Climatological data for November 2003 at Wokingham can be found at: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp1.html -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at:

I see that wolgang roeder has issued his december update. December has changed in that he high anomaly has moved over italy from off NW of UK. But January and February are in line with novermbers update although the -ve anomaly between uk and greenland is larger especially in Febrary Still looks very mild though :(, still he could be wrong....

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon on Monday. Issued 0643z, 4/12/03. ECMWF: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm1201.gif High pressure covers East Anglia, Belgium and southern Germany, with SE'lies for southern England, southerlies for Northern Ireland and SW'lies elsewhere. SW'lies cover much of the UK at T+144 as the high declines and sinks SE'wards. By T+168 high pressure...

"Brendan DJ Murphy" wrote in message ... TYPICAL! The 12z runs are now displayed and the 528 line is North of UK and winds are now southerlies! Its amazing what a difference 6 hours can make to the models.

Peter Hearnden" wrote in message ... Gavin, isn't it measured and reasonable to take the word of two of the worlds formost climatologists? Why instead would we accept the word of 'Gerald Marsh' who is 'a physicist who has managed the implementation of an important weather forecasting program for the U.S. Air...

Who was it that came up with the word forecast? Because it doesn't matter what context the word is used in, whether it be, Weather forecasting, Production forecasting, Sales forecasting or whatever type of forecasting. How often is it correct? I do not blame anyone for having a go, even those with an understanding of a particular subject, but quite honestly with the weather who has a...

CLIMATE CHANGE: IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK We have heard a lot about climate change and the need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2. Although we are told that climate change will lead to an increase in floods, droughts and hurricanes, many people assume that the changes will be very slow and, for people living in cold climates, they could mean some nice warm weather. BUT THE...

Temperature Mean Maximum 11.6 Mean Minimum 6.8 Mean 9.2 Highest Maximum on 6th 16.4 Lowest Minimum on 28th 1.0 Lowest Maximum on 23rd 7.0 Highest Minimum on 18th 13.0 Lowest Grass Minimum on 28th -2.4 Number of Air Frosts ...

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12941317,00.html Who are these weather forecasters as the article seems to miss that and quote the Met Office saying "The Met Office says that, generally, wintry weather is more likely early in the deepening cold of January". Chris Kempston, Bedford

21:13 03Dec2003 Cracks let solar wind disrupt Earth's atmosphere WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The solar wind pries open immense cracks in the Earth's magnetic field, holding them apart while it gushes through to cause geomagnetic storms, scientists reported on Wednesday. The findings could help scientists better predict the storms, which can disrupt power, satellites and communications...

03:14 04Dec2003 No doubts global warming is real, U.S. experts say WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - There can be no doubt that global warming is real and is being caused by people, two top U.S. government climate experts said. Industrial emissions are a leading cause, they say -- contradicting critics, already in the minority, who argue that climate change could be caused by mostly natural...

07:53 04Dec2003 Floods ease in Marseille, high alert elsewhere MARSEILLE, France, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Floods that have killed five people and forced 15,000 from their homes in southeastern France eased around the city of Marseille on Thursday, but the situation remained critical elsewhere. Concern focused on the wine-growing region further west around the River Herault, whose...

http://weather.unisys.com/mrf/9panel/mrf_850_9panel_eur.gif Probably be gone tomorrow, but anybody think we might just get some cold air from the east ? noticed on the 1am forecast they mentioned of the cold being close by but not reaching us, heard that before :p http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2402.gif

MSG-1 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/2003-12-03-1200-eur.jpg NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.49 UTC on Wednesday http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp/ll03-1349-b-uk.JPG NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 13.50 UTC on Wednesday http://makeashorterlink.com/?I5EF235B6

Summary for Worcester, November 2003 Highest Day: 17.1C (5th) Lowest Day: 4.8C (22nd) Highest Night: 11.5C (18th) Lowest Night: -3.5C (24th) Mean Daily Maximum: 11.9C Mean Daily Minimum: 4.7C Mean Temp: 8.3C Highest Day Mean: 13.3C (18th)

I will again be in England for a long weekend as from tomorrow. Back behind the PC on Monday evening. Colin Youngs Brussels

Brussels on Wednesday Bright with spells of hazy sunshine until early afternoon. Sun then disappeared behind increasing cloud and it turned misty after dark. Light NNE wind increased somewhat in the evening. Brussels Uccle 10.3°C - overnight minimum 6.2°C - and 0.7 mm rain. Brussels Airport 9.0°C - overnight minimum 6.1°C. Graph http://www.irceline.be/cgi-bin/metevol.ksh?r012

Temperatures Average maximum 11.4°C Average minimum 4.8°C (same as October) Average (15 min) 8.3°C Average (max+min) 8.1°C Maximum 16.9°C 6th Minimum -2.1°C 28th Lowest maximum 6.6°C 23rd Highest minimum 12.2°C

An interesting image of the UK this afternoon, showing a decaying upper frontal band over Scotland, low stratiform cloud with orographic effects over high ground of England and Wales, cirrus patches with shadows, power station plumes, and frontal cloud plume in the south with wind shear gravity waves. http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp/ll03-1349-b-uk.JPG -- Bernard...

Was it just me or did Darren Bett seem very much out of breath ?! It was as if he'd just run onto "stage". Joe --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).