Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 9th March http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 9th March http://www.woksat.info/etcsc09m/sc09-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.44 UTC on Tuesday 9th March ...

Brussels on Tuesday 9th March 2010 Sunny. Cloudless sky. Brisk and cold wind - ENE in the morning, NE later. Brussels Uccle 4.4°C - overnight minimum -3.9°C Brussels Airport 3.3°C - overnight minimum -3.9°C Brussels Airport http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EBBR.html

After the changing output of the last 36 hours, we're in a period of real uncertainty towards mid-month. The MetO says this: "From Monday (15th) until Friday (19th) March the weather becomes much more unsettled with wind and rain in many western parts spreading slowly southwards. Temperatures cold at first but near normal later." It then continues this forecast in a similar unsettled vein past...

Sunny right from the start and this lasted through to the mid-afternoon then cloud (remember them) moved in from the east and put the lid on what was another gloriously sunny and increasingly warmer day. A max of 9.5°C after an overnight minimum of 1.1°C, the first night without a frost since the 4th. Despite the cloud later today there was 7.2 hours of sunshine and this brings the total up...

On Mar 5, 8:30*am, "Will Hand" wrote: "Natsman" wrote in message ... On 4 Mar, 20:27, Ouroboros Rex wrote:

Now, no doubt Dawlish or someone is going to tell me the chart is upside down http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_timeseries.png Assume the yoga position please

9 March 2010 Wokingham 0900z 050 07/14kt 16km 7Sc012 +4.0/+1.0 QFF 1030.7 +1.6 in 3hr Total 7 okta RMK Dry since 15z yesterday, mostly cloudy with a few breaks. 09-09 Screen max 8.6 min 1.4 grass min -2.2 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 8.8 AWS max 8.5 min 1.3 09-21 max 8.5 at 1502 min 1.3 at 0900

Southcote - 1500Z NE F3 9999 -SHRA 2Cu030 7+Sc045 +8.0/+1.6 1029.5

Blizzards have hit the French Mediterranean coast amid warnings of up to 20 inches of snow in Northern Spain on Tuesday. Nimes and Perpignan were among the cities hit by the bad weather near the coast in France. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8557570.stm

A very long shot this I know, but- I wonder if some one has a UKMO North Atlantic surface analysis for 12 UTC on 3 Feb 1991, or indeed any surface analyses for 02-03 Feb 1991. This relates to the exceptional extratropical cyclone known as 'The Greenhouse Low' which produced extreme winds over Iceland. Please contact me at davidDOTwaghornATgmailDOTcom

Some dry air during this frosty spell leaving very dry roads yet lots og gritters out spreading tonnes of rock salt. Driving down the M1 yesterday everning it was like some sort of dust storm as all the traffic lifted all the dry salt into the air. Today has been so dry he even the salt covering the roads they have remained dry. This seems to be down to dew points of around -6 with air temp upto...

(09:00UTC 09/03/10) 2.9 C Max 6.1 C, min 0.3 C Dewpoint 0.8 C RH 86% Wind 2.6 kts N 1030.1 hPa Steady Ppn (standard gauge) 0.0mm last 24hrs Ppn (standard gauge) 0.0mm this month Ppn (AWS) 0.0mm last 24hrs

After a stunning few days of true winter sunshine it now looks as though our HP is going to pick up some cloud and return to the grey cold variety that has dogged this winter here. Dave, S.Essex

Despite yesterday looking like there was a trend being established, changes in the ECM 12z stopped the possible agreement and consistency that appeared to be emerging yesterday and we are back with model difference this morning. The gfs shows a northerly, then an Atlantic breakthrough, but it is short-lived and there are hints of high pressure building at 10 days (and after). The ECM shows...

0900 to 0900UTC data for Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51 24'N, 0 46'W, 77m AMSL) generated on 09/03/10 at 09:00:03 090900Z 034 /3.7 kts/7.8 kts 3.3 C/0.4 C QFF 1030.3 hpa (+1.5 hPa in last 3 hours)= Max 09-09: 7.5 C at 13:25:48 08/03/10 Min 09-09: 2.3 C at 09:00:59 08/03/10 Min 21-09: 2.5 C at 06:47 on 09/03/10 Grass Min 18-09: -2.3 C Rain 09-09: 0.0 mm (last tip at 08:19 on 2/3/2010)

A cold start to March is not unusual. At least, not in this neck of the woods. The comments on this ng seem to convey rather short memories. Both March 2005 and 2006 started cold. 4th and 7th March 2005 min -3.0C 2nd March 2006 min -3.7C. It was coldest at the start of March 1986, with -5.7C on 3rd. Perhaps we are just longing for this extended winter to end.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.sci.weather/browse_thread/thread/6f0a1371e918e003/b6b8288fc3828fb0?hl=en& classic sh*t stirring " This group was quite harmonious until Dawlish turned up last year and resumed its harmony when he left. It was nice; back to normal. We forgot he ever existed. Now he has returned and *immediately* causes mayhem with his ill-mannered aggressive ...

Southcote - 0900Z NE F2-3 9999 1St012 5Sc015 +4.0/+1.2 1030 Patches of Sc and Ci above

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Saturday. Issued 0507, 9th March 2010 A more zonal flow will cover the UK on Sunday and into the beginning of the working week, with rain likely in the far north and drier, sunnier weather further south. Beyond that the models diverge, with GFS showing trough disruption followed by high pressure and ECM showing zonality continuing. Analysis and...

Oh well although some more snow would have been appreciated by me I can't complain about this winter. Me and my boy were trimming back some trees today in my garden as a good neighbour does, it was cold and my son started singing 'Here Comes the Sun'. It reminded me of when George Harrison wrote that song right at the end of the sixties when those winters were sure cold and long; that's how...