Weather Links

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3-6 day Atlantic met charts (good!)	Good if you need the Isobars etc to see what is happening
9-day North Atlantic Charts	As above but in colour also
Articles on the Weather	An introduction into Weather effects etc
BBC Weather	"And now the weather from the BBC"
Channel Light Vessel	At 49N 2W is this weather indicator
Current weather info from buoys	A quick way of viewing automatic weather stations around the UK
Channel Light Vessel	At 49N 2W is this weather indicator
Current weather info from buoys	A quick way of viewing automatic weather stations around the UK
GB actual weather chart	A German map of wind & temperatures
Irish Met Office sea area forecasts	Paddling in Ireland, check the forecast
ITN Weather	Local and general forecasts available
Lyme Bay Light Vessel	At 50N 37W is this weather indicator
Magic Seeweed	Surf predictions in a simple view
Met Office Inshore Waters Forecast	Good information
Met Office Shipping Forecast	Didn't catch the forecast, it's here
Met Office UK 3 day forecast	Paddling at the weekend? Find out here
Meteorological Office	The main weather people in the UK
Online Weather (recommended!)	An On-line company who try to let us know what is happening
Royal Meteorological Society	May need to download a bit of code to view this site
Solent Weather Forecast	The local forecast
Surf Forecast	Going Surfing check out the weather
Teeside Whitewater course	Checkout the artificial slalom course in the North of England
Tok Karten (satellite images etc.)	If your German is not so good just look at these excellent satellite pictures
UK Weather Map	From the bowels of the Daily Telegraph
Wave Heights from Weather Stations	Data from all the bouys if you need it
Web Cams of the UK	Web Cams of the weather, very good if you thinking of surfing!
World Meteorological Organisation	They can tell you where the satellites are right now

Bft.	Knots	km/h	Label	Effect on sea
0	1	1	Calm	Sea like a mirror
1	1-3	1-5	Light Air	Ripples with the appearance of scales are formed, but without foam crests
2	4-6	6-11	Light Breeze	Small wavelets, still short, but more pronounced. Crests have a glassy appearance and do not break
3	7-10	12-19	Gentle Breeze	Large wavelets. Crests begin to break. Foam of glassy appearance. Perhaps scattered white horses
4	11-15	20-28	Moderate Breeze	Small waves, becoming larger; fairly frequent white horses
5	16-21	29-38	Fresh Breeze	Moderate waves, taking a more pronounced long form; many white horses are formed. Chance of some spray
6	22-27	39-49	strong Breeze	Large waves begin to form; the white foam crests are more extensive everywhere. Probably some spray
7	28-33	50-61	Near Gale	Sea heaps up and white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the direction of the wind
8	34-40	62-74	Gale	Moderately high waves of greater length; edges of crests begin to break into spindrift. The foam is blown in well-marked streaks along the direction of the wind
9	41-47	75-88	Severe Gale	High waves. Dense streaks of foam along the direction of the wind. Crests of waves begin to topple, tumble and roll over. Spray may affect visibility
10	48-55	89-102	Storm	Very high waves with long over-hanging crests. The resulting foam, in great patches, is blown in dense white streaks along the direction of the wind. On the whole the surface of the sea takes on a white appearance. The 'tumbling' of the sea becomes heavy and shock-like. Visibility affected
11	56-63	103-117	Violent Storm	Exceptionally high waves (small and medium-size ships might be for a time lEast to view behind the waves). The sea is completely covered with long white patches of foam lying along the direction of the wind. Everywhere the edges of the wave crests are blown into froth. Visibility affected
12	64-71	118-133	Hurricane	The air is filled with foam and spray. Sea completely white with driving spray; visibility very seriously affected