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To get the value for your barometer, choose a high-pressure day, pressure values are not changing very much - you can watch the TV forecasts for such a day. Go to the Met Office's observation page and choose the station nearest to your location - on a quiet weather day the distance away from you will not be significant. Adjust the barometer to the station's pressure value. You can check your barometer on other days but will have to compensate for fast-changing pressures or distance if the pressure is low or changing fast. The observation includes information about how the pressure is changing. There is a page on the University of Reading web site which gives more information about barometers.

However, if you want detailed climate values for a specific place try World Climate. You can enter a location when prompted and this then provides long-term average values for daily maximum and overnight minimum temperatures, also rainfall, on a monthly basis. Remember that these are averages and that there can be significant variations from these figures.

What is the difference between regional severe weather warnings and advance warnings?
The regional warnings are issued when severe weather is expected to cause disruption to traffic etc. over the next few hours. The advance warnings are issued when severe weather is expected to cause widespread disruption to traffic etc. over the next few days.

Current warnings and more information about them

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If you know your co-ordinates on the globe, then you can get an individual print out from the US Navy web site which provides sun and moon times anywhere on the globe. However you should note that the times given are all in GMT (otherwise known as UTC). Your latitude and longitude in the UK can be found by entering your postcode on the Streetmap web site.

Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
Bidston Observatory
Birkenhead
Merseyside CH43 7RA
Tel: 0151 653 8633 , then ask for extension 219
E-mail: either ktf@pol.ac.uk or hmst@pol.ac.uk

UK Hydrographic Office
Admiralty Way
Taunton
Somerset TA1 2DN
Tel: 01823 337900, then ask for extension 3533 or 3530
Fax: 01823 284077
Tidal enquiries e-mail: tides@ukho.gov.uk
UKHO on-line free worldwide tidal prediction service

Alternatively, the Yachting and Boating World magazine web site does have some pages with tide times. You may also find relevant general information on the SailSail site.