The weather plays a huge role in amateur astronomy, principally by preventing observation of the night sky! Some are blessed with plenty of clear skies throughout the year. Others are not so fortunate.

This page provides weather information (including severe weather warnings) from around the world along with space weather information and how the Sun looks today and aurora predictions.

Space Weather - Solar Wind

RSS & XML Weather Feeds From Around The World

RSS Weather Weather feeds from around the world available at this one site. U.S. National Weather Service This page provides access to NWS watches, warnings and advisors, listed by state in three different formats. Select a state name to view a list of active alerts in your web browser. These files are updated about every two minutes. Weather Feed FAQ Everything you wanted to know about weather feeds and how to use them. World Weather This is an alpha release - no guarantees it will work at all. Also, it's a screenscraper, so if worldweather change their html, it will break. Horribly.

Weather Maps and Satellite Images

Temperature weather map of the U.S. Click for more detail. Temperature weather map of Europe. Click for more detail. Today's weather forecast map of the U.S. Click for more detail. Today's weather forecast map for Europe. Click for more detail. Infra red map of Northern America Infra red map of Northern Europe Mercator-projection image of Europe A colour-coded image of Europe which is updated every 6 hours (at 0, 6, 12 and 18h U.T.) Satellite Maps of other countries are available from the menu on this page. European Weather Forecast Today's European weather forecast (from CNN). North American satellite imagery from the GOES satellites Today's American weather forecast (from CNN). Other Areas Of The World: Click on the above Temperature or Forecast maps to see options for your region

General Weather Sites

AccuWeather Weather.com BBC Weather (World) The Weather Underground MetCheck Intellicast Weather (World)

Add Weather Stickers To Your Website

More weather by AccuWeather® Clear Sky Clock These clocks show at a glance when, in the next 48 hours, you might expect clear and dark skies for one of many observing sites. It is specifically intended for amateur astronomers. The forecast data comes from a numerical weather model run by those very cool guys at the Canadian Meteorological Centre. AccuWeather Find the Weather for any City, State or ZIP Code, or Airport Code or Country. Choose from one of three styles to present the information (e.g. as opposite). Weather Underground Find the Weather for any City, State or ZIP Code, or Airport Code or Country WeatherRoom.com Weatherroom has created a number of resources for you to add weather information and capabilities to your own web site. You can add a forecast box, a weather search box, or a direct link to forecast information. MailChoose.com Provide two weather applets that you can customise for your location.

The Sun Today - Sat March, 2010

Click images for larger viewws of the Sun Today's Space Weather H-Alpha solar images, geophysical forecasts and various other solar and space weather data. Sunspot Cycle Predictions The latest sunspot predictions from NASA. Solar and Heliospheric Observatory The latest results and images from the SOHO spacecraft. The very latest SOHO Solar images.

Aurora Predictions

The Aurora Today (UV) Ultraviolet pictures of the Aurora taken by the Polar spacecraft. The Aurora Today (Visible) Visible light pictures of the Aurora taken by the Polar spacecraft. Worldwide Aurora Forecast The forecast map will show the approximate Universal Time (UT) of greatest activity for your longitude. Aurora Monitor Real-time notification of activity & updates of conditions during significant solar, geophysical and auroral activity events.

Space Weather

SpaceWeather.com Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment Latest Space Weather The Space Environment Center provides space weather alerts and warnings for disturbances. SunspotCycle.com Provides a wealth of information about sunspots, including current sunspot number, and how they affect Earth