Frost alerts

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Kajazy

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Frost alerts
« on: March 09, 2012, 00:07 »
Does anyone know of a website which will send me email alerts if there is a frost forecast in my area...?

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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2012, 07:27 »
Hi Kajazy, yea a good one is the rhs grow your own app, go to the settings section of the app to install

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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2012, 10:58 »
Thank you Sprinter60!

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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2012, 11:03 »
If you haven't got an i-phone, is there any where else I could check?

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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2012, 11:08 »
There are many independent weather stations in the UK where the data is made available to all:

http://www.weatherstations.co.uk/aws_map.htm

If you locate your nearest one, you might be able to set up alerts from it. If not, it'll give you a good idea of trends and patterns very local to you anyway. :) You could also buy a weather station for yourself, they start quite reasonably and on some at least, you can set physical alarms.
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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2012, 11:22 »
As a rule of thumb an air temperature of +4C or lower with clear skies and little or no wind is likely to result in a ground frost. Local conditions also make a difference - low-lying areas are much more vulnerable as cold air tends to sink and collect there.
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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2012, 11:49 »
I do like Metcheck at this time of year. They have a frost risk page - It errs on the coldside in my area  ;)

But you can't set up a warning, you have to look every couple of days!

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Re: Frost alerts
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2012, 12:47 »
Does anyone know of a website which will send me email alerts if there is a frost forecast in my area...?
Try netweather
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