Real-time weather
 

Not sure where to put this thread so it can kick off in here in the lounge until someone decides on a better place for it.

Scattered around the world are sites which give blow-by-blow descriptions of the local weather in great detail. Fivemack and I, for instance, live within a few km of
[url]http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/weather/[/url]

Do any other posters here have similar sites which let us see what's happening in their location.

We're having a nice thunderstorm right now. Real time locations of lightning bolts are mapped at [url]http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en[/url] where one can see big ongoing storms in East Anglia, the Pyrrenes, the Alps and Romania/Bosnia.

Our storm has sent the cats and chucks dashing for shelter. Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening.

[QUOTE=xilman;376546]Do any other posters here have similar sites which let us see what's happening in their location.[/QUOTE]

Not exactly the same, but during Hurricane season I always have [URL="http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/"]the Weather Underground's WunderMap open in a window on one of my virtual screens[/URL].

On the danish meteorological institute we can see on the map the current temperature, airpressure (lufttryk), humidity (luftfugtighed), windspeed (vind) and so on:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/vejr/maalinger/vejret-lige-nu/[/url]

We can see rain and snow on the radar with like 15-25 min delay:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/vejr/maalinger/radar-nedboer/[/url]

and lightning strikes on the map updated hourly:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/vejr/maalinger/lyn/[/url]

Here is an example of what lightning map looks like after a thunderstorm:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/uploads/pics/Sommeren_er_hoejsaeson_for_lyn1.jpg[/url]

[QUOTE=ATH;376564]On the danish meteorological institute we can see on the map the current temperature, airpressure (lufttryk), humidity (luftfugtighed), windspeed (vind) and so on:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/vejr/maalinger/vejret-lige-nu/[/url]

We can see rain and snow on the radar with like 15-25 min delay:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/vejr/maalinger/radar-nedboer/[/url]

and lightning strikes on the map updated hourly:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/vejr/maalinger/lyn/[/url]

Here is an example of what lightning map looks like after a thunderstorm:
[url]http://www.dmi.dk/uploads/pics/Sommeren_er_hoejsaeson_for_lyn1.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]Nice site! Thanks.

[QUOTE=chalsall;376547]Not exactly the same, but during Hurricane season I always have [URL="http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/"]the Weather Underground's WunderMap open in a window on one of my virtual screens[/URL].[/QUOTE]

I also have been using WU for years for local (mine and elsewhere) weather.

For the Kingdom of the Netherlands,

in Europe:
Current readings: [URL]http://www.knmi.nl/actueel/[/URL]
Precipitation & storm radar: [URL]http://www.knmi.nl/neerslagradar/[/URL]

in the Caribbean:
[URL]http://meteo.cw/sat_still.php?Lang=Eng&St=TNCC[/URL]

And information about the height of the boundary layer (camada limite)?
In Portugal we have it, check here: [URL]http://meteo.ist.utl.pt/[/URL]
Info about temperature (temperatura), humidity (humidade), clouds (nuvens), precipitation (precipitação), wind velocity (Vel. Vento), wind direction (dir. Vento), pressure (pressão), height boundary layer (camada limite).

Also

[URL]https://www.ipma.pt/pt/[/URL]

with some info about lightening strikes:

[URL]https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/obs.dea/[/URL]

and radar images

[URL]https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/obs.radar/[/URL]

and infrared

[URL]https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/obs.satelite/[/URL]

Carlos

San Francisco Bay Area (almost) real time winds:

[URL="http://www.met.sjsu.edu/wind/streaklines.shtml"]http://www.met.sjsu.edu/wind/streaklines.shtml[/URL]

[URL="http://www.met.sjsu.edu/cgi-bin/wind/windbin.cgi"]http://www.met.sjsu.edu/cgi-bin/wind/windbin.cgi[/URL]

[QUOTE=xilman;376546]Real time locations of lightning bolts are mapped at [url]http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en[/url] where one can see big ongoing storms in East Anglia, the Pyrrenes, the Alps and Romania/Bosnia.[/QUOTE]

Have you found an integrated-over-time lightning chart - I suppose I'd like to see the integral over a year. I absolutely hadn't realised how routine big thunderstorms were in southern Europe in the summer.

Might only be Canada....MinuteCast
 

[url]http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/regina/s4p/minute-weather-forecast/50335[/url]

I'd like to know what are the chances of continuous rainfall over Wimbledon until the end of the week. :whistle:

[COLOR="White"]Real time meteology? here's a tip: Open your window, poke your nose outside and look at the sky.[/COLOR]

nevermind, the joke isn't funny

[QUOTE=BudgieJane;377071]I'd like to know what are the chances of continuous rainfall over Wimbledon until the end of the week. :whistle:[/QUOTE]1-\epsilon

[url]http://www.stormersite.com/[/url]

hail-fire and damnation in the bread basket.

:shock: What the hack is that? Tunguska?

It's the farm of a friend of mine in southwest Iowa. Corn is a total loss. Some of the beans might be salvageable. Sadly I was watching the storm on the lightning tracker earlier in the day (posted here in this forum: blitzortung.org) and thinking that storm must be something to see. Up to 2 inch (5cm)sized hail, high winds, and copious amounts of lightning and rain--at least there were only a few tornadoes.

That's freaky... I really hope he had (at least some form of) insurance...