Hope no-one will object to a brief announcement: We've received notification that the UK trade prices of Davis stations is to rise by around 20% on average as from 1st Dec 2008. The background is the plummeting sterling/dollar exchange rate which means that Davis trade purchases are now costing anything up to 40% more than was the case earlier this year, plus the fact that Davis list prices...

Good explanation and photo at Astronomy Picture of the Day (a NASA website) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ If by the time you try to look, it has been replaced by a new picture, this one (Anticrepuscular Rays) will still be in the archive. Jack

Front page updated... http://www.weatherpictures.co.uk Ian Collins

RTD 0920z W F4 35km 6Sc010 8Sc025 10.2/09.5 1030.0 RMK: A little intmt light dz on Sat eve. 09-09: Tx 12.9 Tn 9.7 Tg 8.5 RR trace sss 1.7 1250z NNW F4 5km DZ 6St004 8St008 08.6/08.4 1030.8 RMK: Dz or radz from approx 1100z; vis dropped to 2400m for a time

Good sunny periods this morning, sunny spells this afternoon. This, combined with light winds and very good visibilty made it a lovely day. Some pictures at www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/recent.html Max 15.1C Last nights min 9.6C An interesting day despite the quiet conditions. Scilly very clear from Tregonebris (which is 35 miles away on the road from Penzance to Land's End) so visibility...

I saw no coverage of this event in East Suffolk on this news site. It was reported on TV regional news in some detail Certainly in addition to their barbecue large trees were demolished. The local weather presenter that evening stressed that it wasn't tornadoes - now I see the local East Anglian Daily Times refer to a tornado in this part of their report from 12 Nov Paper- "In Pettistree,...

I notice that Dawlish Paul's website has now closed. That didn't last long did it? Will --

16 November 2008 Wokingham 0900z 240 05/10kt 20km 6Sc012 4Ac120 +11.8/+8.8 QFF 1030.0 +1.2 in 3hr RMK /Ci280 COTRA Dry since 15z yesterday. Variable amounts of low cloud. 09-09 Max 14.5 Min 10.6 Grass min 7.9 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 0.1 AWS Max 14.4 Min 10.5

Southcote - 1500Z N F2 5000 RERADZ 4St008 8Sc015 +11.4/+9.1 1031 Broken cloud until 1100, cloudy since then. A very light shower from 0940 - 0943. Light rain and drizzle from 1315 - 1405, on Cold Front. Max, just before 1200 +14.2 Eric Belton

About 13 minutes into this decidedly non-Helen Willets series: http://www.accuweather.com/video-on-demand.asp?partner=hsb&video=nati... It ranges from discussions of the Santa Ana and Lake Effects to the utterly banal. Too bad the good stuff wasn't in greater depth but it does show that for all our snooty comments about the USAnians they do have a sense of humour and they are not subject to a...

Last night's min temp here was unexpectedly low given the weather pattern that existed. At 1700z the temp was 12C. It then fell quite quickly to a min of 7.4C at 2015z before rising again to 11C by midnight. I assume that the cloud cleared for a few hours. More surprising was the grass min of 2.8C. That was an unusually large difference from the air min at this site, perhaps as a result of...

09:00UTC 16/11/08) 10.0 C RH 93% Wind 0.1 kts WNW 1033.4 hPa steady Rain 0.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 9 Consecutive days with no rain 2 Still, grey, mild

Southcote - 0900Z W F2 9999 4St012 5Ac120 +11.9/+10.0 1030 Ci above Mainly cloudy, but with breaks before dawn until now. Max yesterday +14.5 Min last night +11.2 Grass Min +9.3 Rain Nil

I had an email from Zoe Clough who is the producer/director for the regional programme Inside Out here in the South West and she is researching a possible film about private weather stations. I am sure she would like to hear from anyone who is interested in helping her with the research and may like to appear in such a film. If you would like to contact her then email me and I will forward...

Chalfont St Giles - Saturday 15th November 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0900z WSW F2-3 20+km 7Sc015 11.6/09.1 1026 24-HR STATISTICS Max (0900-0900z): 13.1 at 1145z Min (0900-0900z): 7.4 at 2015z Grass min (1500-0900z): 2.8 Rain (0900-0900z): Trace

15 November 2008 Wokingham 0900z 250 06/19kt 50km 7Sc015 +11.9/+8.8 QFF 1027.4 +1.0 in 3hr RMK Cld edge visible to N. Dry since 15z, mostly cloudy/overcast, but short breaks early in evening. 09-09 Max 13.8 Min 10.4 Grass min 5.9 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 3.2 AWS Max 13.5 Min 10.2

Southcote - 1500Z W F3 9999 2Sc015 6Sc018 +14.3/+10.9 1027 4 - 5/8 Ci Spi above Some good breaks in Sc since 0930 Max so far today +14.5 Eric Belton

The Times is reporting that "Long-term global temperatures are on course to rise by ... 43F" http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article5141873.ece Cheers, Private Fraser.

Demon have finally go their act together and I've managed to use this news group for the first time since Oct 14th! Weston Coyney weather station (North Staffordshire) 220 metres asl -- Graham

It's raining today, 6mm since midnight. It's rained here (at least 0.2mm recorded) every day for the last seven weeks, except the 5th November. On that day, there was drizzle. I'm not complaining, merely reporting. -- Steve Loft Sanday, Orkney. 5m ASL. http://sanday.org.uk/weather Free weather station softwa http://sandaysoft.com/