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MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by Chris Mac » Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:08 am
I quickly threw this together to help me see exactly where the MWIS forecast areas are and thought i'd share it here in case anyone else finds it useful:
http://www.mwis.org.uk/scottish-forecast
http://www.mwis.org.uk/scottish-forecast
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by inca » Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:06 am
Useful graphic Chris. Often wondered why the MWIS doesn't have something like this on its website. Thanks for posting 👍
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by malrobb » Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:09 pm
Thanks for doing this. I too am surprised that they don't have a map that you can click on to access the relevant forecast. I fed this back to them but no changes yet.
Thanks
Thanks
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by AHillTooFar » Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:42 pm
This is why I like the met office approach. Shows the areas the forecasts apply to.
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by Lightfoot2017 » Sun Nov 04, 2018 3:57 pm
Really useful. Thanks for doing this. 

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Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by razzah » Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:35 pm
Very handy - thanks for posting. I was wondering which forecast to use for Rum the other day.
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by jmarkb » Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:52 pm
Rum appears to be right on the border between W and NW Highlands, so its probably worth reading both forecasts. It's also not clear whether NW Highlands really includes the Outer Isles or Orkney.
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by Chris Mac » Tue Nov 06, 2018 2:00 am
You're all very welcome, it was a rush job as you can see, made using the GPS map and waypoints. My first one included Shetland but was too tall, I also have an option with Orkney but decided to keep that in (sorry Shetland) as I figured it was close enough to warrant being included in the Northwest Highlands. I also have a version without Orkney but as there is appetite for this map i'll make a better one tomorrow and improve the accuracy as much as I can.
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by razzah » Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:31 am
jmarkb wrote:Rum appears to be right on the border between W and NW Highlands, so its probably worth reading both forecasts
Yeah I ended up reading both and picking the best one

Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by Chris Mac » Tue Nov 06, 2018 1:04 pm
Updated version using a better map and attempting to get the sections as accurate as possible:
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by Lightfoot2017 » Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:51 am
Chris Mac wrote:Updated version using a better map and attempting to get the sections as accurate as possible:MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map2.jpg
Again, really helpful. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Makes you wonder why the MWIS people haven't done this themselves!
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Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by paulG2 » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:57 pm
if this was Facebook consider this a Super Like!
Re: MWIS Scottish Forecasts Map
by Lightfoot2017 » Fri Nov 09, 2018 10:51 pm
paulG2 wrote:if this was Facebook consider this a Super Like!
Like.
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