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![]() There's also WeatherOnline http://www.weatheronline.co.uk at £19.90 a year but I'll have to leave it to others to describe and compare that one (I'd like to know myself, actually!) -- Dave Hi Dave, I find the weatheronline radar very useful with updates around T+12,"local maps",plus a couple of nice animation's and the ability to show major roads/your own location. The downside is that they display un attenuated data on all but one of the maps and therefore there is a lot of clutter. Also unlike Avbrief you cannot tell if a radar station is off line but of course the same is true of the Met Office aviation briefing radar ;-) But it is quite a good service for £19 a year. Alan -- Wirral,Merseyside. 53.1 N 3.0 W 40m amsl http://www.wirralcam.com/frame.htm |
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On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:08:51 +0100, Robin Wilson
wrote: Thanks for all the replies I've recieved. Sadly I can't afford t he £56 option - but the other one from the Met Office is def better than the BBC one. There's also Avbrief 15 minute radar at £25.85 a year. www.avbrief.com (sample animation here): http://www.avbrief.co.uk/information...anim_small.gif Their static images are more than double the dimensions of the animation images (1100 x 1100 pixels) and if you know how, you can go back for 24 hours. There is no control over how the animations play, although they auto-repeat. There's also WeatherOnline http://www.weatheronline.co.uk at £19.90 a year but I'll have to leave it to others to describe and compare that one (I'd like to know myself, actually!) -- Dave |
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On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:08:51 +0100, Robin Wilson
wrote: Thanks for all the replies I've recieved. Sadly I can't afford t he £56 option - but the other one from the Met Office is def better than the BBC one. There's also Avbrief 15 minute radar at £25.85 a year. www.avbrief.com (sample animation here): http://www.avbrief.co.uk/information...anim_small.gif Their static images are more than double the dimensions of the animation images (1100 x 1100 pixels) and if you know how, you can go back for 24 hours. There is no control over how the animations play, although they auto-repeat. There's also WeatherOnline http://www.weatheronline.co.uk at £19.90 a year but I'll have to leave it to others to describe and compare that one (I'd like to know myself, actually!) -- Dave |
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On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:08:51 +0100, Robin Wilson
wrote: estershire. I'm doing A Levels at the moment - hoping to go to uni and do a degree in Geog. After that, who knows, maybe some meteorology and then a career in the Met Office...you never know! I think, and I guess others will confirm, that a first degree in physics would be more useful if you wish to have a career in meteorology. Don't forget the meteorology degree at Reading either, many contributors to this group have done (or are doing) this one. Other universities do similar courses - Edinburgh, Leeds, UEA, Aberystwyth. JPG |
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Felly sgrifennodd JPG :
I think, and I guess others will confirm, that a first degree in physics would be more useful if you wish to have a career in meteorology. Don't forget the meteorology degree at Reading either, many contributors to this group have done (or are doing) this one. Other universities do similar courses - Edinburgh, Leeds, UEA, Aberystwyth. We don't offer meteorology as such, but do offer Environmental Earth Science (F640; see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/...s/geog-eas.php) and Environmental Science (F900; see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/...og-enviro.php). We also offer Physics (http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/courses/physics.php) or a joint degree, Geog and Physics (FF38). Maybe even more interesting would be the joint Earth Planetary and Space Science BSc, run jointly between the Physics and Geog/Earth Studies departments. See http://www.aber.ac.uk/publications/u...cs/phys11.html. I'm not in either department, so I can't comment on how appropriate those courses would be. But follow the links to see a course description. Better still, come and visit and ask your questions here! If you email me, I'll put you in contact with the right person. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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Felly sgrifennodd JPG :
I think, and I guess others will confirm, that a first degree in physics would be more useful if you wish to have a career in meteorology. Don't forget the meteorology degree at Reading either, many contributors to this group have done (or are doing) this one. Other universities do similar courses - Edinburgh, Leeds, UEA, Aberystwyth. We don't offer meteorology as such, but do offer Environmental Earth Science (F640; see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/...s/geog-eas.php) and Environmental Science (F900; see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/...og-enviro.php). We also offer Physics (http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/courses/physics.php) or a joint degree, Geog and Physics (FF38). Maybe even more interesting would be the joint Earth Planetary and Space Science BSc, run jointly between the Physics and Geog/Earth Studies departments. See http://www.aber.ac.uk/publications/u...cs/phys11.html. I'm not in either department, so I can't comment on how appropriate those courses would be. But follow the links to see a course description. Better still, come and visit and ask your questions here! If you email me, I'll put you in contact with the right person. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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Felly sgrifennodd JPG :
I think, and I guess others will confirm, that a first degree in physics would be more useful if you wish to have a career in meteorology. Don't forget the meteorology degree at Reading either, many contributors to this group have done (or are doing) this one. Other universities do similar courses - Edinburgh, Leeds, UEA, Aberystwyth. We don't offer meteorology as such, but do offer Environmental Earth Science (F640; see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/...s/geog-eas.php) and Environmental Science (F900; see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/...og-enviro.php). We also offer Physics (http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/prospectus/courses/physics.php) or a joint degree, Geog and Physics (FF38). Maybe even more interesting would be the joint Earth Planetary and Space Science BSc, run jointly between the Physics and Geog/Earth Studies departments. See http://www.aber.ac.uk/publications/u...cs/phys11.html. I'm not in either department, so I can't comment on how appropriate those courses would be. But follow the links to see a course description. Better still, come and visit and ask your questions here! If you email me, I'll put you in contact with the right person. Adrian -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk |
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On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:08:51 +0100, Robin Wilson
wrote: estershire. I'm doing A Levels at the moment - hoping to go to uni and do a degree in Geog. After that, who knows, maybe some meteorology and then a career in the Met Office...you never know! I think, and I guess others will confirm, that a first degree in physics would be more useful if you wish to have a career in meteorology. Don't forget the meteorology degree at Reading either, many contributors to this group have done (or are doing) this one. Other universities do similar courses - Edinburgh, Leeds, UEA, Aberystwyth. JPG |
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On Tue, 03 May 2005 23:08:51 +0100, Robin Wilson
wrote: estershire. I'm doing A Levels at the moment - hoping to go to uni and do a degree in Geog. After that, who knows, maybe some meteorology and then a career in the Met Office...you never know! I think, and I guess others will confirm, that a first degree in physics would be more useful if you wish to have a career in meteorology. Don't forget the meteorology degree at Reading either, many contributors to this group have done (or are doing) this one. Other universities do similar courses - Edinburgh, Leeds, UEA, Aberystwyth. JPG |
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news ![]() Thanks for all the replies I've recieved. Sadly I can't afford t he £56 option - but the other one from the Met Office is def better than the BBC one. I remember seeing the sferics on top of the rainfall radar display when I was at the Met Office - which meant that you could see where the rain was turning thundery. I had a great time at work experience there - learnt an awful lot - and I can really see myself doing what they do! Possible career plan there! lol. I was especially impressed with their computer systems - the program Nimbus was so powerful - even though it sometimes misbehaved. Glad to hear you enjoyed your time at Birmingham Met Office, Robin. There's work experience opportunities in the Operations Centre at Exeter if you're really keen and fancy visiting a part of the world with virtually no weather. As for Nimbus it's good, but Horace is better :-) http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/systems/horace/index.html Jon. |
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