London: 11 March 2010

UK Parliamentarians raises questions with Ministers as to what data will be released by the UK Met Office in April 2010?

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“Met Office

John Thurso: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to page 27 of the document Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government, what underlying data for weather forecasts will be released for free download and reuse by April 2010. [321358]

Mr. Kevan Jones: I have been asked to reply.

The underlying data that has been made available is detailed in the following table. This data can be downloaded for free from the Met Office website at the following link:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/pws/invent/weathermap/

As outlined in 'Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government', the Met Office has also released a free iPhone application to access weather data and a widget that enables other websites to deploy Met Office supplied weather information.

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Category

Data details

Weather warnings

Type, validity period, risk and severity for all current valid warnings issued by the Met Office

Weather

For all UK weather stations for which an observation or a forecast is available:

 

Site name

 

Latitude

 

Longitude

 

Wind direction

 

Wind speed

 

Wind gust

 

Weather type (as numerical code, decode provided on website)

 

Visibility

 

Temperature

 

Pressure-observed values only

 

Pressure tendency (e.g. "Rising")-observed values only

Mountain and leisure areas

For Mountain areas:

 

For the current day (day zero): weather hazards including severity, fell top conditions, weather forecast including precipitation probabilities

 

For the next day (day one): weather forecast

 

For days two and three: weather outlook For Leisure areas: a textual overview of the current day's weather

Pressure

Forecast Pressure for the entire UK area at various time frames

Ultra Violet

Forecast UV values for the current day through to day four for every forecast location in the UK

“Met Office

John Thurso: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future of the Met Office. [321359]

Mr. McFadden: My Noble Friend the Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence on the future of the Met Office.

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