With ice sheets evidently on the move in the Arctic and Antarctic - in terms of moving from one area to another - it occured to me on the way into work today that surely deserts must do the same and there must be accounts from subsistence farmers in the central African basin with accounts that... "The Sahara desert used to start here - now this area is well irrigated and is being reclaimed by the...

I'll try not to turn this thread into too much of a whinge, but do people realise how crop and food production is influenced by the weather. Here are a few examples. Spring this year. Prolonged dry period. restricted crop growth and nutrient uptake. effect yield decrease resulting in higher flour prices and higher bread prices. wet period july 25th-31st. grain ripe and ready to harvest. does...

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output, for noon (GMT) on Friday. Issued 0559z, 13/10/03. ECMWF: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm1201.gif High pressure extends from the North Pole to the east of Greenland, with a strong ridge SE'wards across Scotland, northern Germany and Poland. As a result, England and Wales lie under moderate easterlies, with ESE'lies for Northern Ireland and...

MSG-1 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Sunday http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/2003-10-12-1200-eur.jpg NOAA 16 VIS satellite pictures from Bernard Burton's site at 13.33 UTC on Sunday http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp/lj12-1333-c-uk-n.JPG http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp/lj12-1333-d-uk-s.JPG NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at...

Brussels on Sunday Sunny with a light to moderate east wind. Large areas of cirrus with optical phenomena later in the afternoon. Brussels Uccle 15.0°C - overnight minimum 6.2°C. Brussels Airport 14.6°C - overnight minimum 4.3°C. Graph http://www.irceline.be/cgi-bin/metevol.ksh?r012

Hi. Not even an amateur meteorologist, just visiting the site for help! I'm wanting info about the so-called Halifax Storm, May 1989. I've found references to 'Weather' journal, issues 44/45/46, 1989, but don't know who would have such things archived locally. I've also found an article (probably a bit too techy) in another journal (EGU?) analysing radar of the storm. All I'm wanting is some...

Charts analysed are for T+96 hours - 12Z Thursday 16th October 2003 unless stated. UKMetO: SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rukm961.html High pressure (1035mb) lies over the North Sea and into Scandinavia and ridges northwestwards towards Greenland as well as southeast into Europe. Low pressure (1000mb) lies well to the west of the UK in the Atlantic, with another low (1000mb) lying to...

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Rather than just the raw monthly mean figures, is it possible to obtain the mean min' and mean max' data for all the months in the CET series? The reason I ask because I'm interested in finding out if any months in the series had a sub zero mean maximum. Particularly months in the 20th century (January 1963 perchance?) TIA Alex. -- -----------------------------

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It occured to me that the weather seemed similar to last year so I looked back at some of the Archived charts for this time last year and was not supprised to see that a large scandi high had developed. Wonder if other patterns of last year will be repeated. Although last year did not produce severe cold and deep snow it did give examples of classic pressure...

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output, for noon (GMT) on Thursday. Issued 0609z, 12/10/03. ECMWF: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm1201.gif High pressure covers southern Norway, bringing SSE'lies to Scotland, SE'lies to Northern Ireland and easterlies elsewhere. The same is true at T+144 as the high declines and sends a ridge SE'wards. By T+168, easterlies cover the whole of the UK as...

Charts analysed are for T+96 hours - 12Z Tuesday 14th October 2003 unless stated. UKMetO: SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rukm1201.html T+96 hour chart unavailable tonight so T+120 chart analysed. High pressure (1035mb) lies over Norway and ridges northwestwards towards Greenland. Low pressure (995mb) lies well to the west of the UK in the Atlantic, with another low (1010mb) to the...

I think it was last night on BBC1 they advertised a programme about one of the severist storms to the region (BBC East we tend to get) ever. I think the programme was 'Inside Out' at 19:30. However, searching through the BBC TV listings I can't find anything to confirm this programme. Does anyone know anything about it. I was assuming they were talking about the Great Storm of 1703. Many thanks...

MSG-1 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Saturday http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/2003-10-11-1200-eur.jpg NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.45 UTC on Saturday http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp/lj11-1345-b-uk.JPG NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 13.46 UTC on Saturday http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q12851E26

Brussels on Saturday Rain on the cold front overnight. Quite sunny at first on Saturday but rather cloudy from late morning with just occasional sunny intervals. Cloud broke and cleared towards evening. Light wind veering from NW to E via N. Seasonal temperatures - open air cafés in Brussels old town doing brisk business this afternoon despite the October chill.

Charts analysed are for T+96 hours - 12Z Wednesday 15th October 2003 unless stated. UKMetO: SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rukm961.html High pressure (1035mb) lies over Scandinavia and ridges northwestwards towards Greenland as well as southeast into Europe. Low pressure lies well to the north and west of the UK, with a shallow low (1010mb) to the southwest of Britain in the Atlantic....

is giving away even less than usual ! Phil Headline forecast for 13 October to 09 November 2003 A complex picture for this period, dominated by above normal temperatures especially at first but ending with most values close to normal.

Does anyone know why or how the small .ico pictures are saved in the Favorites on IE6.0? I ask because I had them and now I just get the Explorer .ico. IS there something you have to switch on/off? I like the graphics of them, sad I know :-) Many thanks Keith (Southend) *****************************

Dear Subscribers, I am going to the Algarve beginning of November and wondered if anyone can direct me to a site that show the weather statistics for over the last few years that will include the month of November. Thanking you in advance. Gary.