Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 15th 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 15th September http://www.woksat.info/etcqi15m/qi15-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.50 UTC on Monday 15th September

Brussels on Monday 15th September Rather cloudy (Sc) but with occasional sunny intervals until early afternoon. Overcast and rather gloomy by the end of the afternoon. Very cool and autumnal – light ENE to E wind. Brussels Uccle 15.4°C - overnight minimum 9.3°C. Brussels Airport 14.7°C - overnight minimum 7.0°C. Graph http://193.190.137.7/~celinair/maps/metevol_ok/metr012.gif

15 September 2008 Wokingham 0900z 020 03kt 12km 1Ac180 7Cs250 +14.0/+9.4 QFF 1025.9 +0.6 in 3hr RMK COTRA. Partial 22 deg halo and LH parhelion. Dry overnight with large amounts of high cloud. 09-09 Max 19.9 Min 7.0 Grass min 5.3 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 7.2 AWS Max 19.4 Min 7.3

Southcote - 1500Z E F2 9999 2Cu045 3Sc050 5Ci250 +19.1/+6.9 1025 Eric Belton

24-hourly plots of British Isles max temp, min temp, sunshine and 12- hour rainfall totals can now be found at http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/observation_extremes.html The plots will be updated shortly after 8pm and 8am each day. These are in addition to the existing pages of tables. Roger

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) on 15/09/08 http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell/index.html 151200Z 09003G10KT 9999 1CU040 4AC180 6CI250 17.8/8.9 QFF 1024.8 (-1.0 hPa in last 3 hours)= Min Temp Today: 8.1°C at 04:57 Grass Min 21-09: 5.3 C State of Ground: Partly Dry RMKS: Cu hum. Ac floc. COTRA. Max Temp Yesterday: 20.1 °C

Thunder and hail here in Branksome Poole about 15:20. Very slow moving thundery showers. Heavy rain with some large hail. A big group of staff gathered to watch a very menicing dark cloud with rotation that could be seen very clearly. One member of staff got a lump on his head from a very large piece of hail approx 12mm diametre. Heardly a breath of wind. Clouds seem to be forming in situ.

Chalfont St Giles Monday 15th September 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0530z CALM 20+km 2Ac 6Ci 08.0/06.8 1024 RMK: A fine morning. Norman.

09:00 UTC 15/09/08) 13.6 C RH 84% Wind 0.0 kts 1025.8 hPa steady Rain 0.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 11 Consecutive days with no rain 2 Overcast with some dark grey clouds

Southcote - 0900Z E F1 9999 1Sc040 7Ci250 +13.4/+9.4 1026 1Ac150 also present COTRA Max yesterday +19.7 Min last night +9.6 Grass Min +8.1 Rain Nil

0850z ESE F2 20km 3Sc070 7+CiCs250 12.5/09.7 1026.3 RMK: Might have expected some optical phenomena this morning, but none. There was a long-lasting but faint lunar halo Sun eve. 09-09: Tx 17.1 Tn 6.9 Tg 4.6 RR nil sss 8.2 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

.... tonight (Sunday) 2100-2200A, BBC2, repeated next Sunday afternoon. Second of three programmes in the series. Martin. -- Martin Rowley

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon (GMT) on Friday. Issued 0503z, 15th September 2008 The models show a NW/SE split over the UK for the end of the working week, with high pressure bringing settled conditions to England and Wales. Over the weekend the north becomes more settled too as a ridge dominates the UK. Analysis and evolution to T+120 via...

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Sunday 14th 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 Sunday 14th September http://www.woksat.info/etcqi14m/qi14-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.01 UTC on Sunday 14th September

Brussels on Sunday 14th September Sunny but cool after a cold start. Mostly clear sky but scattered small Cu at the end of the afternoon. E wind backed ENE during the afternoon – light morning and evening, moderate at times in the afternoon. Brussels Uccle 17.4°C - overnight minimum 6.6°C. Brussels Airport 16.5°C - overnight minimum 4.3°C.

Doesn't seem to be anyone giving a forecast or even a discussion of what we might get from the current synoptic situations. I miss Will's weekly predictions and Paul's were getting good too. Is it those who pick them appart that put you off. I don't care if they don't always go fully according to plan it much better then the unverrified computer forcasts you so often find on the web. For instance...

After a bright morning, occasional drizzle this afternoon, steady rain by 19:00. A bit of a let down after yesterdays prolonged sunshine, light winds, and a max of 19.2C. Lovely wave for the experts www.sennen-cove.com/lbtdy.htm and www.sennen-cove.com/todaysurf.htm Graham Penzance

Spotted a rather fine funnel cloud yesterday, whilst on a 200k Audax (long distance bike ride). Sadly, no photo as my phone was in my saddlebag, and I was more inclined to sort out the "Lung swallowing" situation having climbed up Hackpen Hill he http://streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=434250&y=184880&z=4&sv=434250,184880&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf Anyway, said FC was...

0720z NNE F1 3600m REFG 3St002 11.2/11.2 1024.7 RMK: Fog to 07z. Also 2Ac and 2Cs (the Cs in the western sky) 09-07: Tx 16.6 Tn 7.0 Tg 3.9 RR tr(w) sss 6.7 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

14/09/08 17:28Z NNE 1kt 15.1°C/7.8°C 1024.3mb 0.0mm Tn9.4°C Tx18.5°C RMK: Fine Autumn day. SC cleared by 08Z, then sunny periods, prolonged this afternoon. Build up of AS during last few hours. COTRA visible. Phil -- www.layton.me.uk/meteo.htm