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weather There is a wealth of meteorological information on the world wide web. This page points you at some of the best sites. Many of them are designed for aviators, while some are general interest weather sites. Enjoy!

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General Info

All flight planning, meteorological and operational data presented should be used as a guide only and should in no way be taken as "official" sources. Reference should always be made to the U.K. AIP (Aeronautical Information Publication), the Air Navigation Order, relevant NOTAMs and Meteorological bulletins.

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Weather for Aviators

Avbrief
Flight briefing services for pilots. European TAFs and METARs free of charge. Other services - eg flight planning, SIGMETs, Volmet Groups and worldwide airfield information - available on annual subscription

The UK Met. Office
Regional and national forecasts

Met Office Free aviation weather
TAFs and METARs on line

Swedish Civil Aviation Authority
free METARs, TAFs and 18 hour TAFs for major airfields

Nottingham University Meteosat images
images transmitted by the Meteosat satellite - see also Meteosat slideshow of satellite images

US National Weather Service
TAFs and METARs

Intellicast World Weather
satellite views as well as more normal forecasts

Totally Weather
aviation weather on-line service

MonkeyPlan.com
TAFs / METARs - mission preparation site

Wendy Windblows
a unique experiment which links unmanned weather stations around the UK, allowing private pilots to gather local information and draw informed conclusions about local weather trends

Ballooning Weather
good set of links to aviation weather sites around the Web

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Met info

Air BP - Clouds
explanation of cloud types

AtmoSphere
general met info / glossary

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General weather

The UK Met. Office
Regional and national forecasts

PA WeatherCentre
National and regional forecasts

BBC
National and local forecasts

CNN
Major towns and cities in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales listed in "Europe" box.

The Weather Channel
Limited list of UK cities - 3 day outlook as well as actual details

The Weather Underground
Actual conditions and 3 day forecast

The Weather Channel

Intellicast

Rain or Shine Weather - USA

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