Live Weather Widgets for All
Following the phenomenal success of the BBC Countryfile Live show at Blenheim Palace last summer, now any web site can have a Widget showing local Live Wind and Weather on their front page. With Health and Safety requirements highlighting the need to know local Wind and Weather conditions at temporary events and permanent locations, the decision was made to make…
Today, Wind & Weather, Live from Lands End
Today, Wind and Weather, Live from Lands End. Well to be more precise, NCI Gwennap Head, located high (Station Elevation: 230′) on the far south west of Cornwall between Land`s End and Porthcurno, today, went live on RPR Ltd’s www.Weatherfile.com site. The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) is an entirely voluntary organisation keeping a visual watch along UK shores. Currently 50 NCI stations are operational and manned by…
Beaufort Hurricane Force 12 from Storm Barbara ?
The Meteorological Office issued an amber weather warning for northernmost Scotland as Storm Barbara approaches the UK. The Met Office said the worst of the weather was expected Friday and Christmas Eve Saturday. Gusts of up to 90mph (the maximum, Force 12 on the Beaufort Scale) are forecasted for parts of Scotland with Christmas travellers being warned to expect disruption…
Winter Warmers and Cattle Heat Stress ?
Today the south of the UK may experience the warmest December day on record, so lets take a look at one of our more specialised product ranges available. Heat and humidity are tough on cattle. Rising temperatures and humidity result in increasing body temperatures, with very negative consequences. Even cattle living in fairly moderate climates may experience periods of heat stress. Heat stress causes…
Kestrel Elite – Top Pick in International Sniper Competition
Kestrel® Weather & Environmental Meters, have been named as a top pick in sniper tech by FOX News at this years USASOC International Sniper Competition, held at Fort Bragg, NC, USA During the week, the world’s elite special operations forces converge at Ft. Bragg for specialized competitions hosted by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The competitions are designed to challenge the…
WEATHERFILE.COM Hits 2 Million Page Views & Mobile Friendly
WeatherFile.com has made incredible advances in the last 15 months. It started life as a very flat HTML 1.0 driven website providing an incredible wealth of information. Brilliant for weather geeks with time on their hands, but not so easy to view ‘on the go’. The team sat together and realised it was important to bring the site up-to-date. Some…
Wind &the Worlds Shortest Scheduled Flight
The airport at Aikerness on Westray, one of the Orkney Island now benefits from the new additional of a GSM connected FlexiMet Wind System providing live (and historic) Wind speed and Direction on any internet connected Phone, Tablet, Laptop or PC via WWW.WEATHERFILE.COM One of this beautiful and interesting islands claims to fame is that Flights, leaving the island’s airport at Aikerness to travel to…
AroundBritain.org Update
Mark Newton, a former army Tank Commander from Swansea, holds the Guinness world record for the longest distanced travelled on a mobility scooter – 12,186 miles in 596 days. This record breaker is visiting every war memorial in Britain to photograph and catalogue War and Lifeboat Graves and Memorials a county at a time- on his mobility scooter. All his images will be on website www.war-graves.co.uk,…
North Ronaldsay now has Live Wind Data
North Ronaldsay is one of the smallest, most isolated and northerly of Orkney’s populated isles. The island is home to fascinating wildlife, natural beauty and the island’s unique seaweed eating sheep. North Ronaldsay sheep are an ancient breed which are kept on the foreshore by a 13-mile drystone wall known as a dyke and they live mainly on seaweed. They are allowed on…
‘I’ll be Back’ and it is – Wind Chill !
The UK winter up to now has been wet and windy, it is now very Wet! Noticeably though, temperature readings have been holding up above seasonal averages, but ….. This weeks weather outlook is a chilly change downwards to the more normal ‘cold’ winter temperatures. With the high winds still being forecasted, the chilling effects of the wind needs careful monitoring for the safety of all outdoor workers and those pursuing…
