At about 17:45z, a few rumbles of thunder to the west followed by a darkening sky and what looked like a ferocious storm tracking up Loch Long. See:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P7251039.jpg All we experienced were some bursts of heavy hail each lasting a few seconds. --

Folks, All of our daily weather records (MO) and European Weather Bulletins from the 50's and 60's until 2000 are going to be thrown in a skip later this week. Anyone like them? Cheers, David Kilham School of Geographical Sciences University of Bristol

http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/P7251038.jpg -- Alan White Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent. Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland. Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

25 July 2007 Wokingham 0900z 220 09/20kt 30km 2Cu020 6Sc030 5Ci250 +17.8/+12.0 QFF 1012.6 -0.4 in 3hr RMK 1Ac120 Cu hum 09-09 Max 21.7 Min 12.1 Grass min 7.5 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 9.9 -- Bernard Burton

Rihanna's 'Umbrella' has been #1 for 10 weeks - about the same length of time this wet spell has lasted... -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

0850z S F4 30km 2Cu018 3Ac130 5Ci250 17.1/12.6 1012.4 RMK: Mostly Cu hum. Quite a brisk breeze, pushing F5 at times. 09-09: Tx 20.3 Tn 10.9 Tg 7.3 RR nil sss 10.5 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

"England under water: scientists confirm global warming link to increased rain" By Michael McCarthy Environment Editor The Independent Published: 23 July 2007 (extract) "...The study is being published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, and its details are under embargo and cannot be reported until then.

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It seems to be taking a long time for the flood water to get down the Thames, although I appreciate floodwater can take some days to get away in these circumstances. Are they regulating the lock gates, mid-reach, to relieve any problems lower down, I wonder? The lower Thames in London appears normal at the moment and I would have expected some extra flow by now in central London, bearing...

To what degree is weather forecasting guided by empirical means these days.

Rainy weather blamed on jetstream Jul 23 2007 http://users.telenet.be/weathersite/Articles/Jeststream-straalstroom.html by Steffan Rhys, Western Mail

Well after a damp 22mm of rain yesterday, summer has returned today. Sunny periods, excellent visibility, light winds (force 2-3), scattered cumulus and a warm day with a max. of 19.9C! Summer doesn't get much better than this. Will. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A COL BH site in East Dartmoor at Haytor, Devon 310m asl (1017 feet).

I have seen quite a few red kites in central and southern England in recent years. Coming back from Christchurch tonight I thought I saw one circling just off the A3 between Guildford and Wisley. Is this likely. Ping Phil? Incidentally the last three days have been very pleasant in Essex and on the above mentioned stretch of the south Coast, warm, dry and now with beautiful clear air giving...

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 24th July http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.30 UTC on Tuesday 24th July http://www.woksat.info/etcpg24/pg24-1330-b-uk.html Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 24th July

Brussels on Tuesday 24th July Damp, drizzly and windy at first after overnight rain. Cloud began to break late morning but a shower followed at 13.00. Bright and dry afternoon with sunshine and variable amounts of Cu. Fresh W wind at first - then mostly moderate WNW. Brussels Uccle 20.9°C - overnight minimum 13.8°C - and 7 mm rain. Brussels Airport 20.9°C - overnight minimum 13.9°C ...

Bit late, but here is a brief summary: Average day max. 17.3C (+0.9 from ELTA) Average night min. 10.2C (+0.9 from ELTA) Highest day max. 21.7C (8th) Lowest night min. 5.3C (1st) Total rainfall 204.2 mm (215%) No. of rain days (0.1mm) 26 No. of wet days (0.9mm) 15

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6911778.stm You don't have to scroll down too far.... (disclaimer, it was laughable at time of posting but may get corrected)

(This posted, not for the cognoscenti of this illustrious ng, because it is a 'given', but because I know that people 'in the loop' in BBC etc., do watch what we say.) .... now that the aforementioned Jet Stream has entered the consciousness of the GBP (not to mention the vocabulary of sundry presenters on tv and radio), it might be an idea to show the thing! I've been following the saga on...

The third flash flood on the North Pennines has just occured, well still is but levels are falling rapidly. Ash Gill draining the southern flank of Flinty Fell and the northern side of Yadd Moss is well up. Not quite fully out of it's channel, but it was at the lower places. Garrigilll Burn and the other smaller gills that drain the other side of Flinty Fell are only marginally, if at all,...

24 July 2007 Wokingham 0900z 310 06/14kt 22km 5Cu018 4Sc030 +16.3+12.1 QFF 1008.3 +2.2 in 3hr RMK Cu med 09-09 Max 19.0 Min 12.5 Grass min 9.9 Rain 3.8 Sun (00-24) 0.0 -- Bernard Burton Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.