You would be better off getting access to MOMIDS - it displays the colour states of UK airfields, precipitation in almost real time, sat pics of cloud cover, instant access to METARS and TAFs, surface pressure maps etc etc etc. So much better for real time planning, especially the rainfall radar.
You can have this running all the time and it automatically updates - I wouldn't get airborne without using it.
The military use it rather than the 214 because it is good.