The Most Complete, User-Friendly Weather Data For The U.K. and Ireland Is Now Available On The Web

AccuWeather.com Offers Forecasts For Every U.K. Postcode Location

(State College, PA - January 10, 2005) - AccuWeather.com has launched a new component of its popular web site to offer complete weather information for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Users can now access the most expansive weather coverage available for all UK postcode locations, plus a wide range of Irish cities, with satellite and complete forecast information.

Users can easily view local 15-day forecasts for thousands of locations across the UK and Ireland as well as hundreds of thousands of locations worldwide. Animated satellite maps provide a complete weather picture for the UK, Ireland, Europe and the north Atlantic. National maps showing precipitation, temperature maximums and minimums, UV levels, weather forecast icons or wind speed are available for a quick snapshot of complete information in a graphical format. Travelers can also select these maps for countries across the globe.

Popular "Interest Areas" including Sailing, Mountain and Health offer valuable additional information on specific topics such as marine pursuits, hiking, air quality and pollen counts. Other exclusive features include the Hurricane Center and a weekly column on European weather with the fascinating and sometimes controversial views of well-known AccuWeather.com expert meteorologist Joe Bastardi.

"Our new content provides the most useful weather data anywhere on the Internet for Ireland and the United Kingdom," says Jim Candor, Senior Vice President of New Media at AccuWeather.com. "Residents and visitors alike will find all the weather news they need in one place, in a format that's easy to use and understand."

With simple site navigation and easy-to-print pages for takeaway, the new site is a user-friendly source for complete information on weather---the Internet's most-requested topic. Users can access the site at http://uk.accuweather.com, http://ireland.accuweather.com or http://www.onlineweather.com.

About AccuWeather and AccuWeather.com

AccuWeather.com, The World's Weather Authority®, provides a portfolio of products and services through the airwaves, via the Internet, in print, and behind the scenes that benefit hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather.com services more than 150,000 paying customers in media, business, government and institutions including Vodafone Ireland, British Telecom, the Trinity Mirror and Express newspaper groups and The Irish Times, plus millions more through the website. AccuWeather.com also provides content for more than 1,200 Internet sites including Scotsman.com, IC Digital Network, The CN Group, The Associated Press®, The Belfast Telegraph and The Guardian.

For more information about AccuWeather.com, please email behe@accuweather.com or call 814-235-8756.

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