What's the latest? I'm particularly interested in the New Forest area. Should I be looking forward to thunderstorms and strong winds, or still, clear days? The BBC forecast has been changing every day... -- +-------------------------------------------------+ | Nick Humphries, , Reading, UK | | Little Fluffy Clouds (timelapse MPEGs + webcam) | | ...

According to research at the Bern University was the mean temperature in Europe during summer 2003 about 2°C higher than the long-term average of 17,5 C over 1901 - 1995. Central Europe and the Alps were even 5° C higher. The warmest European summer thusfar was 1757; particularly the south of Scandinavia was warm. My "weathercronicle" (Jan Buisman's 1000 jaar weer, wind en water in de...

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output, for noon (GMT) on Thursday. Issued 0559z, 28/09/03. ECMWF: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm1201.gif High pressure covers the UK, with easterlies for southern areas and westerlies for Scotland and northern England. The high builds and sinks over France at T+144, while the Atlantic high builds and moves NE'wards. This brings northerlies and NW'lies...

Everyone - This had me leaping out of bed at 0800 bst (07z) this morning... http://82.39.122.1/Images/cc_billows.jpg cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus virga (or cirrus?), billows, cirrocumulus lacunosis, cirrostratus to horizon and a contrail thrown in. Lens flare top right. Picture 800 x 600. Slightly enhanced blues in Paint shop Pro to bring up the white. Facing ESE, sun just out of shot to right.

Hello everyone, This year's ozone hole is deeper, larger and more symmetrical than last year's, which was rather anomalous. Ozone levels at present are down to below 125 DU (about 60% depletion). This is probably due to the stratospheric circulation rather than any increase in CFC's, but I'm not an expert on the subject. See: http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ozone/ozone.html Tudor...

Just for fun, last week we ran a poll on the website for the UK's favourite weather forecaster, after 25,345 votes, the results came in as :- 1. Michael Fish (35%) 2. Rob McElwee (30%) 3. Helen Young (12%) 4. Alex Deakin (9%) 5. Sian Lloyd (8%) Others (6%)

Saw some wave type cloud yesterday @1300GMT from M25 in Herts. No camera but Mike Rubin took a pic from Heathrow area and posted to Jack's site http://tinyurl.com/ovw6 for link to that page. All the best -- George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl) www.eppingweather.co.uk

16°C, 1018 HPa, 66% Rh, wind: NE- 3 Bft. -- Viaene Björn http://users.telenet.be/weathersite __________________________________________

Am grateful to Strobe for pointing out that Herr Roeder is back,thought he had retired ! This is a new feature now showing temp anomalies which is great except that they don't seem to fit the likely pressure anomalies . Take December for instance ,he indicates an anticyclonic or maybe a Northerly flow,but then suggests a positive temperature of 2 degrees , in December !. Perhaps I am reading it...

Although meagre by past autumns such as 2000 some activation of the weak front as it passed by this evening gave showers and 1.6mm of welcome rain here in Coulsdon. You could almost here the joy from the plants in my garden. Ian Currie-Coulsdon,Surrey. www.Frostedearth.com

Is Eastern Canada going to get a hurricane? http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/ How often does this happen? Tim.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2758547.stm Shetland weather office to shut Scotland's most northerly Met Office is to close. The weather station's main customer, Shetland Islands Council, has decided as a cost-cutting measure to stop paying for forecasters to be based at the Oil Port of Sullom Voe.

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output, for noon (GMT) on Wednesday. Issued 0557z, 27/09/03. ECMWF: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm1201.gif Low pressure lies to the west of Biscay, bringing SE'lies and easterlies over England, Ireland and Wales. Scotland lies under a ridge, with lighter winds. Light southerlies move over England and Wales at T+144, as the Biscay low fills in situ....

Last night brought the coldest September air and grass minima in Coulsdon record back to 1979. The min was just 0.6C and surfaces froze.My road echoed to the sound of unusual September scraping of ice from car windscreens by early commuters. I am now off to the Chipstead Valley where the air temperature will have dropped way below freezing. In spite of Monday's rain yesterday's breeze and sunny...

Thanks to everyone who satiated my curiosity about if the sun went out - good discussion. Thanks! Jeremy

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So far this year the temperature has exceeded 20 degrees on 84 days here in Penzance. The previous record was 80 days in 1995 -- Graham Penzance Holiday Cottage www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk Penzance Weather www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/weather.html

(repost) One for you aviation types... http://82.39.122.1/Images/ispy11317.jpg http://82.39.122.1/Images/ispy11322.jpg Can somebody give me an idea of the kind of thing that would produce straight lines like this in altocumulus? There's enough of you looking... Les

101 mm of rain were recorded on Thursday in Tunis, Tunesia. That stands for approximately three times the Setpember LTA for that site. Yannis, E Athens +24.3C, RH 47.6%, partly cloudy

Hi, my wife has just started a course in Environmental Studies. One topic she will be covering is rivers and flooding. She will need to measure rainfall so I was wondering is there anywere online that she can access local weather station readings. We are in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. She could always, and probably will, make a simple weather station, but it would be nice to compare data.