Just as a sideline to this mates,. .talking about WX radar and ground stations. The yanks have an absolutely phenomenal system (as usual when money is no prob...) and it is available at <a href="http://www.intellicast.com/" target="_blank">www.intellicast.com/</a>. .Check out Traverse City and out to the eastern shores and you will see a perfect plan view of the effect of a cold front in this neck of the woods. I'm in YXU (London) in Canada and we get a lot of "lake effect wx". Very similar to other islands I've lived on <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> . .I use it constantly to interpret and rationalise the wx prophets predictions which dominate our operational existance in the helo air ambo game. . .Check it out its worth the effort.. .Cheers <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="biggrin.gif" />