The weather station in use is the Davis Vantage Pro2 which is wireless and measures the amount of rain, outside air temperature, humidity and barometric pressure at sea level. It also calculates the wind chill and dew point as well as producing the weather forecast on the Live Weather. There is a Boltek StormTracker Lightning detector connected to the computer using Nexstorm software that registers any lightning strikes within a 750 mile radius.

The forecasts are created using WXSim software which is tailored to this location and collects data from various sources to produce an accurate 5-day forecast.

The weather data is uploaded using a program called Weather Display which puts all of the data together, creates the graphs, tables and reports then uploads the data to the site. The program was written & designed by New Zealander Brian Hamilton, who continues to update and add new features all the time. Added to Weather Display is Weather Display Live which is the program used for the Live Weather on this site. It is also enhanced by the MesoMap Live which takes data from weather stations all over the world and allows their data to be displayed on a map that the site owner creates.

Latest Update 06/06/08The lightning data on the site has been enhanced with the addition of a Boltek Lightning Detector that can plot lightning strikes on a map to show the location of the strike and where storms are building.

Latest Update 21/02/08 There is now a new UK Earthquakes page where you can see the most recent events in the UK taken from the British Geological Survey.