Back to average summer weather
The heatwave will give way to much more average conditions across the UK during the next days. As it does so there is the chance of some heavy showery rain affecting many parts, although it looks thought the south east may well miss most of it, and during the weekend this is where the warmest and driest weather is likely to be found with temperatures well down on recent days, but still possibly reaching 24C to 26C. In the north and west it will be cooler with an ongoing risk of showers during Saturday and Sunday.
Next week currently isn't looking too bad for southern areas with temperatures probably quite close to the seasonal average, and a reasonable amount of dry and at times bright weather. In the north it is likely to be continue to be less settled with showers or longer outbreaks of rain at times. You can now check out our
monthly weather outlook which has been updated for July. The overall picture is for a decent month, albeit with some unsettled spells. So hopefully better than the last couple of years, but probably not a classic, although with the changeable nature of the weather in the UK it's impossible to be sure!
The
14 day discussion forecast provides more information on how we expect the weather to develop.
Important weather forecast improvements on our site
Most of you will have noticed that we have made some changes to the forecasts options on our site, and we will be making further changes during the next few weeks. The key is to use the Check forecast options near the top of the screen on most pages. One of the big improvements is that you can now start typing a postcode or location in the box and a list of suggestions based on what you have entered will be displayed. We strongly recommend you pick from the suggestions offered as this will ensure you select a valid location.
The
day weather forecasts (which provide a 7 day weather forecast) available from the header bar on most pages of the site have proved popular since we introduced them, but a number of you have asked us if we can display them in a tabular summary format for ease of viewing. The good news is that we've now done this, and the even better news is that if you liked them as they were this format is still available to you.
In addition to the selection and formatting improvements we have also increased the resolution of the data which means it is targeted more precisely and should produce better weather forecasts. As feedback, suggestions and questions are welcome, so please
send them to us.
Data feeds and weather forecasts
XML data feeds are a quick and easy way to add weather forecasts to your Internet or intranet site. In simple terms we give you access to our forecast database and the means to use the data in your web pages. This is a great way of providing weather forecasts because once set-up everything should run automatically on your web site with us taking care of the forecast updates. You then have complete flexibility in how the forecasts are branded and presented to your customers.
We currently provide consultancy and data feeds to clients in a range of sectors including agriculture and to other private meteorology companies. In addition our consultants have developed software for some of the leading blue chip companies in the UK and specialise in Microsoft .NET and SharePoint technologies.
Full access to the XML data feeds can usually be provided within 24 hours of you contacting us and agreeing a subscription.
Please
contact us for more information or a quote.
Issued 20:20 02/07/2009
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