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Topic: Weather forecasting sites

Posted By: theycallmegod
Subject: Weather forecasting sites
Date Posted: 21 Apr 09 at 5:44pm

Does anyone know any good general weather sites?
I'm Ten Tors training again this weekend on Dartmoor and i need a decent forecast- including useful things like visibility, hour by hour rainfall and cloud cover...

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Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 21 Apr 09 at 5:52pm

xc weather would be your best bet because it's for pilots and those who take to the skies. There is a visibility option in the menu on the left. You just need to check your nearest airfield - probably Cardinham.

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/ - http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

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Posted By: dave.blakesley
Date Posted: 21 Apr 09 at 8:41pm

metcheck!

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Posted By: Webmuppet
Date Posted: 21 Apr 09 at 9:48pm

Metcheck would be my prefered site too but the Ten Tors website has a link to the relevant Met Office page - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_weather.html - clicky

Nigel
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_weather.html -

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Posted By: theycallmegod
Date Posted: 21 Apr 09 at 10:33pm

The main thing I'm worried about is the visibility- the fog can really come down and the navigation gets very tough...

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