Please read the Weather section in the field course handbook carefully. It gives you background on the art of weather forecasting, the influence from local factors on the weather at Dale Fort, and the different forecast activities you will undertake during the field course.
You will have to forecast different weather variables for Dale Fort. You will need to work in your teams and split tasks to analyse the available data in order to formulate your forecasts.
On this page, you will find links to weather data sources. Scroll to the bottom to find the Weather Game web site.
Weather data
Here are some useful links for sourcing weather forecast information for the Weather Game:
Livestream of data from Davis weather station at Dale Fort: https://science.ncas.ac.uk/grafana/d/GIru7KIWk06/see-davis-01-mobile-weather-station?orgId=1
Livestream of data from Davis weather station at University of Leeds: https://science.ncas.ac.uk/grafana/d/GIru7KIWk05/school-of-earth-and-environment-weather-station
Live stream data from Net Atmo weather stations across the world: https://weathermap.netatmo.com/
Net Atmo station installed at St Ishmael’s near Dale: https://weathermap.netatmo.com//?zoom=12&type=temp¶m=Filter&stationid=70%3Aee%3A50%3A64%3A27%3A72&maplayer=Map&lang=undefined
Recent observations for UK: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/maps-and-charts/uk-weather-map
Current satellite imagery UK: https://en.sat24.com/en/gb
Synoptic charts: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/maps-and-charts/surface-pressure (look at the black and white versions they have more detail)
Compiled data from multiple forecast centres at windy.com: https://www.windy.com/
Compiled data from multiple forecast centres at wxcharts: https://www.wxcharts.com/
High resolution Met Office weather forecast map: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map
Ensemble meteogram from ECMWF for Milford Haven: https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/opencharts_meteogram?base_time=202309270000&epsgram=classical_10d&lat=51.7167&lon=-5.03333&station_name=Milford%20Haven
Compilation of current and archived satellite images, synoptic charts, radiosonde data: https://sci.ncas.ac.uk/weatherdata/
user: weather, password: data
Forecast Presentations
In addition to the above forecast sources, you may wish to include some information about today’s conditions in your forecast presentations. Here are links to live stream weather station data from near the forecast locations:
Capel Cliffs weather station live stream, near Dover: http://www.capelcliffsweather.co.uk/
Weather station live stream at Leeds University: https://science.ncas.ac.uk/grafana/d/GIru7KIWk05/school-of-earth-and-environment-weather-station
Newquay weather station live stream: http://www.newquayweather.com/
Shetland Islands weather station: https://www.shetland-flyer.media/weather/index.html
Kinloch Laggan, Cainrgorms live weather station: https://holfuy.com/en/weather/1528
Nb: This is not an exhaustive list. There are many weather forecast resources publicly available online that you might use in your forecasts. Think about which sources are most reputable – always check the source of the data you are using.
Weather Game
Weather game website for submitting your numerical forecasts, inspecting the leader board:
Rules are in the handbook. Scoring table:
| Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 |
| Max/Min Temperature (°C) | – | ≤0.5 | ≤1.5 | ≤2.5 | ≤3.5 | ≤4.5 | ≤5.5 | ≤6.5 | ≥6.5 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | – | ≤1 | ≤3 | ≤5 | ≤7 | ≤9 | ≤11 | ≥11 | – |
| Wind direction (°) | – | ≤22.5 | ≤27.5 | ≤35 | ≤45 | ≤65 | ≤90 | ≥35 | – |
| Rainfall (mm) | ≤0.5 | ≤1.5 | ≤2.5 | ≤3.5 | ≤4.5 | ≤5.5 | ≤6.5 | ≤7.5 | ≥7.5 |