Weather information and current NOTAMs

The sources of weather information here 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

NOTAMS
    from
National Air
Traffic Services

UK (EGTT and EGPX)
FIR NOTAMs

48-Hour Warnings and Restrictions

  SPINE - The "Soaring Pilots Intelligent NOTAM Editor", from the BGA / JR Goodenough. Use this
 Windows  application to select, fetch, edit, display and print NOTAM data from the AIS website.

   Flight Plan FORM:      ●   Fill it in on-line      ●   Print it ..... Fax it      ●   Get set ..... Go!

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)
Orbifly
Here's the excellent weather page for a Swiss/French website Orbifly Flight School that provides pop-up Metars and TAF's over a map of the UK or Europe - quicker that Metweb for sure, and easy to use.
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
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..
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.
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.
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.
UK weather resources
From the UK Weather Info website - a comprehensive listing of weather collections from around the UK
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!
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
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
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

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