Sources of Weather information

Weather information and current NOTAMs

NOTAMS
from
National Air
Traffic Services

The sources of weather information below are from a variety of international data services. It is the legal duty of an aeroplane commander to secure appropriate advice regarding en-route weather prior to any flight

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MetWEB
The UK Meteorological Office. UK TAF's and METAR's, F214 & 215 charts, surface pressure, AIRMET, global 5-day forecasts etc.. You will need to register at the first use (this is free)

XC-Weather
Much used by the glider fraternity, an excellent way to find the current wind, temperature, dew-point, visibility, pressure and general weather situation around Britain and France

SkyLink Weather Site
A really informative site with excellent graphics, TAF's, METARS, Europe charts, and lots of other useful info. Linked to the SkyView Systems Weather Products shop with meteo etc.

AvBrief
Flight Briefing Services for Pilots. TAF's and METAR's are free, lots of other items by subscription

Meteox
A Netherlands web with excellent satellite based weather overlays to many European countries. You can also click their Google Earth link to transfer all this onto their global graphics for a much wider view.

Tom Dawes-Gamble's Aviation Information and Weather Pages
You must register (no fee) for this very comprehensive site, for which you receive a user-name and password.

The BBC weather forecast
Select "Coast and Sea" and then "Atlantic Pressure" for instance to get to a page which gives full colour / quick to load / 5 days worth / pressure synoptics / winds / summaries / temperatures etc..

Pilot Magazine
Provides links to many weather sites, plus of course details of their venerable monthly publication and lots of other light aviation related matters of interest.

The Weather Channel
Domestic rather than aeronautical, however the link above gets you to a list of UK and European airports for a 10-day forecast. Very useful during the week before the competition!

Bones Aviation Page
Flight planning links for UK pilots - including airport weather, an AIS link, satellite images, TAF and METAR decodes etc.

UK weather resources
From the UK Weather Info website - a comprehensive listing of weather collections from around the UK

Wetterzentrale
A German language site but with many of the chargeable UK Met items available free. Click on Fax and you can print-out the same charts that our Bracknell based lovelies provide at 75p/minute

PILOTbrief International
Click on "Individual Personal Users - Click here for Information and to buy". Known as WSI (Weather Services International). You must subscribe though.

Weather Underground
Regional map for all major countries of the world with visibility, temperature, wind, humidity etc. and in many cases a 5-day forecast.

NOAA Weather Service
US based. Does world-wide weather reports by airfield, including TAF's and METAR's, together with recent weather summaries etc.

Météo France
A really excellent site (in French.....) with satellite pictures and also forecasts of the expected chart for noon the next day, this link starting with the UK general weather

Theyr.net Weather Forecast
Comprehensive weather gathering site for Europe, Canada and America, giving wind, clouds, temperature and precipitation as required.

Flight Route Calculator
More for trip planning than weather, nevertheless a useful set of tools for planning down-route and pointers to associated weather sources