Weather Sites

The 5 day forecast for Oxford produced by the BBC in association with the Met Office.

The weather forecast direct from the Met Office.

The images are taken by geostationary satelite (i.e. they remain above a fixed point on the Earth). The satelite takes images using sunlight reflected back from clouds, land and sea surfaces. This means that the images can only be taken in daylight hours. The images show low cloud better than infrared images.

The images are taken by geostationary satelite (i.e. they remain above a fixed point on the Earth). The satelite uses infrared radiation emitted from clouds, land and sea surfaces. The hotter an object is, the more infrared radiation it emits.