Recent & Current Observational Data For The British Isles and Europe
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Hourly charts with plotted data for the British Isles, Europe and North Atlantic
(courtesy Christian Page)

United Kingdom and Ireland
Northern Europe
North Atlantic
United Kingdom and Ireland
(large version)
France
   

The hourly plotted and analysed charts are usually availble by 15 or 20 minutes past the hour

Data

Coded surface and upper-air data are available on this site in zipped format:
               Go to zipped data

Some climatic data links are also available although many may be out-of-date
                Go to Climatic Data links

OTHER SOURCES OF DATA
Unfortunately many of the sites listed have either changed their URL or have ceased to operate.
Please advise any amendments to 'tempusfugit#zetnet.co.uk' (replacing the hash with the usual e-mail @ symbol

Individual Stations

Buxton Buxton weather station (Derbyshire) site
Stoke-on-Trent weather station, Staffordshire

Surface - Land

Global text files from the GTS can be found on the GTS Text Data page

Britain & Ireland
Surface Isobaric Analysis & Plotted Observations (from University of Karlsruhe, Germany)
Precipitation, 6 hour total (in in) (from NSF Geosciences Unidata IEIS, UCAR, USA)
Surface Plotted Observations (temps. in F) (from NSF Geosciences Unidata IEIS, UCAR, USA)
Temperature, filled contours (in F) (from NSF Geosciences Unidata IEIS, UCAR, USA)
UK Air Quality - also forecasts (from AEA Technology, UK)

Full details and links to the analyses and forecast products issued by the Met Office may be found on the models page on this site.

Following list of sources is provided as is - some links may not be active!

European Surface Analysis & Plotted Observations 00Z (from Hungary)
European Surface Analysis & Plotted Observations 00Z (from the Hungarian Meteorological Service)
NW European Surface Isobaric Analysis & Plotted Observations 06Z (from Shetland News, UK)
European Contoured Air Temperatures, Sea Level Pressure & Significant Weather (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Station Temperatures, Cloud Cover, Winds & Significant Weather (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Station & Ship Air Temperatures (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Maximum Temperatures (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Precipitation, Totals & Type (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Snow Depths and Sea Surface Temperatures (from University of Cologne, Germany)
Arctic and sub-Arctic Air Temperatures, Cloud Cover, Winds & Significant Weather (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Precipitation, 6 hour total (in in) (from NSF Geosciences Unidata IEIS, UCAR, USA)
European Surface Plotted Observations (temps. in F) (from NSF Geosciences Unidata IEIS, UCAR, USA)
European Temperature, filled contours (in F) (from NSF Geosciences Unidata IEIS, UCAR, USA)
European Plotted Observations (temps. in F) (from Ohio State, USA)

Surface - Marine

Global text files fron the GTS can be found on the GTS Text Data page

Britain & Ireland
Sea Temperatures, southern Irish Sea & South-Western Approaches - choose year, month & day (from NERC RAGU, Plymouth University, UK)

European, including Britain & Ireland
European Station & Ship Air Temperatures (from University of Cologne, Germany)
European Snow Depths and Sea Surface Temperatures (from University of Cologne, Germany)
Global Significant Wave Heights (from OceanWeather, USA)
Sea Ice Extent & North Atlantic Sea Temperatures (several weeks old; from Free University of Berlin, Germany)

Sea Temperatures for north-eastern Atlantic
0000 GMT, grabbed about 1005 GMT
from http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PTUK21.TIF (from the Met. Office via NWS, USA)
as above, but in .gif format (via Shetland News, UK)

North Atlantic Sea State Analysis at 00 or 12 GMT - wave height, swell direction & wind direction (from the Met. Office via NWS, USA)

Upper Air Observations

Global text files fron the GTS can be found on the GTS Text Data page

Individual European Station Plots (via University of Wyoming, USA)
European Upper Air Observations (via University of Barcelona, Spain)

Rainfall Radar

Met Office pages for UK images
Extreme East of East Anglia (from KNMI, The Netherlands)
E'rn Kent, Straits of Dover & sw'rn North Sea (also Belgium) (from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Belgium)

Satellite

Meteosat
ESA

NOAA
NOAA imagery (non-registered users) (from NERC, University of Dundee, UK)
NOAA imagery (registered users) (from NERC, University of Dundee, UK)
Latest NOAA (registered users) (from NERC, University of Dundee, UK)

Other links for imagery
Bernard Burton's site in Wokingham or alternative access
Pacific and SE Asia via the Singapore Met Service

Please use these labels to move around this page more quickly:
Text, Surface - Land, Surface - Marine, Upper Air Observations, Rainfall Radar, Satellite
GTS Text Data can be found here & Climatic Data can be found here

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Page updated with minor amendments on 13 August 2008