issued by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

  • The Met. Office:
    Weather for the United Kingdom
    3 day surface pressure animation

  • METFAX - these charts originate from The Met. Office in Bracknell and are made available via the excellent WetterZentrale:
    MSLP analysis (ASXX)
    T+24hr MSLP forecast (FSXX)
    T+36hr MSLP forecast (FSXX)
    T+48hr MSLP forecast (FSXX)
    T+60hr MSLP forecast (FSXX)
    T+72hr MSLP forecast (FSXX)
    T+96hr MSLP forecast (FS/FUXX)
    T+120hr MSLP forecast (FS/FUXX)

  • Weather.co.uk. Maps, Climate Statistics and local United Kingdom forecasts for a few days ahead.

  • OnlineWeather.com. United Kingdom forecasts for a few days ahead. Also has good links to other weather related sites.

  • PA Weather Centre. 3 day forecasts for the United Kingdom.

  • Teletext Weather. 4 day forecasts for the United Kingdom.
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