Links

Special topic weather links

We maintain a few pages of links devoted to specific weather topics that are often difficult to find elsewhere, including:

NB Please note that the clickable map has been moved to a new page as per the link above. Any links to this map should be updated accordingly.

Weather station forums and additional information

Links to good UK weather sites

There are already several UK sites providing a comprehensive set of general weather links. I don't plan to duplicate this content so here are links to the best of these 'gateway' UK weather sites:

http://www.booty.demon.co.uk/metinfo/uswfaq.htm FAQ for the uk.sci.weather newsgroup. Essential reading for anyone interested in weather and a mine of information.
http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~brugge/ A comprehensive set of information and links from Roger Brugge
http://come.to/ukweather Richard Adams site, again with a broad coverage of weather topics and information, notably including aviation-related content
http://www.weather.org.uk/ A site dedicated to UK weather topics
http://web.bham.ac.uk/ggy4atv3/weather.htm Another excellent set of links to a range of weather sites from Ant Veal

Sources and use of automatic weather stations

  1. The UK Met Office have a useful official site describing the specification and use of AWS systems. This is well worth reading for the official view on how to make accurate AWS measurements (and why this is tricky to achieve for the typical amateur station).

Other suppliers of meteorological instruments and accessories

Met-check http://www.metcheck.co.uk/ Recommended source of traditional instruments and accessories
Barometer World http://www.barometerworld.co.uk/ Excellent source of traditional barometers and related instruments. 

RS Hydro           http://www.rshydro.co.uk                Source of environmental monitoring instrumentation and advice