Julian
If you go to <a href="http://www.meto.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.meto.gov.uk/</a> you will find all the weather information including TAFS, METARS, Met forms 214, 215 and lots more for free.
Now, your post suggests that you are not able to understand these standard aviation documents (I’m not saying that you can’t) but if that is the case, then that is your problem, and quite frankly if you can’t you shouldn’t be in charge of an aeroplane.
Oh, and if you consider things to be so much better in the US why don’t you get on out there and stop winging about how bad you think things are here.
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