Wednesday 27 February 2013

Weather forecasting


Ann and myself went to a great lecture up at the Clachaig  Innlast night, the last in their winter series. It was presented by Andy Nelson, deputy leader of Glencoe Mountain Rescue, and top end guide and climber. For all you outdoor folk, checking the weather conditions is imperative to safe days out, and Andy passed on details of a couple of weather sites that I hadn't been aware of before.

The first was http://www.wetterzentrale.de/ a German site that gives great charts on weather systems across Europe including temperature charts. This type of information is essential to getting an idea about past and future weather patterns.

The other site is the good old met office site that in the past I've always dismissed a little as I thought it was too broad brush. But delve a little deeper into the site, and within the leisure section, it is sub split into separate categories including mountains, beaches, national parks etc. So from there you can zoom into exactly where you are heading, pick out for example a peak you want to climb and it will give you detailed information for that specific peak.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/leisure/#?tab=map

In additiona to these sites, then theres a few more that are always on the list to check, so I thought I would list them here which you can add to your own weather forecasting arsenal.
 


http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/forecast/europe/with-controls/europe-infrared-sat-loop.php

And whilst I'm at it - if you're heading out in winter - don't forget to check the avalanche reporting and forecasts on the sports scotland site.

http://www.sais.gov.uk/

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