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Analysis - what has already happened - recent reports

CHARTS	SATPICS almost real time	SATPICS high res later	RAINFALL RADAR	REPORTS some coded
Phil Layton Analysis and f'cast today	Sat 24.com Visual or IR	weatheronline polar satellites 4 passes daily	Animation Meteogroup 15 minute intervals	X/C Weather Plain language or coded
Met Office Recent + next five days	Sat 24 Archive	very high resolution 250 metres res if lucky	Met Office Old version (better?)	Reports main UK A/Fs coded
weather commerce charts	from Met Office visual or infrared	Cloud/Temps from wetterzentrale	Rain / Map display with animation	Metars & TAFs regional needs free registration
Recent synoptic from Meteocentre	via W.Cheshire College higher res but only 3 hourly	Webcams Old Page (not maintained)	Lightning	Metar History as long as 15 days

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Forecasting links and Tools

Charts ECMWF alt presentation	expert.weatheronline	S'dings measured source Wyoming	BBC cloud / rain past + forecast	TAFs Coded - up to 24 hrs ahead
RASP/Blipmaps complex - persevere	Weatherweb	S'dings forecast GFS interactive	Forecast Rain from GFS	TAFs from Met Off needs free registration
Meteoblue comprehensive	Met Office F214 & F215 Aviation wx & winds	Jet Stream	Forecast Cloud/Temps from wetterzentrale	Metars v long history (many years)

Soundings Forecast GFS. NOTE in the long url http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/java/plot_soundings.cgi?airport=52%2C-1;&n_hrs=12&data_source=GFS
the default lat & long used is 52N, -1 (minus is west) and default hrs is 12 Modify for your location and the period ahead for which the forecast is required.
Needs practice. Right click on display and experiment with various Tdry and Tdew, mouse hover, etc

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Sundry links (perhaps less often needed) including Plain Language forecasts and sky pictures

Charts from KNMI Dutch met source	Weathercommerce no-nonsense - good site	weatheronline archives Tdry, Tdew, etc (Pay service)	decoding help metars & tafs	World Reports
Meteorlogica comprehensive	BBC plain language	Ian Collins photos	Tdry / Tdew / RH conversions	Wendy Windblows Hill top obs
Ogimet many sub-links	Met Office plain language	wolkenatlas skies	Met Office education	Private wx stations needs free registration
Sea Temperatures useful for sea breeze effects	weatheronline eight days	Bernard Hulsof skies	Normalfore Another of Jack's websites	Snapperjack Yet another by Jack

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Below are links to area forecasts provided by club enthusiasts (click on the logo)
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Background about Jack

I was a professional pilot for over 40 years retiring on 60th birthday in Dec 1998. Total hours all types 18,000 +

18 years in the RAF, mostly large Transport aircraft or instructing. The final tour combined both - a C130 Hercules instructor.
IThen an airline pilot with Air UK (later KLM UK) flying types such as the BAe146; a Training Captain for much of the time.
My first gliding solo was in May 1955 and the) diamond badge was completed in 1982 in a Std Cirrus.

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