Winter Weather

During the winter season starting on 1st of December Gosport Weather provides the following information.

The main information we provide which will prove useful to both gardeners and drivers is the Soil Information section at the bottom of our homepage:

When the grass temperature starts to fall towards 0˚C, visitors should be on the look out for ice on the roads and pavements. When the Grass Temperature hits 0˚C a warning is sent by email to our mailing list.

Other winter weather warnings sent by Gosport Weather include:

Minimum outside temperature = -5°C

Minimum wind chill = -5°C

We also have the frost prediction alarm enabled.

The alarm will be triggered if:

Time of day is between 9pm and 9am (overnight)

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

To sign up for our weather warnings service visit http://www.gosportweather.co.uk/wxwarn.php

For further information please Contact Us.

Lightning Data and Forecast.

Over the past two weeks we have been reviewing our lightning data and during recent storms in the area it was noted that the previous supplier for our lightning data was not detect many lightning strikes and occasionally not detecting any. It was therefore decided that the page needed updating and a new supplier of data was needed. After reviewing and monitoring several websites that provide data and operate near Gosport, Worthing Weather was chosen. This website was chosen on the basis that it was common for their equipment to detect 300 more strikes than other stations. It was also noticed that when their data was cross referenced with official websites their accuracy with regards to range and bearing of strikes was very high. It has come to my attention that their equipment is mounted at 260 ft (80m). This height is what enables their data to triumph over other stations. We have also added a lightning forecast page to our website and is updated frequently throughout the day. If you like the lightning data we provide on our website then why not visit The Lightning Ring and rate the providers website and leave comments for the provider.

Latest News

Gosport Weather News:
1) Website upgrade
2) Weather Station news
3) Weather forecast news

1) We will be going off-line for a short time during May to enable us to upgrade the homepage. We will let visitors know via Facebook when we intend to go off-line and the exact timing of when we will be back on-line. The upgrade will include soil moisture and soil temperature data. The sensors are currently being tested and we will make the data from these sensors available once testing is complete.

2) We are looking at moving our Solar and UV sensors from their current locations in order to improve the readings. This will involve these sensors being taken off-line for a short period of time but the remainder of the weather station will remain on-line and updates will continue to be posted on our website.

3) We are looking at providing a free service which will enable us to send our 7 day forecast out as an email each night. The email will be sent at approximately 19:35 which is five minutes after the latest forecast run. We hope to have this service up and running by Saturday 7th April. If you would like to receive our forecast as an email please contact us either by using the contact form on our website or by emailing: gosportweather@yahoo.co.uk

Weather Forecasts from Gosport Weather

We will soon be going off-line for approximately 30 minutes in order to incorporate our forecast into the Homepage and add links to the sidebar.

We have used external sources for our forecasts for a year now. We feel that it is time to provide our own forecasts produced using data from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA, the UK Meteorological Office and Southampton Airport.

We have finished testing a piece of software called WXSIM which is used to produce our forecasts four times a day at 2am,8am,2pm and 8pm. We will continue to monitor the forecast runs for errors and inaccuracies. In the event of major errors the WXSIM forecast will cease to operate and we will use Weather Underground until a solution has been found.

We hope visitors find our forecasts useful and we hope to be able send the forecasts using the weather warning system shortly. This is subject to further testing to decide which is the most appropriate and accurate forecast run and at which time the forecast should be sent.

Finally the terms of use for this service: All Weather data on this site is provided "as is," and Gosport Weather & its suppliers disclaim any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Never base important decisions that could result in harm to people or property on this weather information.