Weather
BBC Weather Centre
Read today's forecast plus longer term forecasts for the UK (regions and selected cities) andfor world regions and cities. You can also find an analysis of the weather in the past year, shipping forecasts, an A-Z of weather and a glossary of meteorological terms. For a pressure forecast look under UK weather.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ weather
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment
This online encyclopedia is aimed at lay people and students at school. It is a good starting point to find out more about atmospheric issues such as climate change, global warming and ozone depletion and has excellent links for each topic.
http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/ aric/ eae/
Meteorological Office
As well as the latest UK and world weather forecasts and satellite images, the site has information about the Met. Office itself, the study of weather and forecasting and an excellent links section (including an a-z country list of other national met. offices).
http://www.met-office.gov.uk
Online Meteorology Guide from the University of Illinois
Aimed at secondary school children and undergraduates, this guide covers major aspects of the study of weather: light and optics, clouds and precipitation, forces and winds, air masses, weather forecasting, severe storms and El Nino.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/ (Gh)/ guides/ mtr/ home.rxml
The Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
The Hadley Centre is part of the Met. Office and researches, monitors and makes predictions about climate change. There are useful links to other sites about climate change.
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/ research/ hadleycentre
The Weather Channel
Searchable by UK town/city or postcode, world region or country. The site has 10 day forecasts, climate statistics and satellite images. Barometer settings are included when you search for weather in a specific locality.
http://uk.weather.com/ index.html/
UK National Air Quality Information Archive
This site provides information about air pollution in the UK - its causes, effects, what is being done to improve air quality plus statistics. Daily regional air quality summaries are available.
http://www.airquality.co.uk/ archive/ index.php
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
There is a link to the full text of the Kyoto Protocol (the commitment by developed countries to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases) which was agreed at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference at Kyoto.
http://unfccc.int/
World Climate
Site which provides weather averages for thousands of places worldwide.
http://www.worldclimate.com/climate/index.htm
Page last updated: 1 July 2008
