.: 17 January 2007:.
Brian Hamilton, the author of "Weather Display" software has been working hard to improve the text layout of the 5 Day Forecast, and the result is impressive!

14 January 2007:.
Further work is on-going to improve the layout of the WXSim 5 day forecast page. Of possible interest, is the news that a great new website called "ScotWeather" has recently been set up on the internet, based in Falkirk. The intention of the site owner is to provide a "one-stop" site for anyone with an interest in Scotland's weather, and can be found here. Well worth a visit!!

5 January 2007:.
There is a now a choice of forecasts to view. The 3 day forecast from NetweatherTV is still available via the "Weather" page, but a new link for a 5 day forecast has been created. This forecast is generated locally using Tom Ehrensperger's excellent WXSim program, and uploaded using "Weather Display". Currently, the WXSim forecasts are set to update thrice daily, at 06:00hrs, 12:00hrs and 18:00hrs, although their appearance on the website may be a little later than this. (There are one or two known bugs with the text alignment at this stage, although hopefully these will be addressed with future upgrades of "Weather Display"). This is still experimental, and the information is provided for interest only.
                                         **DO NOT PLAN IMPORTANT EVENTS USING THESE DATA!**

.: 30 December 2006 :.
The web-site has been moved to its new home at www.fortwilliamweather.com It is hoped that this will provide a more reliable, robust base - particularly for the uploading of live data. Thanks are again due to my son, Edward, for his valuable help and advice in setting this up.

.:28 September  2006:.
So what is the point of having a weather site, if it does not give a forecast? Thanks to the nice people at netweatherTV, a new page has been added giving a three day weather forecast for Fort William. This can be accessed from the main weather section.

.: 4/5 May 2006 :.
Overnight, Fort William experienced one of the most dramatic thunderstorms in recent years. The storm lasted for around 4 hours, during which time 16.mms rain fell. Several reports of lightning strikes on the Cow Hill transmitter have been made, and 3 houses in Arisaig were also struck. Thunder and lightning were seen in Ayrshire, in and around Glasgow and the central belt, and extending up the west coast of Scotland.

.:2 April 2006 :.
The Weather Station has been upgraded to a Davis VantagePro2 station. This gives better wind direction resolution, better wind gust speed accuracy and also provides information on sunshine hours and UV strength. New pages featuring the solar radiation have been added.

.: 15 March 2006 .:
Weather data from Fort William are constantly uploaded to the "WeatherUnderground" and to the "Citizens' Weather Observer Program". New links to these sites have now been added to the main Weather page.

.: 5 to 13 March 2006 :.
This is an exciting development! Using "Weather Display Live", you can now see the curent conditions in Fort William in near real-time. To access this, go to the Weather Section, and under the Current Weather section, select "Live Data". Remember to hit your browser return when finished viewing to access the other sections. (Please note, this requires "Macromedia Flash" software to work)

.: 4 March 2006 :.
Added Atlantic synoptic chart, courtesy of Meteorologica, under the "Satellite/Synoptic" section of the main weather page..

.: 26 February 2006 :.
Added link for UKMO severe weather warnings. See "Weather" section.

.: 25 February 2006 :.
Added new link to Meteorologica's Live Data map for the British Isles. You can customise the map to display a selection of weather data from a drop-down menu. You can zoom in on a particular area, and select what units (metric or imperial) you wish to use. Select "Weather" from the link above and click on "UK Data" under the Satellite/Synoptic section.