Dear Mike, Blick, and WeatherCat fans,
Hmm, . . . definitely odd that you would be having problems like this. Just in case, why don't you try downloading WhatRoute:
http://www.whatroute.net/It is a tool to check how well you can reach another location on the Internet. Then enter the following hostname:
wow.metoffice.gov.ukNormally, it should be very fast to connect to a host. If you are seeing that it takes a long time, perhaps your Internet Service provider has problems reaching the Met Office WoW site. As a check you might compare how long it takes to reach
wow.metoffice.gov.uk compared to popular sites like Google. It seems really unlikely, but it is worth a quick check to see if that's the problem. Given that nobody else is having problems submitting to WoW, it is most likely a local problem. Even from California, it takes a long time for packets to reach Met Office, but they to arrive without data loss.
Let us know what you find out.
Cheers, Edouard