GFS party poops UKMO lines up a northerly, dont know if it would topple ecm shortly

Saturday 14th 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/etcua14m/ua14-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.49 UTC

Brussels on Saturday 14th January 2012 Sunshine at times but also cloudy spells. No sun for a couple of hours mid-afternoon but the cloud cleared again towards dusk. Light W to NW wind in the morning veered N to NE in the afternoon and NE to E in the evening. Brussels Uccle 6.5°C - overnight minimum 1.9°C Brussels Airport 6.2°C - overnight minimum 1.2°C Brussels Airport ...

*European overview* 13th JANUARY 2012 Max °C Min °C Rain (mm) -4.4 -11.8 1.2 Ny Alesund(8m) 1.5 -3.3 2.0 Moscow(156m) 7.6 0.3 1.0 Reykjavik(61m) 4.8 0.3 - Bergen(50m) 2.1 -3.6 - Oslo (204m)

gfs, someone spiked the punch ukmo looks like a potent northerly setting up ecm, any which way but loose, later

"Eskimo Will" wrote in message news:... "Eskimo Will" wrote in message news:... Well typical; a sheet of boring stratocumulus ruins a good frost night :-( Min +1.8C Now at 0830 +3.6C with a light (and increasing SE wind). Max. will be lower than yesterday as it is cloudy. At least it is dry though.

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Saturday 14th January 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- 0630z CALM 20km SKC -05.3/-05.7 1031 RMK: A fine clear morning with the stars shining brightly. Slight hoar frost on grass and cars. Hard surfaces are mostly dry and frost-free. -- Norman Lynagh Tideswell, Derbyshire

14/0915 Z Jan 12: ESE F2 15KM 1ST006 7SC025 1.4/0.8 1028 Rmks: First air frost of the winter. Min -0.6 (0409), grass min -5.8. SC increased from the SE late in the night. -- Andy http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

Weather observation - Sunderland, Tyne & Wear OS X (Eastings) 440951 OS Y (Northings) 554026 Lat (WGS84) N54:52:46 (54.879323) Long (WGS84) W1:21:48 (-1.363282) ============================== After an overnight frost and crisp start to the day, it's been another sunny one and feeling quite pleasant in the calm conditions. Regards... David Allan

-3.6C here at 6.30 am and staying there till just before 9.00 am. Classic clear night temperature profile. Now gloriously sunny and crystal clear blue skies. Wonderful winter weather :-) Dave

Hi, All, Another sunny one, Lead Mill -5C currently and Met O site 0C. Could be the first ice day of 2012 down there if the cloud and breeze keep away. Grass min -12.3C this morning. Current 14th 10:10Z, Wind WNW 2KT(Bft 1), vis 7 miles, few clouds, haze, temp 0C dew -1C, 1030mb steady. 09Z-09Z 14th January 2012 Copley Lead Mill 218m

14 January 2012 Wokingham 0900z 060 02kt 6000m BR 1Ci300 -4.4/-4.9 QFF 1031.5 +0.1 in 3hr Total tr okta RMK COTRA Thick hoar Ground frozen 09-09 AWS max 6.9 min -5.3 Grass min -10.3 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 7.5 hr 13th 09-09 AWS max 12.8 min -2.3 grass min -7.9 Rain trace Sun (00-24) 2.2 hr

Southcote - 1500Z E F1-2 9999 TrSC025 +5.6/+1.0 1028.5 1CI250 also Fine and sunny since 0900 Max today +6.6 Eric Belton

And the GFS and bleedin' ECMWF ruined rthe coldies world in Six, So There.

After the sunshine, light winds, calm sea & clean surf, of the last 3 days a big change this morning. It's now generally cloudy, windy (gusting 30mph) and colder, around 8C. Although tha'ts not exactly low, with the wind & cloud it feels a different world to the last few days. The cloud may break up, but with so much S in the wind, (SSE) I'm not overhopeful. If it backed ESE the temperature...

6.4c at 1240z and still rising ,Will would have his shorts on by now RonB

Albeit a later arrival on Sunday but at least she arrived! Potentially more potent too. Late arrivals at the ball; "Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome Mrs GFS and her son FFS" http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Haytor/automatic/Current_Vantage_Pro.htm Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl) ---------------------------------------------

Both out on limb and then both blink and find that reality is boring middle ground. I keep moaning about this and yet I keep doing it-get excited when the models show up outrageous scenarios. However the weather is the weather and if this winter is to be totally unremembered in the annals of weather history then so be it. It's just those damn models though, they do get ones hopes up when...

Cloud 0 Humidity 84 Rain 0.1 Pressure 1030 T Min -1 T Max 6 Visibility Good Wind S 3 Sunny but cool.

"Eskimo Will" wrote in message news:... Well typical; a sheet of boring stratocumulus ruins a good frost night :-( Min +1.8C Now at 0830 +3.6C with a light (and increasing SE wind). Max. will be lower than yesterday as it is cloudy. At least it is dry though. 1220 A chilly day with an invigorating and cooling moderate easterly breeze.