WestWeather was incorporated in 2006. Its initial purpose was to share weather & forecast information online to the local community. Our first weather station was connected to the internet and fed the Weather Underground network, records and climate data started to be captured in September 2006.
Today it is the leading source of weather & climate information in the South West of England. We produce weather model charts for the UK, we have previously presented on local radio, we host a number of stations across the southwest and we often appear on local media.
Our main Weather Station is based in Gloucestershire. We are privately funded, owned and operated, and do our best to remain self sufficent.
Where do we cover?
westweather.co.uk provides forecasts and live weather data to the whole of the South West.
The website is built in PHP and runs with version 8.2
Description of equipment:
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Weather Station:
● Davis Vantage Pro2
● Davis Solar Senor
● Davis UV Sensor
● Davis Rain Catcher
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Server:
● Dell Server (from August 2013)
● Microsoft® Windows®
● Intel® I7 processor
● 8 GB RAM DDR3 SDRAM
● 1Tb SSD Kingston
Webcam:
● Hikvision IP PoE
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Software:
● Window 11 64-bit Servers
● Weather Display
● WXSIM and WXSIMATE
● Microsoft Essentials Antivirus
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Disclaimer
Data received from the weather station, lightning detector, satellites, webcams and custom generated forecasts / charts is made as accurately as possible, however as the data is automatically imported 24/7, its accuracy cannot be 100% guaranteed.
Data from the weather station or downloaded from the internet to generate weather forecasts is not quality controlled by me and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.
As a result, please do not make any life critical decisions based on the data on this site.
Media Enquires and Our Data on Your Website
WestWeather is an independent weather website and is hosted in the UK. We love to have our data shared so contact us let us know what you are using it for.
Privacy
We do not store any data about your visit, however we do use Google Analytics to generate statistics about how the site is used.
Advertisements
Some pages on WestWeather contain advertisements to help fund the hosting of the site and these advertisements are generated by Google and follow their privacy guidelines. We do not endorse any of the products advertised.
Our Data On Your Website
We love to see people getting more interested in the weather and we are happy for any WestWeather images, charts, forecasts and data to be displayed on your website of social madia feed. All we request is that you include a link back to us.
Additional Information
All Local weather data, forecasts and lightning data is owned by WestWeather and any data downloaded from the internet and used for charts and forecasting is property of the respective owners.