UK Met Office forecasts in thumbnail form for quick downloading by those with restricted bandwidth eg over cell phone, satellite phone or HF email attachments.
For a larger version, click on charts individually.
Latest Surface analysis at - 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC
Latest 24 hour forecast - 00, 06, 12, 18 UTC
Latest 36 hour forecast at - 00, 12 UTC
Latest 48 hour forecast at - 00, 12 UTC
Latest 60 hour forecast at - 00, 12 UTC
Latest 72 hour forecast at - 00, 12 UTC
Latest 84 hour forecast at - 12 UTC
Latest 96 hour forecast at - 12 UTC
Latest 120 hour forecast at - 12 UTC
Times of issue of charts
This can cause confusion. My old friend Martin Stubbs has provided a detailed description.
In brief
- Analysis charts are usually available by HH+0320
- 24-hour forecasts by HH+0520
- T+36 and T+48 forecasts by 0620/1820 UTC
- T+60 and T+72 forecasts by 0720/1920 UTC
- T+84 forecasts are only issued once a day at about 0930 UTC
- T+96 and T+120 forecast are only issued once a day, based on 1200UTC data, usually available after 2320 UTC
