"Robin Wilson" wrote in message
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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.

"Robin Wilson" wrote in message
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.

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. The responsibility I was given was nice as well - I was
allowed to make up the forecast sheets for the BBC Midlands Today
forecasters by my self - as long as they were checked before they were
sent out!

I spose this is a good time to introduce myself. I seem to have been
looki
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 don't have a proper weather station at home (sadly I can't afford it).
But I can (and will - assuming I have the time) post visual Weather
Reports. It will be interesting to compare my reports to the chap from
Worcesters - and see how they match!

Thanks again for all the replies,

Robin

On Tue, 03 May 2005 17:27:51 +0100, Robin Wilson wrote:

Hi all,

I'm looking for some free rainfall radar images for the UK. I recently
went to the Met Office's branch in Birmingham for some work experience
- and saw their Rainfall Radar display. Theirs is very detailed - and
the only one I can find online so far is the BBCs tiny little one -
which could not be described as detailed at all! lol Are there are any
rainfall radar images available online? If so, where? and how often are
they updated?

Thanks,

Robin

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. The responsibility I was given was nice as well - I was
allowed to make up the forecast sheets for the BBC Midlands Today
forecasters by my self - as long as they were checked before they were
sent out!

I spose this is a good time to introduce myself. I seem to have been
looki
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 don't have a proper weather station at home (sadly I can't afford it).
But I can (and will - assuming I have the time) post visual Weather
Reports. It will be interesting to compare my reports to the chap from
Worcesters - and see how they match!

Thanks again for all the replies,

Robin

On Tue, 03 May 2005 17:27:51 +0100, Robin Wilson wrote:

Hi all,

I'm looking for some free rainfall radar images for the UK. I recently
went to the Met Office's branch in Birmingham for some work experience
- and saw their Rainfall Radar display. Theirs is very detailed - and
the only one I can find online so far is the BBCs tiny little one -
which could not be described as detailed at all! lol Are there are any
rainfall radar images available online? If so, where? and how often are
they updated?

Thanks,

Robin