Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) on 24/09/08 http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell 241500Z 03003G06KT 6000 -RADZ 2ST010 3SC020 8SC030 14.3/13.2 QFF 1025.5 (+0.3 hPa in last 3 hours)= RMKS: A rather dismal day with int rain & drizzle, though some might call it showers. Max Temp Today: 15.2°C at 13:27 Min Temp Today: 12.3°C at 00:00 Mean Temp for September: 13.9 C

0850z ENE F3 9km HZ 7Sc010 13.1/12.0 1024.6 RMK: Broken layer of high Sc or Ac visible through the gaps in the low cloud. A little blue here and there. 09-09: Tx 13.6 Tn 10.5 Tg 9.4 RR 0.6 sss nil Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

Chalfont St Giles Wednesday 24th September 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0530z NNE F2 7000 -SHRA 8CuSc 12.7/11.1 1022 RMK: Only a few spots of rain. Norman. --

Southcote - 0900Z NNE F3 9999 2St012 4Sc030 7+Ac080 +14.8/+11.7 1025 A few spots of rain 0600. Breaks to 6 - 7/8 for an hour or so after sunrise. Max yesterday +16.3 Min last night +12.1 Grass Min +10.5 Rain (09-09) 0.2mm

Note: I've to leave early today - hence this is a shorter analysis. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow morning. Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon (GMT) on Sunday. Issued 0447z, 24th September 2008. The start of next week will see less settled conditions moving down from the north as a high to the west declines. ECMWF: http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Recm1201.gif

Images of category 3 typhoon Hagupit passing south of Hong Kong today can be found at: http://www.woksat.info/etcqi23/indexqi23.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at: www.woksat.info/wwp.html

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 23rd September 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 Tuesday 23rd September http://www.woksat.info/etcqi23m/qi23-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.07 UTC on Tuesday 23rd...

Brussels on Tuesday 23rd September Cool and mostly overcast day. Brighter with some breaks in the cloud for a short while in the early afternoon. Rain started just after 19.00 local time and has continued into the evening. Light mostly N wind. Brussels Uccle 15.6°C - overnight minimum 11.8°C - and 0.2 mm rain. Brussels Airport 15.3°C - overnight minimum 10.0°C - and 0.5 mm.

More in the way of patchy cloud today, but still good sunny spells. Maximum temperature 17.7C, after ab overnight minimum of 12.2C. Wind generally an ENE Force 3, occasionally 4 on the sea front. Very good visibility, around 20-25 miles this afternoon. Unsusually good for an easterly. Still a decent 3-5' swell on the north coast, forecast to decrease steadily.

23 September 2008 Wokingham 0900z 010 07/13kt 15km 1Cu015 3Sc020 7Ac150 +13.6/+9.9 QFF 1026.0 +0.7 in 3hr RMK 1Ac130 Cu fra Ac str vir. Dry since 15z with variable cloud. Present sheet of high Ac spread across from the NE in the past 2 hours. 09-09 Max 19.6 Min 10.0 Grass min 4.4 Rain Trace Sun (00-24) 2.2 AWS max 19.6 Min 9.7

Southcote - 1500Z NNE F3 9999 3Cu018 8Sc035 +14.7/+9.7 1025 Light showers late morning and early afternoon Max looks like +16.3 Eric Belton

0850z NNE F3 10km -HZ 5St006 5Sc012 8Sc040? 11.8/11.0 1026.2 09-09: Tx 17.1 Tn 10.6 Tg 9.1 RR 0.7 sss 3.0 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) on 23/09/08 http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell 230900Z 01004G10KT 9999 4CU025 6AC100 13.9/10.9 QFF 1025.7 (+0.7 hPa in last 3 hours)= Min Temp Today: 10.7°C at 01:56 Grass Min 21-09: 6.1 C State of Ground: Dry RMKS: 2SC050, Ci above. Light shower yesterday pm, but not enough to tip bucket. Max Temp Yesterday: 20.4 °C

(09:00UTC 23/09/08) 11.7 C RH 88% Wind 0.9 kts NNE 1027.4 hPa steady Rain 0.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 11 Consecutive days with no rain 10 Overcast, chilly, like yesterday and so often this month

Southcote - 0900Z N F3 9999 3Sc015 4Sc025 7+Ac100 +13.7/+10.3 1026 A few breaks overnight and to 4/8 total cloud between 0700 and 0830 Max yesterday +19.0 Min last night +12.3 Grass Min +9.6 Rain Tr

This included reports on the storm of May 28 1860 off Southwold. Described as a hurricane in one report it was said to have caused the loss of more than 150 ships off Southwold and brought blizzards to London. The programme is repeated on Thursday 25th at 1900 BST on BBC-2. -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy

21st was mainly sunny, with a a maximum of 19.1C after an overnight minimum of 11.3C. Breezy in any spots exposed to the east, and more in the way of small inland cumulus than recently. A line of convergence formed along the north coast around 16:00, and gave a line of quite dark cloud for a couple of hours. Not sure if it actually led to any showers. Pic at www.sennen-cove.com/today2.htm (which...

Unexpected cloud burst coming through Rayleigh and back into Southend- on-Sea at about 17:30 this evening, roads were completely awash. Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net

I've seen this one advertised, described as W-8681 or WH-1080 (they seem to be the same device). http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=223254&doy=22m8 has anyone here had any experience with it? At least it is USB, which still seems a strangely uncommon characteristic for such stations. --

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 22nd September 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 Monday 22nd September http://www.woksat.info/etcqi22m/qi22-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.18 UTC on Monday 22nd September