3 January 2009 Wokingham 0900z 060 01kt 28km SKC -5.7/-7.0 QFF 1031.3 +0.6 in 3hr RMK Moderate hoar. Ground frozen. Dry since 15z yesterday. Cloudy until early evening, then clear sky. 09-09 Max 6.3 Min -7.0 Grass min -11.5 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 2.2 AWS Max 6.1 Min -6.8

Southcote - 1500Z NE F1-2 9999 TrSc040 +2.9/-6.0 1030 Trace of cloud distant to NE (probably Sc) Max today +5.4 Eric Belton

On Wednesday I acquired one of these max-min thermometers with a sensor you put outside. I know they're not the most accurate or reliable of thermometers, but I am interested to see that the minimum reading since then is -1.9ºC and the maximum is 3.8ºC. I would have expected a lower minimum given the still air and clear skies we had yesterday and last night. As I type it's gone up from...

Yet again cold & cloudy here so what's new, suppose most places are bathed in sunshine! Amazing really drive a few miles south west and it's sunny, it's about right for this place, and Dave R thinks he's got it bad:) Min last night only fell to -1.1c due to cloud cover. Current temp 1.0c Sorry guys I do like cold weather but something just a little more

Nothing to extreme but I sense a surprise or two over the next few days on the weather front, I have that feeling in my water. -- Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Early one morning a couple of weeks ago we found an ice growth/formation in a birds' water dish. The whole dish was frozen solid with a flat surface. IIRC correctly it had been a dry but dampish night. There was just the one single column of smooth ice about .5cm diameter and around 3cm tall, on top of which was a formation of ice "petals", all of them square and .5 to 2cm across. There...

(09:00UTC 03/01/09) -3.7 C Dewpoint -4.8 C RH 92% Wind 0.7 kts NNE 1032.7 hPa steady Precipitation 0.2mm last 24hrs Precipitation 0.2mm this month This month's precipitation days 1 Consecutive days with no precipitation 1

-7.4 C at 0900 Its been mainly below zero for best part of 4 days in a row. brian www.aberfeldyweather.com

0900Z CALM 50KM SKC -6.0/-6.8 1030= 09-09Z Tx 4.4 Tn -6.4 Tg -8.6 RR 0.0 RMK The lowest January min since -6.9 in 2003. Dick Lovett Charlbury (Oxfordshire Cotswolds) 122m

Southcote - 0900Z CALM 9999 SKC -3.0/-6.4 1030.5 Cloudy until 2000 hours on 2nd - clear since then. Temp at 0300 reading -2.3. Max yesterday +6.8 Min last night -3.2 Grass Min -6.5 Rain Nil

08Z: CALM SKC M06/M07 Q1030= RMK: Coldest night of Winter and since 17feb08. Interesting that Keiths wishes are now supported by MetO with a band of sleet/snow moving South on Tue/Weds..! Phil -- www.layton.me.uk/meteo.htm

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Wednesday. Issued 0527, 3rd January 2009 The models continue to struggle even at T+120. ECM and MetO are still bullish about a mobile setup as zonality sets in, but this has no support from GFS, which instead keeps a high over the UK. All that can be said is the middle of the week is likely to be cold, with *possibly* milder air moving in from...

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Where do you fill in the data for the Annual Report ? I notice each element has a month 13 and was wondering if this was what I select. Happy New Year to you all. -- Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Tuesday. Issued 0546, 2nd January 2009 The models are still showing great differences this morning with the handling of our high. ECM quickly collapses the whole thing southwards, with a chilly couple of days early in the week and milder conditions by the weekend. GFS has colder conditions throughout the week, with milder air arriving by...

It's now a virtual certainty that today will be the lowest max of 2008 for here. (2.4C). I wonder how often that has occured on the last day of the year? Dave, S.Essex www.laindonweather.co.uk

November 2008 at the Brussels Uccle site of the Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute French http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/fr/2656075-Novembre+2008.html Dutch http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/nl/2656075-November+2008.html 1st column - November 2008 2nd column - long-term average

December 2008 at the Brussels Uccle site of the Belgian Royal Meteorological Institute French http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/fr/2780355-Decembre+2008.html Dutch http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/nl/2780355-December+2008.html 1st column - December 2008 2nd column - long-term average

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Friday 2nd January http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Friday 2nd January http://www.woksat.info/etcra02m/ra02-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.14 UTC on Friday 2nd January

Brussels on Friday 2nd January Overcast and cold again. Light snow for a few minutes just after 11.00 local time. Light WSW wind in the morning veered ENE by mid- afternoon. Brussels Uccle 1.5°C - overnight minimum -2.5°C. Brussels Airport 0.6°C - overnight minimum -2.6C. Graph http://193.190.137.7/~celinair/maps/metevol_ok/metr012.gif