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Weekend Weather
3rd-4th September '05
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Our regular Friday round-up
of what's in store for the weekend. Just check the links for
the relevant weather forecasts and if you want to know how
things look in a particular area right now, check out the
OM
web cams page for a selection
of hill cams. And whatever you do, have a good one.
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Metcheck
for good overviews of localised areas based on
a number of meterological models. Loads of quirky
options for stuff like rain forecasts plus offbeat,
leftfield weather generalisations. Get stuck in and
have a browse, there's a lot on this
site.
"A fantastic weekend on the
way for many areas and yes, you know what that
means... charred, partly-cooked sausages for
millions of us around the country. .' Good grief,
sunshine?
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Mountain
Weather Information
Service has a
great downloadable mountain-specific
forecast for Eastern and Western
Highlands, Peak District and
Lakes in PDF format. Plus a Snowdonia
forecast. The Peak and Snowdonia forecasts are now
restricted to weekend forecasts and go ou ton
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Warm and sunny but hazy seems
to be the order of the weekend. Later on Sunday it
may get cloudy with rain possible in Scotland, but
overall looks like a good 'un.
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Met
Office For localised
five-day forecasts use this
page.
Saturday ' Dry with sunny periods
and mostly light winds. '
Sunday And again, except in the SW
which may cop some serious squalls.
Welsh Mountain Forecasts Useful
online forecasts covering the National Park areas of
Snowdonia
- and the Brecon
Beacons.
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BBC
Weather Site uses Met
Office data, but more user friendly. Just been revamped for
the summer, weird stuff but easy access to a lot more
information including rain forecasts, cloud, wind,
temperature, visibility etc. Nice. Localised forecasts
accessible from the same page.
Saturday ' Low cloud, mist and
fog patches, over southern and eastern England, clearing
then most parts dry with sunny periods. Perhaps a few
showers in the far southwest later where becoming breezy.
Warm, very warm inland. '
Sunday ' Showers over southwest
England becoming thundery, extending northeast across Wales,
Midlands and southern England. Dry with sunny spells
elsewhere. Temperatures warm or very warm, locally hot in
southeast. '
BBC specific areas:
Fort
William / Kendal
/ Betws-y-Coed
/ Aviemore
/ Skipton
/ Glossop
(Peak) / Brecon
/ Milton
Keynes.
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Wasdaleweb
weather - Always worth a
loook just for the piccy from OM member Guy Newbold who
lives and works in Wasdale. See also the live webcam pics of
Scafell Pike and Great Gable.
The Wasdaleweb
Webcam now has a flashy new
camera for higher quality images and they looks great plus
there's now a new Scafell Pike web cam, which is currently
not working...
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Scottish
Avalanche Information Service
- The avalanche forecast is finished for the season, back
next winter.
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OUTDOORSmagic
web cam page Links to all the UK
mountain web cams we're aware of. If there's one that we've
missed, please drop
us a line and we'll add it to the
page. Good for getting a general idea of what the snow
situation's like, if the sun is shining, whether there's
anywhere to park in Coniston etc. Check the image you're
viewing is up to date as they often seem to go down. Ho
hum... Just updated with several new cams and fixed
links.
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Mostly dry and warm with sunny spells.
Unless you're in the SW on Sunday.
Verdict Wahey. looks like a
cracking weekend in most areas, dry, warm and with hazy
sunshine. Enjoy.
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Obvious Disclaimer Hey come
on, we all know mountain weather's unpredictable, and while
the above forecasts and links are a guide to what the
weather may do, remember that mountain areas also tend to
generate their own conditions, temperatures are much cooler
up top than in the valleys and conditions can be totally
different from down in the valleys.
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