In the light of current events. These two charities are pretty good ones. Care International Website: http://www.careinternational.org.uk/donate/how/index.htm Medecins sans Frontiere Website: http://www.msf.org/

Hi, Not sure if Les, or anybody else in the area for that matter is interested but I've copied this from Birdguides.com Latest sightings from BirdGuides, 30 Dec at 18:48 30/12 18:48 NORTHUMBERLAND : Waxwing, Wallsend 150+ in Battle Hill Drive (10:05)

The routine updates for the FAQ and associated Glossary for this newsgroup are now all on-line (including the 'Fallback' version hosted by Les). The Index and General Introduction are posted below so newcomers can get an idea of what is covered. Martin. Date of FAQ: January 2005 ----------------------------------- Issue: 42

I have put some graphs of temperature and wind for the cold front passage of the 28th December 2004 at Wokingham. They can be found at: http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp/cf28dec04.gif -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Satellite images at:

current temperature (screen) 11.3degC. Fine/strong sunshine - 3 oktas cirrus at most - thin/irregular continuity - Sc this morning broke up/dispersed by about 1145Z. Martin. -- Martin Rowley: data via - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/metindex.htm

... showing up well on this series from Teesside (EGNV) airport (latest at top): the third group is the surface wind, and the following group in the top three are the variations: note the 040V250 of the 0950Z ob; wind varying from 040 deg (i.e. from NE) to 250 deg (i.e. from WSW) underneath a theoretical gradient flow of 270deg (or from the west). Quite tricky for a/c on approach I would...

Just 4 air frosts this year, 2 in January, 1 in February & 1 in March. (There were no air frosts at all in 2002.) The average for the 12 years 1992-2004 is just 6.6. Still waiting for the first air frost this winter, and there is certainly sign of it. Sea temperature off west Cornwall still around 11.5 degrees. Plenty of daffodils out now. www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/Daffs.html Graham

1030Z SSW F3 10KM+ 6CUSC025 CI patches T12.8C QFF 1021 RMW Typical fresh winter warm sector east of Pennines. -- York, North Yorkshire. (Norman Virus Protected)

30 December 2004 Wokingham 0900z WSW (240) 06kn 40km 7Sc032 +10.9/+7.8 QFF 1027.7 (09-09) Max 10.9 Min 2.5 Grass min 6.4 Rain Tr -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

I've now added these ... they can be accessed directly, typos permitting, at www.climate-uk.com/indices/12.htm and www.climate-uk.com/indices/02.htm Interesting to note that the unprecedented surge of westerliness in February from the late-1980s is still close to its peak in 1995-2004, whereas December has just about reached its lowest level of westerliness in over 130 years.

0930z WSW F3 15km 7Sc040 09.7/08.2 1027.4 Philip Eden Luton (Round Green) 155m

At 2:56 pm BBC News 24 finished a chilling report about the thousands of messages left on the beeb website, mostly full of doom and gloom from or about people who lost their loved ones in the sunami. It was presented in genuinely sombre mood and immediately afterwards, they handed over in an entirely appropriate way to Helen Willets for the weather. Cue Helen, all bouncy, bright and breezy -...

I came across this old newsaper cutting I have kept - an article written by Frank Metcalfe - Yorkshire Evening Post weatherman of that time back in 1987. May be of interest to some on this ng. The weather forecast on January 27th 1947, was quite simple. It said "occasional snow". Four days later, furious blizzards had brought Britain to a virtual standstill and villages on the Yorkshire Wolds...

Is the current gale in Copley another lee slope gale or does it cover a wider area? Anyone else getting it? Mean speed for the past hour 2020Z-2120Z 35kn (F8). Highest 10min speed 37kn(F8) at 2050Z-2100Z. I hope it's a Pennine wave, a couple of hours and it will be gone. Otherwise a restless night is on the cards! -- Ken Cook, Copley (5miles north of Barnard Castle), County Durham. 830ft

I've setup a website with the aim of raising £100 for the victims of the tsunami in SE Asia. Please try to help in any way you can. See http://www.justgiving.com/tsunami -- Gareth

I, like other decent human beings, am desperately upset by the effects of the Tsunami in Asia. I will donate in my own way without your views, thank you. I normally ignore arguments and personalities on this NG but I will make an exception in your case. You are and always have been an ignorant, obnoxious bigot and as such I hope you will go away. Dave

Roads icy yesterday morning. Sunny start but increasing cloud and RA soon after 14z at the airport with quite a high ceiling still. No recordable rain here at Guildford. Max 29th 9.3c at 2359Z Min 30th 9.2c at 01Z 29th Z Temp Press

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon on Monday. Issued 0602z, 30/12/04. There's little change in the outlook with things still looking zonal for the forseeable future. The GFS shows a fair amount of sub-528dam air over northern Britain though, which could lead to a fair amount of snow over the Scottish mountains. ECMWF: http://64.246.48.81/pics/Recm1201.gif A weak ridge covers...

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1900z SW F3 15km 3Sc040 7As100 07.4/04.8 1027.1 RMK A little rain around 14z; extensive (though not particularly dramatic) virga from AcAs middle of day. Philip Eden Luton (Round Green) 155m