UK WEATHER & AIR QUALITY FORECASTING TEACHING PORTAL

Links

ManUniCast has compiled a list of sites that provide weather and air-quality observations and forecasts for the Manchester area, UK and world.

Whilst we will endevour to check that no links are broken, should you find a broken link, please contact us to let us know.

Manchester Surface Weather Observations

• Whitworth Observatory, University of Manchester campus:
  http://www.cas.manchester.ac.uk/restools/whitworth/data/

Manchester Air-Quality Observations

• Whitworth Observatory, University of Manchester campus:
  http://www.cas.manchester.ac.uk/restools/whitworth/data/airquality/index.html

UK Surface Weather Observations

• WunderMap: Weather Underground
  http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/
• XCW Weather:
  http://www.xcweather.co.uk/
• WeatherObservationsWebsite: Met Office
  http://wow.metoffice.gov.uk/
• Marine Weather Buoys:
  http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/United_Kingdom.shtml

UK Air Quality Measurements

• Defra:
  http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/latest/

(The results are based on the maximum air quality index measured across all stations in each region. For the current day, the map is based on the most recent measurements. For historical days, it displays the daily maximum air quality index.)

• Scottish Air Quality Measurements:
  http://www.scottishairquality.co.uk/
• EUSAAR (European Supersites for Atmospheric Aerosol Research):
  http://www.eusaar.net/
• EMEP (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme):
  http://www.emep.int/

World Surface Weather Observations

• European Severe Weather Database:
  http://www.essl.org/cgi-bin/eswd/eswd.cgi
• World Weather Information Service: World Meteorological Organization
  http://worldweather.wmo.int/

Air Quality Observations and Forecasts

• UK DEFRA
  http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/

Upper-Air Observations

(Profiles of temperature, moisture and wind from instrumented weather balloons):

• Global: University of Wyoming
  http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html

Lightning Data

• Europe: Blitzortung
  http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php

Meteorological Charts

• weathercharts.org:
  http://www.weathercharts.org/

Satellite Imagery of Clouds and Winds

• Europe: sat24.com
  http://www.sat24.com/
• Global Winds: NOAA/NESDIS
  http://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/datasets/OSCATData.php

Radar Imagery of Precipitation

• UK: Netweather
  http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=
• UK: Rain Today by Meteogroup
  http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
• Western Europe: meteox
  http://www.meteox.co.uk/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=loop1uur

Other

• Chilbolton Observatory:
  http://www.stfc.ac.uk/chilbolton/24989.aspx
• WeatherSpark:
  http://weatherspark.com/
• UK Weatherworld:
  http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/
• Metbrief:
  http://www.metbrief.com/index.html

Warnings

• European extreme weather: Meteoalarm
  http://www.meteoalarm.info/

Manchester and UK Weather Forecasts

• Manchester: BBC
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123

London Air Quality Forecasts

• airTEXT: Free air pollution, UV, pollen and temperature forecasts for Greater London
  http://www.airtext.info/

UK Air Quality Forecasts

• Defra:
  http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/forecasting/

(These pages provide air-pollution forecasts from Defra and the Devolved Administrations. Here you will find daily updated forecasts of UK air pollution concentrations for up to 24 hours ahead. Forecasts are issued for sixteen urban areas and sixteen UK regions; these cover roadside, urban background and rural locations.)

US Air Quality Forecasts

• NOAA US AQ forecasts
  http://airquality.weather.gov/