Identification

Title

Mountain Weather Forecasts

Abstract

Mountain forecasts are provided for the main mountain areas and those which have the highest visitor figures. Forecasts are issued twice per day and cover the daylight hours. Weather forecast information for the UK mountain areas of Peak District, Lake District, Snowdonia, Yorkshire Dales and Brecon Beacons and the West and East Highlands. For each area the forecast should cover: For day one: Overview; Risk of occurrence of a selection of hazards; Weather symbol summary for 3 hourly slots; Probability of precipitation For day one and day two a detailed forecast provides: Weather; Visibility; Hill Fog; Maximum winds above 600m East and West Highlands, 500m Lake District and Snowdonia and 400m Brecon Beacons and Peak District (800m Brecon Beacons) Yorkshire Dales; Temperature at valley and 900m levels (800m Brecon Beacons); Freezing level; The latest pressure chart; A 'National Park Authority (NPA) information' freeform text box containing information added by the NPA, this content is optional for the NPA and therefore will not always be present. For days three to five an outlook summary text is provided. For Snowdonia the basic Public Weather Service forecast is currently enhanced by funding from the Welsh Assembly which is not available through DataPoint.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint/products/mountain-weather-forecast

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name:

description: Met Office DataPoint

Unique resource identifier

code

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint/products/mountain-weather-forecast

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:3857

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Atmospheric conditions

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 INSPIRE themes

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Weather

Temperature

Rain

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

Weather

Temperature

Visibility

Wind

Pressure

Probability of precipitation

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-12

East bounding longitude

5

North bounding latitude

61

South bounding latitude

48

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-03

Frequency of update

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

Post-processed output from the Met Office numerical weather prediction system.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

This metadata is produced to ensure compliance with the discovery aspects of the regulation but the dataset itself is not yet served in a compliant format.

Data format

name of format

XML

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Limitations on public access

no limitations

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Met Office

full postal address

FitzRoy Road

Exeter

EX1 3PB

United Kingdom

telephone number

+441392885680

facsimile number

+441392885681

email address

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Met Office

full postal address

FitzRoy Road

Exeter

EX1 3PB

United Kingdom

telephone number

+441392885680

facsimile number

+441392885681

email address

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2013-08-30T13:34:10

Metadata language

eng