weather forecast

Gasgas · May 18, 2014

Hi everybody,we have just picked up our new California and hoping to get away in it for a few days from this Monday,my question is which weather forecasts do people use,for instance we can be totally flexible and go anywhere but need a site that gives us a quick overview of the whole country so we can follow the good weather ?

Martin · May 18, 2014

Probably the most obvious but we use the met office App http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ combined with a rain radar, two of the best ones are:

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar= ... t=loop1uur

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Gasgas · May 18, 2014

Martin said:
Probably the most obvious but we use the met office App http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ combined with a rain radar, two of the best ones are:

http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar= ... t=loop1uur

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Thanks Martin ,going to take a look at them straight away

Meoncoast · May 18, 2014

And if home Sunday evening I watch Country File 7 day forecast on BBC1

Pollychops · May 18, 2014

We use www.weatherxtra.com and it has never failed us. Has regular updates and changes, we use the 7 day forecast for the location selected.

Gasgas · May 18, 2014

HY09UMU said:
And if home Sunday evening I watch Country File 7 day forecast on BBC1

Ok that sounds like a good idea will check it out thanks for the info

Gasgas · May 18, 2014

Pollychops said:
We use http://www.weatherxtra.com and it has never failed us. Has regular updates and changes, we use the 7 day forecast for the location selected.

Thanks for the reply I've had a look at this site and it's just the sort of info we are looking for :thanks

Pollychops · May 18, 2014

Glad to be of help, we have always found it very accurate.

TwentyOneThirtyFive · May 19, 2014

Try http://xcweather.co.uk/

Click on one of the wind arrows and it changes the view to week ahead. Then zoom around the country looking for the best weather.

GrannyJen · May 19, 2014

I changed to weatherextra.com after using the BBC forecast when it said current conditions for Stranraer was a big yellow thing in the sky with no cloud and on the ground I couldn't see anything through the rain and mist.

normg · May 19, 2014

http://metcheck.com

I find metcheck quite good. Might be worth trying.

PaulS. · May 19, 2014

R doo
I do quite a lot of mountain walking and use a combination of the following 3 to get a pretty accurate idea what is happening/about to happen/possibly going to happen:

- Met Office
- MWIS - Mountain Weather Information Service
- Met Office Shipping Forecast (Marine Forecast Glossary is useful if not familiar with it)

Paul

briwy · May 19, 2014

We have just got back from a weekend in LLangollen.
All three forecasts I checked said Saturday warm and sunny, (correct), Sunday cloudy and a shower, (completely wrong, sunny and warm) Monday rain, (wrong again, warm and sunny.)
Pretty much lost faith in all of them now and we just go if we feel like it and chance it.

Californiaman · May 19, 2014

I generally use the old Welsh hill farming technique - if you can see the cows on the mountain, it is going to rain. If you can't see them, it is already raining.

MKRW · May 19, 2014

We usually head for the coasts so I use www.magicseaweed.com

As not only a reasonably accurate weather / wind forcast but you also get wave information and can see what the local beach comments are for the day ahead.

Gasgas · May 20, 2014

Thanks everybody I've gained some great info ,now gonna try them out and see which works for me :thanks

KernowLad · May 20, 2014

I use WeatherPro on my iPhone - absolutely superb app that will give accurate forecasts anywhere you go. Well worth £2.50(ish).

For surf I have given up on MSW - they keep getting it wrong. Five star days keep being hopeless, two star days have been epic

(this photo below was a two star day at my local - when MSW get it wrong, no one goes in - me, on the wave, and a mate had it to ourselves - last week!!!0

I am back to using pressure charts, swell charts and an absolute gem of a "nowcast" is the superb bouys all around the UK that give real time info:

http://www.channelcoast.org/data_manage ... ta/charts/ I use the Perranporth one as a great indicator for the entire North coast of Devon and Cornwall.

I also do a bit of an FB surf report as I can see the surf from my window and stroll down most days for a little walk/surf check.

Yesterday was lovely - today isn't bad either.