most accurate GB weather forecasts for non-pilots?
 

Which site gives the most accurate weather forecast for GB?? Has to be intelligible to lesser mortals i.e. non-pilots!!!

Absolutely no two weather forecasts are the same; no two forecasters give the same story.

However, as ordinary members of the public my wife and I tend to think the Channel 5 forecasts are more reliable than those on the Beeb, at least for where we live in southern England. And Lara Lewington isn't bad to look at either!

The Met Office website and metcheck.com are useful.

Airfield weather inplain language is available to Joe Public via "The Weather Pixie", which also displays the raw data for those of us who can understand some of it, although this tells what is happening, rather than what's going to happen.

Having said that, the two are often related!

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Thanks
 

Heathrow,Many Thanks. I wasn't sure if pilots used a different forecast to get a more accurate picture.

Try http://www.theweatheroutlook.co.uk

I find the long range forecasts to be really quite reliable, have successfully booked several weeks off work on the basis of their forecasts :)

I find a pine cone and piece of seaweed to be far better than any published forecast. Cheap and quite decorative too!

A Midland buddy used to use a piece of seaweed with punters when they asked "When is the fog due to lift?"

r