UK land observations

Description	Hourly observation information, for around 60 UK sites
Format	Text - colon delimited
File name	UKSYNOP.DAT
Issue time	Updated hourly
Cost	£4,120 exc. VAT per annum.
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• Service details
• Summary of service details
• Format
• Pricing
• Standard terms and conditions
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Available for around 60 UK sites, this product provides hourly observational information for a range of weather elements.

Summary of service details

• Hourly observations for around 60 UK stations
• Elements provided - windspeed (knots), direction (compass points), gust (if significant - knots), visibility (km), temperature (degrees Celsius), pressure (mb), pressure tendency (rising, falling or steady), and current weather (e.g. fog, rain, etc)
• Delimited text format - uses colons instead of commas
• The information is pushed from our server to yours via FTP push
• Updated hourly.

This product provides the latest weather information recorded at a number of observing stations around the UK.

Format

A sample of the format is provided below:

   Location     :WDr:WSp:Gst:Vis :Tmp:MSLP:Pr Tend:Current weather 
                                                                 
 Heathrow       : NE:  2:N/A: 0.8: 14:1010: Rising:             Fog 
            

Each line is in the format - Station name: Wind direction:Wind speed:Gust:Visibility: Temperature:Mean sea-level pressure:Pressure tendency:Current weather

See this example file, which shows the format details.

Pricing

The UK land observations product is priced at £4,120 + VAT per annum, assuming a one-year contract. The price is purely for the service detailed and does not include technical support.

Standard terms and conditions

All Met Office services are subject to our standard terms and conditions, which can be faxed to you upon request and will be automatically dispatched with the contract.

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