Checkin for cloud coverage

[Mav359]

Hi peeps

What weather sites do you use for checking cloud coverage? i normally use metchek but the site is constantly down.

[Wildwood]

I find xcweather.co.uk better.

[Smeg]

I use the Window or Door technique.

[Psychobilly]

Sat24... Although its been a case of Watch it and Weep this summer...

http://www.sat24.com/gb

[Smeg]

Google Earth has a WEATHER layer you can turn on.

http://www.wunderground.com/ is also a good weather site.

[pete_l]

What weather sites do you use for checking cloud coverage? i normally use metchek but the site is constantly down.

If you're lookig for historical information then the Met Office is the best place to go - just put in your postcode for the local conditions. If you want up to date, wassit like right now? data then looking out the window is the only reliable source

[Hairycamel]

+1 for xcweather......

[Nathan_Pembs]

I don't really rely on a site or app anymore, because too often they've said clear skies and it's been the exact opposite and rained all night lol

Best just looking out the window and grabbing the chance to observe when you can

[robbie c]

I use the Window or Door technique.

Love it :D

[todd8137]

The Mark 1 eye ball tonight looks good for me

[hemihaggis]

i got my self one of those bresser astro weather stations on ebay for 16 quid , it gives good indications of weather trends , and aslo realitive humidity combined with high pressure can give an indication of the seeing conditions , lol ok its a gizmo to fill up my shed , but i give me somthin to curse at lol:icon_salut:

[JamesM]

SAT.24 and a butchers out of the bedroom window looking west an hour before kick off for a final decision. The Met Office's forecasts are next to useless and prefer SAT.24 because you can at least see and make your own judgement about what's on its way.

James

[cotterless45]

Yep been pretty dire. If it's overcast at sunset, then by midnight it'll clear for a few hours. It's been so varied that I haven't found a useful site, except the back window.

[Dr_Who_46]

yepp opened curtains i got cloud

[mark7331]

Looking at a satellite feed like Sat24, one eye on the sky and making your own mind up is the best approach as, in my experience, all the forecasts are useless.

Mark

[ScubaMike]

another vote for Sat24, extrapolating, and hoping.

Local conditions can be so.... well, local.

[Budgie]

I can highly recommend the Weather Stone.

For general cloud coverage I have a few images on my site. The top one combines an animated IR cloud image, rainfall raadar and lightning, then there's rainfall radar, visible cloud for the UK (no good at night ) and lastly an animated IR satellite image of cloud cover for Europe.

Meteox is another site, linked to Sat24.

[hemihaggis]

I can highly recommend the Weather Stone.

For general cloud coverage I have a few images on my site. The top one combines an animated IR cloud image, rainfall raadar and lightning, then there's rainfall radar, visible cloud for the UK (no good at night ) and lastly an animated IR satellite image of cloud cover for Europe.

Meteox is another site, linked to Sat24.

ah the old weatherstone lol , where abouts in the western isles are you (luckybugger!)

[MorningMajor]

They can all be a bit hit or miss - just like the weather, Calsky will send you an email alert when good viewing is possible and it's usually quite good

[Budgie]

ah the old weatherstone lol , where abouts in the western isles are you (luckybugger!)

On the East side of the Lewis, near Tiumpan Head with a nice views to the North & East over Broad bay and the Minch.

I used to live in Largs.

[foundaplanet]

I have stopped bothering checking sites for cloud. I now check them to see if there is any chance a hole will pass overhead.

[Psychobilly]

Even the UK Mess Horriffice are starting to get their act together... although they seem to have lost some functionality in the latest beta... before you could combine differnet data types on the same map and they seem to haev dropped the seperate IR and Visible options...

Forecast

Peter...