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**** ARE YOU WEATHER WHYS? Learn more about the weather with my books and DVD's. See free samples online at http://www.weatherweb.net.books.htm ***** COME TO WEATHER SCHOOL - SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2012 I have announced the Aviation Weather School dates for autumn; Part 1 will be held on Saturday 29th September, with Part 2 on Saturday 13th October. Full details are at www.weatherschool.co.uk and you can book your place now. ***** Hello, Thanks for the continuing fantastic response to the new AWIS text message service! Lot's of you have retrieved METARs, TAFs and AWIS forecasts by text message now, and I can see that many of you love the flexibility and reliability of getting a forecast direct to your mobile telephone. Here's how to use the service: 1. Register for free at http://www.weatherweb.net/awis/awissubscribe.php (AWIS is the Aviation Weather Information Service) 2. You will be awarded 1 free SMS credit on registration. 3. Fill your boots with forecast information via the website, this is all completely free of charge. 4. Store the AWIS number 447764935100 in your mobile telephone and send the message 'WEATHER HELP' to get full instructions. Then you will never be without a metar, taf or awis forecast wherever you may be in the UK, Ireland or rest of Europe. AWIS is available to all pilots, so don't forget to tell your friends to register too. Of you have a friend who would like to receive this forecast by email each week ask them to subscribe by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net. Have a great weekend, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST =========================== Issued 1100 Friday 29th June 2012 Saturday: Low pressure is in control of the weather across the British isles on Saturday. A trough across southeast England in the morning may bring some rain or showers here at first (confidence is low in how heavy this rain might be). Indications are that the rain area probably travels eastwards, clearing by mid morning and then leaving brighter spells here. Elsewhere there will be a mix of sunshine and showers. There is the threat of the showers becoming heavy through the morning, and these tending to group into more organised areas as then head northeast. The occluded front to the west tending to show where more unstable air is, but behind the front conditions should improve through west wales and western England in the afternoon with some sunny spells coming through. There is the threat of more persistent rain and low cloud through Ireland and western Scotland, but more eastern parts of Scotland should be brighter with some sunny spells. Winds will be mainly SW 18-25kt (F5-F6) but 30kt at times (F7) along southern coasts. Watch for an increasing to 35kt (F8) over western coasts of Wales and southwest England into the late morning and early afternoon. More westerly winds over western Scotland and Ireland at around 18-22kt (F5). Sunday: Critical to the development of weather through Sunday is cold air at medium levels in the atmosphere. It is this which has been creating the instability and allowing showers to develop. During Sunday this cold air will be starting to warm through from the west and so as pressure builds conditions should improve. There will be some showers in more northern and eastern parts of the country through the morning. These showers could be heavy at times. One or two showers further west too, and again an odd one may be heavy very early in the morning. However the emphasis is on the showers fading from central and western areas with some good sunny spells forming. The sunshine not lasting long through Wales and western England though as cloud and rain, already into Ireland in the afternoon, spread east into the evening. Winds mainly W 20-25kt (F6) for most but to 30kt (F7) in northeast Scotland. Backing SW 22 to 28kt (F6 occ F7) through Ireland later and then SW England in the evening. ***ends***

**** ARE YOU WEATHER WHYS? Learn more about the weather with my books and DVD's. See free samples online at http://www.weatherweb.net.books.htm ***** COME TO WEATHER SCHOOL - SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2012 I have announced the Aviation Weather School dates for autumn; Part 1 will be held on Saturday 29th September, with Part 2 on Saturday 13th October. Full details are at http://www.weatherschool.co.uk and you can book your place now. ***** Hello, Thanks for the continuing fantastic response to the new AWIS text message service! Lot's of you have retrieved METARs, TAFs and AWIS forecasts by text message now, and I can see that many of you love the flexibility and reliability of getting a forecast direct to your mobile telephone. Here's how to use the service: 1. Register for free at http://www.weatherweb.net/awis/awissubscribe.php (AWIS is the Aviation Weather Information Service) 2. You will be awarded 1 free SMS credit on registration. 3. Fill your boots with forecast information via the website, this is all completely free of charge. 4. Store the AWIS number 447764935100 in your mobile telephone and send the message 'WEATHER HELP' to get full instructions. Then you will never be without a metar, taf or awis forecast wherever you may be in the UK, Ireland or rest of Europe. AWIS is available to all pilots, so don't forget to tell your friends to register too. Of you have a friend who would like to receive this forecast by email each week ask them to subscribe by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net. Have a great weekend, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST =========================== Issued 1100 Friday 1st June 2012 Saturday: A ridge of high pressure extends through the country on Saturday from a high to the northwest of Scotland. This ridge gets 'pushed' away by the front across Ireland. An area of low pressure develops across these fronts and then slips eastwards into southern ireland, with a second centre forming over northern France during Saturday night. So it is quite a complex situation to start Saturday. There is likely to be a fair amount of cloud across England, perhaps with some drizzle here and there, especially in more central and eastern areas. Wales should be drier, although some spots of rain on eastern hills cannot be ruled out. A few showers in eastern Scotland, but the west should see the best of the sunshine. Thicker cloud and more persistent rain looks set to move into southern Ireland, southwest Wales and southwest England through the morning. This then tracks eastwards in the afternoon to be through most of southern Ireland, Wales, southwest England, the west Midlands and northwest France by evening. Visibility deteriorates significantly in the rain. A few showers in the afternoon and evening over the Pennines and Scotland, and some cloud on eastern coasts. Drier in the far southeast of England, with the best sunshine and weather overall in western Scotland. Winds mainly E-ESE 8-12kt (F3-F4) but 15-19kt (F5) in the west of Wales, southwest England and southern Ireland, becoming cyclonic here later. Mainly NE 10-14kt (F3-F4) in northern Scotland. Sunday: An elongated area of low pressure affects the south of the country throughout Sunday. A front associated with the low extends west to east bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain. The rain will be heavy at times through southern Ireland, Wales and much of the England (apart from the far north and far south). It is likely to be a wet, cold day for many with visibility reduced and low cloud bases. The far south of England and southern Ireland may become brighter with sunny spells, but some heavy showers forming here too. Showers are likely in Scotland where there will be a fair amount of cloud. Winds mainly E-ENE 11-16kt (F3-F4) but cyclonic 8-10kt (F3) in the far south and NE 12-17kt (F4-F5) in northern Scotland. ***ends***

**** ARE YOU WEATHER WHYS? Learn more about the weather with my books and DVD's. See free samples online at http://www.weatherweb.net.books.htm ***** Good morning, Wow! What a fantastic response to the new AWIS text message service! Lot's of you have retrieve METARs, TAFs and AWIS forecasts by text message now, and I can see that many of you love the flexibility and reliability of getting a forecast direct to your mobile telephone. And don't forget that the Aviation Weather Information Service (AWIS) forecast via the website remain completely free of charge, with registration being free too. If you have not registered yet you can do so now, and again this is completely free, plus get a free credit to try out the SMS service. Just register at http://www.weatherweb.net/awis/awissubscribe.php AWIS is available to all pilots, so don't forget to tell your freinds to register too. I have also announced the Aviation Weather School dates for autumn; Part 1 will be held on Saturday 29th September, with Part 2 on Saturday 13th October. Full details are at www.weatherschool.co.uk. If you have a friend who would like to receive this forecast by email each week ask them to subscribe by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net. Have a great weekend, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST =========================== Issued 1100 Thursday 24th May 2012 Saturday: High pressure is to the north of the country through Saturday, with a brisk easterly flow affecting most areas. The airmass is a dry one. Low pressure southwest of Ireland will be nudging a cold front northeast into southern Ireland and southwest England later in the day. For most the day is going to be fair with lots of sunshine throughout. Visibility will be good overall too. Later in the day cloud may increase in southern Ireland and the extreme southwest of England, perhaps bringing a few showers here as the cold front approaches. Winds will be mainly E 20-27kt (F5-F6) in the southern half of the UK and Ireland, ESE 10-12kt (F3-F4) in Scotland. Sunday: The area of low pressure is to the south through Sunday, again edging very slowly northwards. A weak warm front approaches eastern coasts of England, but the high remains to the east of Scotland. The day is going to be mainly fair for most of the UK and Ireland. There will be lots of sunshine throughout, the best of it tending to be in more western areas. Cloud may increase on eastern coasts of England at times as the warm front approaches, although confidence in this is low. Cloudier skies across southern Ireland, Wales and southwest England in the afternoon as some showery outbreaks of rain head slowly northwards, most of them fairly light, although an odd thundery one breaking out over Wales and the Midlands. Winds mainly E-SE 15-20kt (F5) across the southern UK, E 10-12kt (F3-F4) in the north, although tending to ease in the south later. ***ends***

Hi all, Hope it is okay to post this message here, did not have time to fit it into the weekend forecast and thought it might be useful for you guys. Lots of you using AWIS already so you might have already noticed. I'm delighted to announce that you can now get AWIS forecasts, METARs and TAFs direct to your mobile telephone, wherever you are in Europe via SMS. And you can try it out free of charge! The main features are: * Forecasts for any icao in Europe * You choose Metars, Tafs or AWIS forecasts * AWIS forecasts give surface & 2000ft wind, visibility, weather, cloud base/top, freezing level in 3, 6, 9 or 12 hour increments * Metars and Tafs available worldwide * If a location is not available, you are not charged * Messages cost is 25p each It's really easy to use and involves sending a simple text message to a number (447786202530). By return you will get the AWIS forecast, Metar or Taf that you requested. The service is available 24/7. I've put together a video showing how easy it is to use the service and you can view it here. Everything else on the AWIS forecast site (www.awis.org.uk) stays the same (and free), but you do now need to register to use the forecasts. Register now by clicking here. Registration is free of charge and only takes a few seconds. Use of the forecasts remains completely free. Upon registering you will also receive a free text message credit so that you can try out the new service. The reason for switching to a free registration system is that it enables me to track who uses the site more easily, let's you access forecasts by text message wherever you are in Europe, and it also prevents some sites using the forecasts and reformatting them. Thanks to all of you for your support and I hope you like the flexibility of being able to access the forecasts as text messages, wherever you may be in Europe. Enjoy and I look forward to your feedback. Best wishes, Simon

**** ARE YOU WEATHER WHYS? Learn more about the weather with my books and DVD's. See free samples online at http://www.weatherweb.net.books.htm ***** Good morning, Thanks to all of you who are now using the Aviation Weather Information Service . many hundreds are receiving forecast emails each day, and your feedback and suggestions are very welcome. If you have not seen AWIS yet, go to www.awis.org.uk. The weekend looks a bit hit and miss, and not the best I have seen! But we will be here all weekend, and you can talk to a forecaster live between 8am and 6pm on 0906 515 0046 (calls cost £1.53 per minute) and get a forecasts specifically for you (both myself and John are manning the lines this weekend). I have also announced the Aviation Weather School dates for autumn; Part 1 will be held on Saturday 29th September, with Part 2 on Saturday 13th October. Full details are at www.weatherschool.co.uk. If you have a friend who would like to receive this forecast by email each week ask them to subscribe by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net. Have a great weekend, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST =========================== Issued 1100 Thursday 17th May 2012 Saturday: High pressure will be to the north of Scotland on Saturday with low pressure centred to the southwest of England. A cloudy and damp morning over Ireland and northern England as well as southern Scotland. Most of the rain is going to be light and rather patchy, although windward facing slopes may see some moderate rain at times. Rather misty through these damper areas too. Drier for southern England with broken cloud and some bright spells, although there will be a few showers affecting southwest England. These showers will spread northeast into Wales and the Midlands, some becoming heavy at times although remaining scattered. The risk of some more persistent rain affecting the far southeast of England, although confidence in this is low at the present time as it may be that the rain stays offshore, or even spreads further inland. The far north of Scotland should be dry with sunny spells throughout the day. Winds mainly SE 8-12kt (F3) in the south but NE 15-20kt (F5) across northern England, Scotland and Ireland, 20-25kt (F6) at times on the coasts of northeast England. Sunday: A moist northeast flow affecting much of the country through Sunday as a warm front aligns itself southwest to northeast. High pressure remains to the north of Scotland. It is going to be a cloudy day across most of central and eastern England. The cloud tending to become thicker through the day, increasing the risk of drizzle and visibility deteriorating. Drier through more western areas of England and Wales, with broken cloud here. Drier across Scotland with a brisk northeast wind but the best of the sunshine here. Some cloud and a few spots of showery rain over Ireland. Visibility will be good but then increasingly moderate in drizzle in central and eastern areas. ***ends***

**** ARE YOU WEATHER WHYS? Learn more about the weather with my books and DVD's. See free samples online at http://www.weatherweb.net.books.htm ***** Good morning, Thanks to all of you who are now using the Aviation Weather Information Service . many hundreds are receiving forecast emails each day, and your feedback and suggestions are very welcome. If you have not seen AWIS yet, go to www.awis.org.uk. Sunday looks to be the pick of the weekend days for most of us this coming weekend. We will be here all weekend, you can talk to a forecaster live between 8am and 6pm on 0906 515 0046 (calls cost £1.53 per minute) and get a forecasts specifically for you (both myself and John are manning the lines this weekend). I have also announced the Aviation Weather School dates for autumn; Part 1 will be held on Saturday 29th September, with Part 2 on Saturday 13th October. Full details are at www.weatherschool.co.uk. If you have a friend who would like to receive this forecast by email each week ask them to subscribe by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net. Have a great weekend, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST =========================== Issued 0800 Thursday 12th April 2012 Saturday: High pressure is to the northwest of Scotland on Saturday with low pressure east of England. The result is a northeast flow through most of the country. This looks set to be a moist and fairly unstable flow. There is likely to be a fair amount of cloud around, with bands of showers or rain tracking southwest through England and Wales. Showers across eastern and central Scotland too, some of them wintry on the hills. Visibility will be moderate in the rain or showers, otherwise good. Ireland and western coasts of Scotland, England and Wales will be fairing better with dry weather here and some reasonable spells of sunshine throughout the day. Visibility should be good. Winds mainly NE 14-18kt (F4-F5) in the south, but 20-25kt (F5-F6) at times through the English Channel, nearer NNE 12-15kt (F4) in much of Scotland and Ireland, although 20-25kty (F5-F6) on eastern coasts of Scotland. Sunday: A ridge of high pressure slips east through Sunday, and the atmosphere over much of the UK becomes more stable. There could still be some showers affecting southeast England in the morning, but elsewhere the day should start fine with some good spells of sunshine. A few showers may bubble up across parts of northern England in the afternoon, but for most the afternoon should stay dry with well broken cloud and good visibility. Winds will be mainly N-NNE 2-6kt (F2-F3) in much of Scotland and Ireland, 10-14kt (F3-F4) for most of England and Wales, but N-NNE 18-23kt (F5-F6) over the far southeast of England. ***ends***

Hello, I'm pleased to announce several improvements to the Aviation Weather Information Service (AWIS) at http://www.awis.org.uk , with further improvements planned for the coming months. *Firstly, you can now select a forecast for an airfield or town of your choice, anywhere in Europe. Forecasts of winds, visibility and cloud are available for the next 5 days. *I'm also trialling a new email system, whereby regional forecasts are emailed to you at 7am each day (sign up now) *New low cloud base and wind gust charts are also available. *This is on top of the synoptic charts and forecast discussions made available in the general AWIS forecast sheet. I want this service to be of use to all pilots (many thousands already use it), so please let me know what information or charts you would like to see added (winds at 5000ft and 10000ft are on the list!). Just go to http://www.awis.org.uk to see all that is currently on offer and thanks to all of you on the forum for your continued support! Enjoy! Best wishes, Simon

*** ARE YOU WEATHER WISE? Learn more about the weather with my books and DVD. See free samples online now at http://www.weatherweb.net/books.htm Hello, Thanks for your continued support for the videos and musings at http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtv.htm . Weather School is going from strength to strength and the many of you who have completed my full one-day courses have been asking for more. I’m pleased to say I will be releasing some online weather training modules soon and will announce these here; I hope you like them as they have taken a lot of my time over the past few weeks, hence the lack of weekend forecasts! If you need a forecast for your flight we are going to be here between 8am and 6pm throughout the weekend. You can call and talk to us at anytime on our WeatherLive number which is 0906 55 0046. calls cost £1.53 p/minute and last around 2 to 3 minutes. You will talk live to a forecaster (Me, John or Geoff) and we can brief you on what conditions to expect, The Aviation Weather Information Service is available too at http://www.awis.org.uk with frequently updated forecasts. Now on with the weekend forecast, and any friends or colleagues who want to receive this forecast can do so by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net Have a great weekend, Best wishes, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST ========================== Issued: 1000hrs Thursday 23rd February 2011 SATURDAY: High pressure remains to the south of Ireland throughout Saturday. A weak warm front is going to be through southern Ireland and southern parts of England., with a cold front moving into western Scotland in the afternoon. The front to the south is going to be leading to plenty of cloud, drizzle, mist and murk through the south of Ireland, the far south of Wales and much of southern England and the English Channel through Sunday. The afternoon should see a slight improvement, although always staying cloudy and murk at times. The rest of Ireland, Wales, the Midlands, East Anglia and northern England will be remaining dry. There will be cloud, but this will be breaking leaving conditions fair with sunny spells and good visibility. Eastern and much of southern Scotland should be dry with broken cloud, but not so in the far west where thicker cloud brings some light rain, but this then turns more persistent into the afternoon as the cold front approaches. Winds mainly W 15-19kt (F4-F5) in the south, becoming W-WSW 20-26kt (F5-F6) through northern England and the northern half of Ireland, but WSW-SW 25-30kt (F6-F7) in Scotland and SW 35kt (F8) at times in western Scotland. http://www.weatherweb.net/tvweather/ukfronts3.gif SUNDAY: High pressure remains to the south of the country on Sunday with the flow becoming more southwesterly for all. A series of fronts will be tracking eastwards through the day. For most southern and central parts of England as well as the northeast of England and eastern Wales, the day is likely to be one of a fair amount of cloud, but some sunny spells too after morning mist, and possibly fog patches, have cleared. It should be largely dry, although the airmass is moist and so the threat of some drizzle on higher ground can’t be ruled out. For west Wales, the western coasts of southwest England and northwest England it will be a more grey day with plenty of low cloud, mist and some drizzle at times. Eastern Scotland and eastern Ireland may be dry although cloudy, but to the west and through western Ireland rain will be more persistent and possibly heavy at times. Winds mainly SW 7-12kt (F3) in the far south, SW 20-25kt (F6) in the north. http://www.weatherweb.net/tvweather/ukfronts4.gif **ends**

Hi, Well, snow could well be on the way and I have pu9t together a detailed forecast for you to watch at http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtv.htm Have fun! Simon

Hi everyone, Things have turned colder across most of Europe now, although we should see temperatures picking up again next week. However, the question is whether the cold will return? Because of this I am uploading two videos today, the first is available now and covers the next week, and the next will be available from around 3pm this afternoon and looks ahead to the rest of February. You can see them both at http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtv.htm Keep the sun shining! Simon

Hi everyone, Thanks for asking me over here and for reading my forecasts. This weekends is below. Best wishes, Simon Hello, Happy New Year! Well, Christmas is over for another year and you will now be thinking about the season ahead. And why not make this the year you improve your weather knowledge? I have a couple of places remaining on Aviation Weather School (Part 1) to be held here in Wombourne on Saturday 28th January from 10am to 4pm. This is your chance to brush up on your weather forecasting skills and learn to make better use of the weather information to hand, from personal observations to the internet. Weather School is suitable for all pilots, regardless of experience. To find out more and to book your place go to http://www.weatherschool.co.uk or feel free to give me a call. The Aviation Weather Information Service goes from strength to strength and remains free of charge. See the forecasts at http://www.awis.org.uk Now on with the weekend forecast, and any friends or colleagues who want to receive this forecast can do so by emailing aviationweather-subscribe@weatherweb.net Have a great weekend, Best wishes, Simon WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST ========================== Issued: 1000 Thursday 5th January 2012 SATURDAY: A cold front clears from southern England on Saturday morning. Low pressure is going to be to the north of Scotland, with a west to northwest flow affecting most of the country. There may be some rain over southern counties of England and through the Channel early on Saturday morning, associated with the cold front. This would bring moderate visibility at times. However, the front will be clearing away to the south, taking the cloud and rain with it. Fairer conditions then follow with the cloud breaking and cloud bases rising, visibility improving to become good. A few showers are likely around the Isle of Man and blowing into northwest England and north Wales, but most of England, Wales and Ireland should be dry. For Scotland it will be windier with showers, heavy at times affecting the north and west at first. These should fade into the afternoon with conditions then improving for much of Scotland. Visibility in the morning will be poor at times in showers, but becoming good everywhere. Winds mainly W-WNW 12-14kt (F3-F4) in the south but W 24-34kt (F6-F8) at first in northern Scotland, easing 17-22kt (F5) here later. SUNDAY: A ridge of high pressure is going to be through the country early on Sunday morning, although this is only a transitory feature. A warm front is going to be edging in from the west, although the first front shown is only very weak, the main feature is the one to the west. It should be a fair start to the day for most with some broken cloud and sunny spells. A few mist or fog patches inland at first, but these clearing. Cloud will be increasing quite quickly as the warm front heads east, and this may well be able to bring some spots of rain through Scotland (especially the north and west), northwest England, west Wales and Ireland in the afternoon. Cloud bases lowering too in these areas and visibility becoming moderate or poor in any rain or drizzle. More eastern and southern areas are likely to be staying dry. Winds mainly W 10-12kt (F3-F4) in the south, 14-16kt (F4-F5) in the north, backing through the day to be W 14-18kt (F5) by the evening, but SW-W 20-28kt (F6-F7) over Scotland. **ends** -- Dr. Simon Keeling MSc, PhD Weather Consultancy Services, The Weather Centre, 188 Common Road, Wombourne, Staffordshire, England. WV5 0LT. Tel: 01902 895252 Twitter: @weatherschool Facebook: WeatherSchool www.weatherweb.net and www.weatherschool.co.uk