This site provides viewers with all sorts of weather related information. It includes live weather data, from the weather station here in Mumbles;
information on sun/moon times; tide times and heights for Mumbles; how to identifying clouds; broadcast materials from weather forecasts to the shipping forecasts; thunder storm locations; explanations of weather phenomena and links to the World Meteorological Organisation, Cloud Atlas.
Live readings from the weather station.
Present temperature
Wind speed
Wind direction
Wind source
Gust speed
Rain Data (all)
UV Index
Atmospheric pressure
For information related to moon rise/set times please follow this link …. moon rise/set times ….
For similar information on sunrise/set times follow this … sunrise/set times.
For local tide times and heights, please click the following link which will take you to the …Admiralty Easy Tide … website.
Information on inshore waters and shipping forecasts
The shipping forecast and the inshore waters reports.
These two services are provided by the Met Office; the Shipping Forecast is aimed mainly at professional sea users, along with the amateur sailing fraternity. The Inshore Waters forecast is aimed more at the general public, farmers, for whom weather conditions are important, and other people who live near the coastline and could be affected by adverse weather conditions.
The Shipping Forecast is split up into sea areas, 31 in total. The forecast is broadcast by the BBC at 0048 and 0520 (long wave and FM) 1201 and 1754 (normally long wave only). It always starts with the sea area known as Viking, which is located off the southwest coast of Norway. It continues in a clockwise direction describing the predicted weather information of the next sea area and so on, ending with South East Iceland. Click here for the map of the sea areas
Inshore waters forecast
Similar to the shipping forecast, the UK coastline is split up into sequential areas starting in the north east of Scotland at Cape Wrath going clockwise and ending up in the Shetland Islands. The inshore waters forecast provides similar information to the shipping, but on a more localised basis for the particular segment it covers. T see the latest inshore waters forecast click …here.
This service is provided by the Met Office.
How to identify clouds
This area of the site will provide you with a relatively easy way to identify clouds you see on a day to day basis.
A good starting point is to estimate the height of the lowest cloud, then go to the picture below, look for that particular height and see what clouds could be visible. Click on the green circle nearest to the cloud you think it could be. The link will then take you to the World Meteorological Cloud Atlas, which will show you real examples of the cloud and more info on it.
Aurora borealis
This area of the site will give you access to various broadcast stations, which transmit weather forecast and other weather related information.
Weather from the BBC for Mumbles,
Met office weather forecast
Windy.com
Time and Date
Thunder storm tracking.
Thunder storms can be very exciting to watch, they can also cause severe damage and can be a serious threat to life. Luckily, this country does not suffer thunderstorms on a regular basis. Click …here… for live , UK thunderstorm locations.
The following link will take you to The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation …click here… which will give you some more facts about thunderstorms in the UK.