The Met Office has released information to the effect that site specific site forecasts are increased from 480 to 5,000, this means very much more local forecasts which will be updated twice daily. The location or DE6 post code gives a choice of five locations – Ashbourne, Ilam Youth hostel, Alton Towers, Dimmingsdale Youth Hostel and Uttoxeter Race Course. The information is available from the Met Office by mobile phone, Weather Widget, or the Invent area of the Met Office web site. Click on this link and then type Ashbourne into the drop down box of the region section of the site and you can then select one of the five location for our area.
It should be noted that this section of the Met Office website is new and the content will be regularly changed and is being continuously developed so things might not always work as expected. Met Office Invent should not be used to make operational or personal decisions. Met Office Invent will showcase some of our future plans for presenting web-based weather forecasts, products and information. It will allow you to become involved in the formation of new weather and climate change products, services or forecasts. For up-to-date forecasts you should visit the main forecast section of the Met Office website for East Midlands.
Thank you to the weatherman on the hill for spotting this information.
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