Hebrides Weather

AIS Back Online

2012-02-01T14:28:00.000Z

The Comar AIS-2-USB receiver is now back online after a couple of weeks of down time.
Problems started back in October when it stopped receiving Channel A data and then it stopped receiving Channel B a couple of weeks ago.
The unit was returned to Comar and where it was repaired and given a full service.

Credit to Comar as they had it back to me within a week and did the work under warranty, even though the unit is around two years old.

So we're back on MarineTraffic, ShipsAIS and Shiptracking.

AIS & Aircraft Radar Offline

2012-01-20T17:14:00.000Z

Both my AIS and AirNav RadarBox stopped working and have been sent away for repairs.
The Flight Tracker and Marine Traffic parts of the website are still working, it's just that there's no data from this station being uploaded to there two sites and the others who get my data.

I hope the repairs won't take too long but I'm expecting a couple of weeks.

Keep you posted.

STOP CENSORSHIP

2012-01-18T09:03:00.002Z

Looking at Hebrides Weather today you may think we've been hacked.
Not the case. The "STOP CENSORSHIP" banner at the top of all the pages is in protest to the U.S. Governments attempts to pass new laws that would effect everyone using the internet.
You may have seen this reported in the Press today, the BBC and others in the UK have carried the story, but to find out more about what's being proposed and why there's a protest against it then have a look at americancensorship.org
Don't get me wrong, I support the idea of stopping internet piracy and copyright theft, it's the way in which the U.S. Government is going about it that I don't agree with as it will effect everyone who uses the internet, no matter where they are in the world.

Rather than "Blacking out" Hebrides Weather, I chose the banner as I didn't feel it was fare on my visitors to loose the weather data when the weather is a bit on the nasty side today.
The banner will be removed on the 19th January.

Webcam Working

2011-02-06T15:31:00.000Z

I've updated the Webcam drivers and removed the program from Microsof that was causing the problem. The webcam now seems to be working correctly again, with the latest drivers. So that should be sorted.

Loss of Some Services

2011-02-06T13:09:00.000Z

Due to the storm (see item below) there was a loss of some services from the website.

The mains power went out at 2100 that evening and I kept the server running using a generator so that the live updates would continue through the storm. Unfortunately I had to turn the generator off at just after 1am and mains power wasn't restored until 4:30pm the following day.
One other effect of the storm was my broadband connection. As with most of the Island I suffered a reduction in broadband service on the night of the storm. This meant that I couldn't download the data the software needed to produce the forecasts or the pressure maps. This has now been sorted and we are back to normal.
A big "Thanks" to the Scottish Hydro and BT engineers who have been working to restore supplies.

On another equipment note: The webcam is playing up at the moment so is not live and the movies are not being made. I will get this sorted ASAP but it may be a week or so. Sorry about that.

Violent Storm Warning

2011-02-03T12:50:00.003Z

Special Weather Warning issued by Hebrides Weather at 11:00 on Thursday 3rd February 2011

Severe gale to violent storm force winds are likely to effect all areas of the Western Isles and Scottish Northwest mainland from mid-afternoon Thursday through to the early hours of Friday morning.
Mean wind speeds of 50 mph and gusts of 70 to 80 mph can be expected with heavy rain and the possibility of thunder.

The public are advised to secure any loose objects outside their homes and expect disruption to ferry services and some road closures, especially on causeways and bridges.

This warning is valid until 04:00 GMT Friday 4th February 2011.

Update to HebWX

2010-10-10T12:57:00.001+01:00

I've been doing some work on the system over the last few weeks and you may have seen some downtime with a couple of services.
Here's whats been going on:

Upgraded the Weather PC to a new Windows 7 machine. That was fun, making sure that I had the right drivers for all the add-ons like the Boltek Lightning Detector and upgrading the programs to work on Win7.
There's a new webcam. The old Logitech Pro 5000 didn't work with Win7 so I now have a LifeCam Cinema and that went into its permanent position yesterday.
Following a request from a site visitor, the old forecast pages have been included in the menu again, so you now have the choice of both.
I finally managed to produce the Weather Fronts on the Surface Pressure Chart. That's only taken about a year to get the script correct!!
There's a new page in the Astronomy menu for the local Star Charts, which I hope you find useful.
There's a new section in the Homepage dashboard called "UK Last 24hrs" which shows the UK Highs & Lows. This is from the UK Met Office and I must say thanks to them for allowing myself & others to use the data.

I think that's about it for now. It's been a busy few weeks making sure that it's all running as it should but I hope you'll like the additions to the site and the new PC should make things more reliable from my side.

New Forecast Layout

2010-09-06T01:50:00.001+01:00

As of today (6th Sept) there is a new layout to the Hebwx Forecasts.
I think it is easier on the eye and has all the information in one place.

You have the Summary forecast at the top of the page, the 5 day forecast appears as the default and there are tabs under the Summary that will take you to the Detailed Forecast (three hourly) and the Meteogram for graphs.

I hope you like it and, as always, I'd be happy to get some feedback on what you think of the new layout.

Note: There is a known issue with Meteogram when using IE7, some of the tick boxes are not in the right place and days of the week at the top run into the line from the menu tabs. This is being worked on and I hope to have a "work round" in the next few days.

Outage 27th July

2010-07-27T11:49:00.000+01:00

Hebrides Weather was offline for several hours this morning (July 27th) due to a power network fault.
This now seems to have been sorted but I left the station offline for an extended period to make sure that the power had fully returned. It came back on at just before 10am but went off again some 10 minutes later.
All data has now been fully updated and the forecast & pressure charts will update at their normal time of aroung 1pm.

Hebrides Weather Store

2010-07-04T17:26:00.002+01:00

Another new page has been added to the site. The Hebrides Weather Store is powered by Amazon and lists weather, astronomy and photographic equipment, plus some books.

If you choose an item and purchase it through the Hebrides Weather Store, a small commission will go towards the upkeep and running of the Hebrides Weather Website.

If you would like to see something else added to the store then let me know.

iPhone & Space Weather Pages Added

2010-07-04T14:37:00.003+01:00

I've added a couple of new pages to Hebrides Weather in the last couple of weeks.

The first one is designed for use with iPhones and other compatible media. It's similar to the normal Mobile page but has more things added.
You can find the new iPhone page here: www.hebwx.co.uk/iwdl/

The second new page is for Space Weather.
It gives the latest space weather forecast, solar activity, aurora and location maps for satellites, Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.
The Space Weather page can be found here: www.hebwx.co.uk/wxspace.php

Increased Forecast Period

2010-07-04T14:31:00.002+01:00

Following a request from someone attending the Hebceltfest in a week or so, I have increased the period that the forecasts cover from five to nine days.
The last 3 days of the forecast will be likely to some change and are not in any way accurate but they will give you some idea of what is expected.

Live Weather Off Line

2010-05-11T10:00:00.002+01:00

There will be some interuptions to various parts of the weather site throughout today (11th May) due to the replcement of power lines in the local area.
As a result there may be a loss of the live weather, forecast updates, webcam etc.
Normal service should be restored by 5pm this afternoon.

The same will happen again on the 13th May between 3pm & 5 pm.

Interuption to Live Weather Data

2010-04-01T10:58:00.002+01:00

Due to work being carried out on the local power supply, there may be some loss of the live data until 16:30 today.
I will try to keep the station up & running on the generator as long as possible but the system may have to be closed down at some point.
Normal service will resume once the power company has completed their work.

Emergency Weather Warnings issued by UKMO

2010-03-30T15:47:00.004+01:00

The UK Met Office has issued Emergency Weather Warnings for Highland, Grampian, Strathclyde, Central Tayside & Fife, Southwest Scotland Lothian & Borders and Northern Ireland.

The warnings are for Severe Blizzards, Severe Drifting Snow & Very Heavy Snowfall and remain in affect until 0600 BST on Wednesday. There are further Advisory Warnings for heavy rain and snow for Tuesday and Wednesday.

There are also several Flood Watches in force for Scottish rivers, see the SEPA website for updates.

Events for Lewis & Harris

2010-03-30T15:36:00.003+01:00

I'm pleased to announce that, starting with the January 2010 edition, Hebrides Weather now has an article in the Events free paper covering Lewis & Harris.
The articles look at a summary of the previous months weather and any interesting weather related events that have occurred or are likely to occur.

The editor of Events contacted me back in December and asked if I would write for the paper and it seems to have been well received. The next edition is out on the 6th or 7th April so have a look and I'd be please to hear any comments.

Winter Storm

2010-02-25T18:01:00.003Z

Today we have had gusts up to 63 mph on the island and these strong winds are set to continue through the night and into Friday. The winds have dropped slightly but gusts of up to 50 mph can be expected over the region until at least lunchtime Friday.

Although some sleet and snow showers have been passing through today, there is no laying snow at lower levels at the moment.
Some parts of the Highlands have reported in excess of 40 cm of snow through Thursday and the weather system bring this snow doesn't look as if it's going to move away until Friday.

10 ferry routes that service the Inner and Outer Hebrides have been either cancelled or disrupted by the weather. For the latest updates go to the Calmac website.

Live Data Not Uploading

2010-01-06T20:24:00.003Z

I'm sorry to say that there is an issue with the update of data on the website. Due to an FTP server issue with my hosting company, they have turned off all FTP uploads while they carry out some work on the server.
This means that there will be no updates while this work is on going and they estimate that they should have the serve back sometime overnight tonight or on Thursday morning.

Sorry about this but it is totally outwith my control.

Update:
The serve host now has the FTP sorted and we're back to normal.

Thank You

2009-12-31T14:51:00.003Z

I just wanted to thank all of you who have used my website through 2009.
Since the changing the URL to www.hebwx.co.uk and the website update the numbers of visitors to the site has doubled and regularly reaching over 150 per day. Not bad for a station based on an Island!! The best day was 11th January 2009, during that nights storm, when over 650 visitors from all over the world hit the site when the wind speed reached high of 85 knots (98 mph).

I have had one of my photos published in a book called Sky by Storm Dunlop, which is a bit of an honour when you see some of the other images that are in the book.

For 2010, I have been asked to write a column in our local monthly free paper "Events" and do a summary of the preceding months weather including any notable events that took place. So watch out for that if you live on the Western Isles.

So here's wishing you all a happy & prosperous New Year.

Blue Moon

2009-12-31T14:37:00.002Z

No, not the song.
Tonight is a Blue Moon, where we get the second full moon of the month, the first was on December 2nd.

Snow Forecast

2009-12-16T12:48:00.003Z

There is a likelihood of snow and strong cold Northerly winds effecting the Highlands and Western Isles this weekend (18th to 21st December).

The Mainland will see worse conditions than the Western Isles and the strong winds will make driving conditions hazardous with blizzards likely. The Western Isles may see accumulations of snow on higher ground but sleet or snow showers are more likely at lower levels.

The current forecasts are giving wind-chill temperatures as low as -9° C for the weekend with the air temperature hovering around freezing over most of Saturday & Sunday.

You can keep an eye on the latest local forecast from Hebrides Weather and the Met Office will issue warnings and advisories if necessary.

UV Sensor Installed

2009-11-28T16:25:00.002Z

Hebrides Weather now has it's own UV sensor installed on the weather station.
I picked a good time to test the new sensor as there's hardly any UV radiation around at this time of year, it's been running for 24 hours now and it's not moved off of 0.0.
Over the next day or so I'll add the data from the UV sensor to the main dashboard on the website and to the 'Live' page as well.

One other update is to the firmware on the Davis VP2 Console, it was using v1.70 and has now been updated to the latest v1.82 (13th Jan 2009).
A bit of a nervous time as any problems could have meant that the console wouldn't restart, thus the weather data would stop. But it all went OK and the console has rebooted with no problems.

Email Weather Alerts & Warnings

2009-10-29T00:04:00.004Z

Want to be warned when the wind goes over 50 mph or if there's likely to be ice on the roads on the way to work?

Following a request on this Blog, Hebrides Weather is now offering a Weather Warning & Alert Email Service.
The way it works is this:
There are thresholds set by Hebrides Weather and if any of these (listed below) are exceeded then an email is automatically sent to all those who have requested it.
It should be stressed that these warnings & alerts are for actual weather events that have already happened, they are not an advanced warning service!!

The thresholds are as follows:

Maximum wind gust above 64 knots (Hurricane Force)
Mean wind speeds over 44 knots (50 mph)
More than 25mm (1 inch) of rain in the last hour
More than 50mm (2 inches) or rain in the last 6 hours
Temperature falls below 0°C
Temperature rises above 30°C
Windchill falls below -15°C
Barometric pressure rises above 1080 hPa
Barometric pressure falls below 800 hPa
Barometric pressure fall more than 10 hPa in 1 hour

There is one further type of alert, the Frost Protection Alert which is issued if the following conditions occur:

Time of day is between 9pm & 9am (over night)
Dew point is less than 3°C
Air temperature is 6°C or less
Temperature has dropped more than 1°C in the last hour
Wind speed has been 2 knots or less in the last hour

If you would like to receive these emails then please send your email address using the Contact form and choose "Weather Warnings" in the department to contact menu.

You are free to request that your email address be removed from the list at any time and your email address will not be passed to any third party.

Frost & Ice Warnings

2009-10-22T14:22:00.002+01:00

I have introduced a new facility to the website, frost and ice warnings & alerts.
When the outside air temperature goes below 3°C "FROST WARNING" will appear below the banner on all the web site pages. The same text will also appear at the top of the dashboard on the home page.
If the temperature falls below 0°C the "ICE ALERT" will also appear.
Once the temperature increase above 4°C then the warnings will start to disappear and all warnings will be removed once the it's above 7°C.

As usual, I welcome any comments.

Here's an example:

Tropical Storm Grace

2009-10-05T09:45:00.007+01:00

Tropical Storm Grace has appeared on the map and is currently 400 miles West of Portugal heading Northeast at around 25mph.
The average wind speeds are 65mph, but these are expected to reduce to around 50mph by Tuesday.
The forecast tracks have the storm heading towards Southern Ireland where it may turn East and cross Wales and Central England on Wednesday night or Thursday or it could run along the Channel Coast.
The wind speeds are difficult to predict at this stage but I don't think it will be that strong by the time it reaches the UK coast.

To see the latest updates on where Grace is located then check our Tropical Storm & Hurricane Page.

Updated: 10:30 BST 6th Oct 2009
Tropical Storm Grace has now merged with a frontal system off the Southwest of Ireland and, although it may produce gale force winds, the remains of this storm are not likely to cause any serious threat to the UK or Ireland.
The following is the last statement from the National Hurricane Centre in the U.S:

...Grace absorbed by a frontal system...
at 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...the remnants of Tropical Storm Grace
were located near latitude 49.7 north...longitude 13.4 west or
about 210 miles...335 km...southwest of cork Ireland.
The remnants of Grace are moving toward the north-northeast near 26
mph...43 km/hr...and this motion is expected to continue until
dissipation.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 50 mph...85
km/hr...with higher gusts.  The remnants will likely continue to
produce a small area of gale force winds through early Tuesday.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 85 miles...140
km...mainly southeast of the center.
Estimated minimum central pressure is 986 mb...29.12 inches.
...Summary of 1100 PM AST information...
location...49.7n 13.4w
maximum sustained winds...50 mph
present movement...north-northeast or 25 degrees at 26 mph
minimum central pressure...986 mb
this is the last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane
Center on this system.  Additional information on the remnants of
Grace can be found in high seas forecasts issued by the United
Kingdom meteorological office under WMO header wont54 EGRR.
$$
Forecaster Brown

Severe Gales for Tuesday - Update

2009-09-07T18:08:00.006+01:00

It looks as though the depression is moving slightly faster than first though which means that the strongest winds are now likely to hit the islands from around midday Tuesday through to early evening.

The winds are still predicted to be in the range of 35 to 50 mph, gusting 55 to 80mph.

Remember to put any loose garden furniture, or things like trampolines, in a safe place where they won't get caught by the wind!

One positive thing; Once this system has moved away Northeast, there is a high pressure system moving in which should give us some nice weather for a while.

Updated at 10:15 BST:
As Richard has spotted; The gusts are reaching over 50 mph here at the moment but the highest winds are still to come I think. The barometric pressure is still falling, although the drop has slowed. Looking at the satellite images there is a clear "tail" to this depression out to the West of the Islands and that's where the higher winds are.

This afternoon I think we can expect to see gusts in the range of 70 mph with an average speed reaching 50 mph at times.

More later.........

Updated at 18:00 BST:
Well the depression has now past to the Northeast, the pressure is rising and the wind is easing.
The highest average winds were 63 mph with the highest gust at 74 mph, these occured at 12:06 BST.
Now the pressure should rise quite rapidly as a new High moves in from the Southwest to give us a more settled spell over the coming days.

Hebrides Weather Toolbar

2009-09-06T21:15:00.002+01:00

Hebrides Weather has introduced a Toolbar for you to add to your Internet Explorer, FireFox and Safari browsers.

There are direct links to Hebrides Weather's Home Page, Forecast, Radar & Lightning as well as Twitter feeds, a privacy function, Google Search and the latest News headlines from the BBC.
You also have the choice to add further facilities to the toolbar including a radio, games and calculator etc.

Visit the Weather Graphics page on the Hebrides Weather Website for download links.

High Risk of Severe Gale or Storm Force conditions on Tuesday

2009-09-06T13:37:00.007+01:00

There's a high risk of severe gales with strong gusts through Tuesday (8th September 2009) effecting the Western Isles & West Highlands.

Currently Hebrides Weather Forecast is predicting that Southerly winds will increase through Tuesday, reaching speeds of up to 51 mph by the evening.
Winds should reduce after midnight, reaching around 36mph by morning.

The UK Met Office has issued a Weather Advisory for gusts of up to 70 to 80 mph and heavy rain, with up to 40mm falling in places. This advisory could be upgraded on Sunday night or through Monday.

This storm is being caused by a deepening Low pressure area out in the Atlantic. It is currently at 1004mb but is expected to drop to 980mb as it passes to the Northwest of Scotland and the tightly packed isobars will cause the wind speeds to increase up to, or slightly over, Storm Force on the Beaufort Scale.
The current pressure charts indicate that the strongest winds will occur between 21:00 and midnight on Tuesday evening.

Stay tuned for further updates (as they say...).

Update 00:32 7th Sept:
The 18:00 Extended Outlook for the Shipping Forecast areas from the UK Met Office states the following: Gales or severe gales are expected to affect much of the area on Tuesday evening with storm force winds north of 55 deg N and possibility of the winds reaching violent storm for a time. The winds mostly from the southwest veering west but north or northeast backing northwest over Southeast Iceland.

Tropical Storm Bill Heading Our Way

2009-08-24T16:40:00.004+01:00

The remains of Hurricane Bill has now passed Nova Scotia and is heading East across the North Atlantic. Bill has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm with current wind speeds of around 70 mph.
The current forecast is for Bill to track east across the Atlantic to be somewhere off the Northwest coast of Ireland by Wednesday morning (26th Aug) before turning Northeast towards the Western Isles.

The centre of this depression is forecast to head over the Western Isles on Wednesday but wind speeds, by this time, should be down to around 40 mph.

To track Bill as it makes it's way towards us then click on THIS LINK for the latest position. If you click on the button next to "Forecast Models" in the menu in the top right corner of the screen then you can see the predicted tracks.

Tracking Atlantic Hurricanes & Tropical Storms

2009-08-19T12:33:00.002+01:00

As we are now in the Atlantic Hurricane Season I have set up a new page where you can track the North Atlantic Hurricanes and Tropical Storms.
There is an interactive map that contains the current location of active storms, it has satellite image overlays, predicted paths and the latest wind speeds & travel of the storms.

Hurricane Bill is on there at the moment, Bill is now a Category 3 Hurricane and looks to be heading up the East coast of the U.S and it's remains will then head towards Europe or Iceland.

Forecast Update Times

2009-08-12T16:23:00.003+01:00

The update times for the WXSim forecasts that are produced by Hebrides Weather have changed to give a more accurate forecast throughout the day.
Previously the forecast was updated every 8 hours at just before 5am, 1pm & 10pm.

With the new timings, the forecasts will now be updated every 3 hours, at just before 4am, 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm.
There is no forecast update at around midnight as this is when all the backups etc are taking place.

Stornoway Tornado

2009-08-01T00:02:00.003+01:00

There has been a lot in the Press this week about the tornado that hit Stornoway on Tuesday 28th July. Unfortunately I was off the island at the time but as a member of the Tornado & Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) and one of their Site Investigators, I would like to know more about the event to assist in the current research and so that it can be included in the records that TORRO keeps on such events.

If you saw the tornado, witnessed its effects or were effected by it then both TORRO and I would be grateful of any information that you can provide. Any information that you provide will only be used to forward our research into the tornados that occure within the UK and no personal information will be passed to other organisations.

You can contact me via this Blog or by using my Contact form, there is also a Severe Weather Report Form on the TORRO website.

If you witness any severe weather event then TORRO would be happy to hear about it and the same form can be used. If the event is in the Western Isles or the Highlands then please feel free to let me know as well.

2nd July Thunderstorm Animation

2009-07-10T12:04:00.006+01:00

I made an animation of the thunderstorm that headed in the Minch on Thursday 2nd July to post on the Tornado & Storm Research Organisation forum, about the effects of the lightning strikes that occurred around the Highlands from this storm.
I thought it would also be good to post it on here as well, so you can see the track that the storm took through the day.
The animation starts at 10:45 in the morning, through to 18:45, in hourly radar images.
Radar images from Netweather.tv
Click on the image for a larger version.

THUNDERSTORM WARNING

2009-07-06T11:17:00.004+01:00

Hebrides Weather currently tracking three thunderstorms, two off the Scottish East Coast and one near St Kilda, west of the Outer Hebrides.
There are also storm cells in the central Highlands but the mountains are blocking these strikes from our sensors.
The storm near St Kilda has only been active for the last few minutes but there have been a high number of cloud to ground strikes from this storm. The track of this storm in yet unknown so for the latest updates go to our Lightning page.

Update:
Radar indicates that the St Kilda storm cell should move southwest away from the islands and out into the Atlantic.
The Storm cells in the North Sea could head NNW and come inshore during the early afternoon.

Thunderstorm Warning

2009-07-04T17:05:00.003+01:00

Hebrides Weather is currently tracking a Thunderstorm in the area of Cape Wrath/Durness that seems to be tracking West into the North Minch and towards Ness & the Butt of Lewis.
The storm is giving upto 15 strikes per minute and nearly 200 strikes in the last 30 minute.

You can follow this storm on our Lightning page.

Weather Warning for Highlands & Eilean Siar

2009-07-03T16:02:00.002+01:00

Heavy Rain: Valid from 1600 Fri 3 until 2359 Fri 3

Heavy thundery rain will be spreading across these areas later this afternoon and this evening. Up to 30mm could fall locally.
Issued at: 1515 Fri 3 Jul

More information is available from the UK Met Office.

Keep watching the Lightning & Radar pages on Hebwx for the latest.

THUNDERSTORM ALERT!

2009-07-02T13:34:00.003+01:00

Large thunderstorm over Skye heading North.
Hebrides Weather is currently tracking 4 storms with upto 29 strikes per minute.

Photo of the leading edge of the storm.

New Dashboard on the Homepage

2009-06-29T17:55:00.002+01:00

The observant amongst you may have noticed that the dashboard (information area) on the homepage of Hebwx has been enhanced with some extra data.
Anything that you're not sure about then just post a comment on here and I'll be happy to explain it for you.

Lightning Data

2009-06-28T15:19:00.005+01:00

There are some new features for the lightning & thunderstorm detection.
At the top right of the sub-header you'll see "Nexstorm:......." that shows if any thunderstorms are being tracked at the moment.
There's a short version of the TRAC report at the top of the Homepage and on the Lightning page, the short version of the TRAC report is again at the top of the page with the full version further down.

Weather Warning - Highland

2009-06-24T09:51:00.004+01:00

Flash warnings of severe or extreme weather.

Valid from 1200 until 2100 BST on Wednesday 24th June.

Scattered or isolated heavy showers will develop this afternoon, mainly in the west of the area. Accumulations of 10 to 15mm are possible within 1 hour, perhaps 30mm in total as the showers will be slow moving. The showers will die out during the evening.

This warning is for Highland Region only, Eilean Siar is not currently under a warning.

Further information on these warnings are available from the Met Office.

Live Weather Outage

2009-06-23T16:20:00.003+01:00

I've just noticed that the weather PC locked up at 05:31 this morning and I've been busy doing other things so it's taken until now before I noticed.
I'm just running a few processes before I restart everything but it should all be back up & running by 17:00.

Update: All is now well on the live weather side and normal service has been restored.
The systems will be monitored for the next 24 hours.
Sorry of any inconvenience.

Wunderground Forecast

2009-06-17T10:47:00.003+01:00

I've added another forecast to the website, this is the forecast for Stornoway from Weather Underground. As I contribute my data to Wunderground and upload my webcam image for them to use then they have given permission for the use of their forecasts in return.

So now you can compare my own forecast to that of Wunderground, both can be found in the Forecast & Advisories area in the menu.

Forecasts now show MPH

2009-06-17T09:25:00.003+01:00

I've updated the forecast so that they now show MPH for the wind speed instead of Knots.
I had been thinking about doing this as part of the website revamp but after Richards comment asking about having the forecast of the Printable Flyer in MPH & Knots then I decided to change.

I'm going to try & do this with the whole site but this means doing convertions as I want to keep my own records in Knots. The live weather isn't so bad as you can set your own units to be displayed (click on the "Units" button at the bottom of the screen), it's the likes of the main dashboard. I'll look into this and post on here if I find a way to change this as well.

Comments & ideas welcome.

Martin

Weather Flyer

2009-06-15T15:49:00.002+01:00

Hebrides Weather has now introduced the Weather Flyer which contains the latest satellite image, detailed 2 day forecast for the Stornoway area and a 5 day outlook on graph format.

This Weather Flyer is designed to be printed onto an A4 sheet and can be displayed by local hotels, guesthouses and companies for the convenience of their guests and visitors.

Please let us know if you use this new facility and any feedback is welcomed.

Welcome

2009-06-15T14:29:00.000+01:00

This is the new Hebrides Weather website blog and has been setup so that you can be kept informed about what's new on the site and what the updates are.

Regular visitors to www.hebrides-weather.co.uk or www.hebrides-photos.com/weather/ may have noticed a change in the URL and a new website.

The old site was getting too large to be tagged onto the Hebrides Photos website so it now has a new URL (www.hebwx.co.uk) and site layout.

The main work is now complete but there will be some tweaking taking place over the next few weeks. Feedback on the new site is most welcome so feel free to comment in this Blog or by using the Contact form on the website.