Southampton checks out
The one I’ve consulted for years is a real time solid-state ultrasonic wind sensor and weather station measuring wind speed, direction, temperature, humidity, and pressure. It’s never let me down and saved me many a wasted journey.
I’m sure other sites are available but I’m not changing. 
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You’ve shared WeatherFile.com | Real Time LIVE Wind Data. I am only replying to that, sharing another option with the community. Not all must have a “real-time solid-state ultrasonic wind sensor”, naturally.
One that told me the wind gust was 1mph in Southampton at the time i checked. 
feel free to share other sites 
Mine does.
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Lads, I think we might be talking past each other. Yes, some stations on the PWS Network are rubbish. One does have to choose, as with anything. And @OzoneVibe’s right, there’s something clearly going seriously wrong with the reporting of his station (perhaps consider reporting this). But I’m just sharing an option, in the same way as @uav_hampshire did. I am not saying you must use PWS Network from now on. I might use WeatherFile.com | Real Time LIVE Wind Data sometimes as well. I already use many sources anyway.
If you’re coastal flying and they have a station at the location you’re at or near to, it’s a very reliable data source.
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Might go to Brighton soon-ish, will use it then, thanks! 
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I use Windfinder, it’s aimed at kite surfers it gives prevailing conditions and forecast (dependent on the station you choose, some are more comprehensive than others).
Given that almost all our flying takes place within the Surface Layer (surface to approximately 100m) of the Planetary Boundary Zone (surface to ~1500m) it will be nigh impossible to accurately model the speed of gusts below 120m. The best estimate (i.e.: worst case scenario) would be to double the surface speeds. This will usually be an overestimation, but could be exceeded occasionally. The rougher the ground surface, the greater the speed variation. Over a large body of water, or fens, the maximum speed at 120m may only be one and a half times the speed at the surface.
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I use this as well.
The CAA sent me an email this afternoon with an invitation from the Met Office to sign up to a new service, MAVIS. It’s a free weather service for aviators of all types. It’s simple to join, and offers a simple RAG rating for the wind conditions, etc (basically if it’s not green, don’t bother flying a drone).
You can join by following this link:
Once you’ve signed in you can save the webpage as an app on you device homepage for easy access.
I’m not recommending it yet, I’ve only just downloaded it myself, but since we were talking about wind and weather I thought others might be interested… .
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I saw it and had a look… There’s no live data from what I can see so will stick to what I’m using already.
Thanks for sharing.
It looks interesting as you can add a whole load of forecast overlays to the map (cloud cover, cloud base, wind, precipitation, temperature etc.); although, it is obviously catering for people flying a lot higher than we do and everything is in knots so I will have to remind myself of the m/s to knots conversion factor (1.9ish?).
Whether it is better than any other forecasting maps, I don’t know, but I will certainly have a play around with it.
Do you know what you signed up to in order to get the CAA e-mail please?
Good question! I can’t remember now, sorry. I think I signed up when I got my Flyer & Operator IDs, or when I was doing the A2CofC. It was just one of those tick-the-box-if-you-want-us-to-stay-in-touch type of things.
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I got it via CAA Skywise.
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Can you explain what this means? thanks
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In drone photography and cinematography, a parallax shot (often called an orbit) is a technique that creates a sense of depth by moving the drone and the camera in opposite directions to keep a subject centered.
To do this:
Select a Subject: Choose a stationary point of interest (like a building, person, or landmark).
Push the right stick to fly the drone horizontally (e.g., to the left) and counter-Pan by Simultaneously pushing the left stick in the opposite direction (e.g., to the right) to rotate the camera and keep the subject centered.
The wind catches the drone and gimbal, which acts as a sail and in trying to keep the gimbal horizontal it reaches it’s full movement causing the video to jerk.
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Thanks I didn’t know that was what it was called.
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