Cloud 3 Humidity 85 Rain 1.9 Pressure 1011 T Min 3 T Max 7 Visibility Good Wind W 4 Sunny periods, dry.

A misty, murky and mild morning with drizzle. Dipped into fog 0945-1100Z (lowest vis 400m at 1020Z) but it won't be recorded as a day of fog because it didn't occur at 0900Z, such is the quirky nature of statistics. The earlier mix of rain and drizzle turned to drizzle alone, stopping by 1130Z. Marked improvement in the visibility during the last hour from 700m to 7km and the cloud is now...

Just a note to thank those who maintain usw's FAQ page. Always something interesting buried in there and the idiosyncratic style is delightful. Off topic - the FAQ pages contain some wonderful poetry. The following weather phrases sound like the names of butterflies or fishing lures. When combined, these phrases might make for some odd weather. They might also make an exciting detective...

In a recent interview, David Hockney said he was annoyed with weather forecasters saying the weather would be bad. He quoted John Ruskin: "Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." -- Graham Davis, Bracknell, Berks. E-mail: change boy to man LibreOffice:...

Evershot: 196m amsl 17/01/12 09-09z Ppn: 24hrs 2.6mm Month 37.0mm 30-day 58.8mm Temp: Max 9.8°C

180900Z 20008G16KT 3500 -RADZ BR 2St004 8St005 9.2/8.1 QFF 1023.7 (-0.8 in 3 hr)= Humidity: 93% (0% last hour) Max 09-09: 9.2 Min 09-09: -2.9 Min 21-09: 3.9 Average temperature for January: 6.6 Grass Min 18-09: -1.3 30cm Soil Temp: 4.0

Southcote - 0900Z SSW F3 4000 REDZ 8ST005 +9.3/+8.8 1023 Clear intervals during evening, then becoming overcast and misty Occasional light rain and/or drizzle from before dawn until present time Max (09 - 09) +9.3 Min (18 - 09) -0.5 Grass Min (18 - 09) -3.4

Vis under 50m. But mild: 9.6C @ 08:00z. Hugh -- Hugh Newbury www.evershot-weather.org

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Sunday. Issued 0453, 18/01/12 The models are split again today, but in the opposite direction from a few days ago. ECM paints a zonal picture, with low pressure persisting to the north and winds from a westerly quarter from Sunday onwards. GFS, meanwhile, shows the jet moving further south with much colder westerlies and, eventually,...

Tuesday 17th January 2012 Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcua17m/ua17-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.17 UTC

Brussels on Tuesday 17th January 2012 Sunny. Some high cloud and many persistent contrails. Light S wind. Brussels Uccle 6.5°C - overnight minimum -2.2°C Brussels Airport 6.3°C - overnight minimum -3.0°C Brussels Airport http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EBBR.html Brussels Uccle Graphs

A refreshing bit of uncertainty today! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_alltext.html -- Phil Guildford

http://layton.me.uk/Dsc00585.jpg Orange glow on the horizon.. -- Phil Guildford

ECMFW , Srat warming and the rest, if you fink you're 'ard enough come and 'ave a go. Yes revenge is a dish best eaten with mild westerlies.. What a slaughter. Not a pretty sight as the Mighty American Model humbles the Europeans.

After a few cold days and some frosty nights my mean is back down below the record set in 2007, but for how long:) As it stands as of today it's the 6th warmest since 1960, with a very mild day forecast for tomorrow. Looking zonal again after a short rather cold spell this weekend. 2007 - 5.6c 1983 - 5.4c 1975 - 5.3c 1990 - 5.3c

It was a raw, finger numbing start to the day here in the Otter Valley with temperatures struggling. Then the clouds disappeared, out came the sun and a lovely afternoon followed. With just a slight breeze it felt warmer than the max of 9.2°C. Overnight low was -1.1°C making it the coldest night since the 18th December (-1.4°C). Though by the time I got up (08:30), the temperature was...

*European overview* 16th JANUARY 2012 Max °C Min °C Rain (mm) -4.5 -6.6 0.6 Ny Alesund(8m) -3.0 -4.7 1.0 Moscow(156m) 6.8 1.7 2.0 Reykjavik(61m) 3.7 2.5 - Bergen(50m) -3.2 -8.6 - Oslo (204m)

0900z: 00000KT 8km HZ 1CI250 -3.9/-4.7 QFF 1030.0 falling slowly. Perfect radiation night last night. Hoar frost this morning. Can't see any fog down on the plain. Third air frost of the winter - definitely the sharpest. 09-09: Max: 4.9 (1336z) Min: -4.4 (0801z) Rain: Trace --

0900z: 27003KT 18km 2AC150 7CICS220 -2.9/-3.9 QFF 1026.7 rising slowly. Another sharp frost. Westerly katabatic wind this morning - haven't seen one of these for about 12 months now. 0900-0900z: Max: 1.6 (1426z) Min: -3.8 (0737z) Rain: Nil -- Freddie

Just wondered if anyone else has had temp rises and falls during the last couple of nights. Last night it was -1.6c at 21Z then 0.9c at 02Z this morning, then -3.8c at 07z Tonight it was -1.4c at 17z and back up to 2.1c at 20z, now back down to -1.1c now (22Z) Don't think there was/is any cloud to explain it...