Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) 08/07/10 081500Z 207°3.9 kts/8.7 kts 25.3°C/14.7°C QFF 1017.9 hpa (-1.0 hPa in last 3 hours)= Humidity: 52% (-3% in last hour) RMKS: Max Temp so far today: 25.3°C at 14:55 Rainfall in last six hours: 0.0 mm Bracknell Weather at: http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell

8 July 2010 Wokingham 0900z 250 01/11kt 18km RE-DZ 5St008 8Sc025 +16.8/+13.2 QFF 1019.3 +0.4 in 3hr RMK Mainly cloudy since 15z yesterday. Dry for much of the time, but ocnl slight/mod dz after 0625z, with vis down to 1800m. 09-09 Screen max 22.1 min 16.2 grass min 14.4 Rain 0.2 Sun (00-24) 0.2 AWS max 22.1 min 15.9

Southcote - 1500Z SW F3 9999 1Cu045 5Ci220 +25.8/+13.3 1018 1Ac100 also

(09:00UTC 08/07/10) 18.6 C Max 18.5 C, min 15.1 C Dewpoint 15.8 C RH 84% Wind 0.2 kts SSW 1017.8 hPa Steady Ppn (standard gauge) 0.4mm last 24hrs Ppn (standard gauge) 10.4mm this month Ppn (standard gauge) 30 day rolling total 38.7mm

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) 08/07/10 080900Z 292°/1.3 kts/4.3 kts -DZ 16.7°C/15.0°C QFF 1019.3 hpa (+0.7 hPa in last 3 hours)= Humidity: 90% (-2% in last hour) Max 09-09: 21.6 at 16:08 07/07/10 Min 09-09: 16.4 at 08:31 08/07/10 Grass Min 18-09: 13.7 30cm Soil Temp: 18.1 Rain 09-09: 0.2 mm (last tip at 07:44 on 8/7/2010) (0.3 in 5 inch)

Low cloud now well broken, even out at Land's End. Last nights minimum a slightly cooler 13.5C. Much lighter winds this morning, just a Force 1-2 SSW. Big Swell on the north coast, the lifeguards will be busy. Graham Penzance (Minack for Dawlish - http://www.minack.com/webcams.htm )

Southcote - 0800Z SW F2-3 8000 -RADZ 4St010 8Sc025 +16.6/+15.0 1019

Most models (19/23) are predicting La Nina conditions developing over the Austral winter, but 40% of the models are going for a fairly quick return to ENSO neutral conditions by the Boreal winter. A typical sharp change in tha ENSO state, followed by a fairly short-lived, no more than moderate La Nina is the current model consensus. It will be very interesting to see how far global temperatures...

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon (GMT) on Monday. Issued 0430z, 8/07/10. The models are split today. Every model except GFS shows a NW/SE split with warm conditions in the SE and cooler, wetter conditions in the NW of the UK. GFS, meanwhile, takes a low much further south than the other runs and leads to a wet and increasingly cool outlook in the south, with drier...

It might be worth the denialist crowd taking a look at this - at it will be worth reading for the more sensible contributors to this newsgroup. As you read it, not the numbers of scientists involved and the explanations of why Antarctica has actually cooled. It's a big report and may take a while to download, but it is worth the read:

07/0500 Z Jul 10: SSW F3 3000 -DZ 2ST001 8ST002 15.5/15.5 Q1019 Rmks: Max (6th) 21.6, min 14.8, grass min 13.5. Andy (near Romansleigh, 200 m)

Wednesday 7th July 2010 Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 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/etcsg07m/sg07-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.12 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcsg07/sg07-1212-c-uk.html

Brussels on Wednesday 7th July 2010 Another day of unbroken sunshine. Scattered small patches of Ac, Ci and Cc cloud at times but not enough to cut off the sun. Light wind from between south and west. 25°C topped once again - and it will be warmer still tomorrow. Brussels Uccle 27.4°C - overnight minimum 11.8°C Brussels Airport 27.4°C - overnight minimum 9.4°C

Southcote - 1800Z SW F3 9999 3Sc020 7+Sc040 +20.7/+15.9 1018 Brief sunny intervals during afternoon.

I know a man of my age should know better but here goes... The 0600 Atlantic chart shows a dirty great low between Scotland and Iceland with at least three active looking fronts crossing the country,BUT the weather ,over England at least ,is benign and summerlike. If one is to compare this chart with the thousands of similar ones over the years ,I'd have confidently predicted chilly Atlantic...

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) 07/07/10 071500Z 198°6.5 kts/13.9 kts 21.1°C/15.8°C QFF 1019.0 hpa (-0.7 hPa in last 3 hours)= Humidity: 72% (-2% in last hour) RMKS: Max Temp so far today: 21.2°C at 14:26 Rainfall in last six hours: 0.0 mm Bracknell Weather at: http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell

7 July 2010 Wokingham 0900z 210 11/19kt 15km 6Sc011 8Sc015 +17.1/+14.3 QFF 1020.1 -0.4 in 3hr RMK Cloudy for much of the time since 15z yesterday, with a little rain between 0630 and 0715z, just enough to dampen the road, but nothing in the gauges. 09-09 Screen max 24.0 min 14.2 grass min 12.6 Rain trace Sun (00-24) 8.1 AWS max 24.1 min 14.0

It had to come sooner or later. It's just been announced that United Utilities have issued a ban notice for South Cumbria from Friday morning. http://www.nwemail.co.uk/home/hose-pipe-ban-announced-1.730020?referrerPath=home jim, Northampton

(09:00UTC 07/07/10) 16.2 C Max 20.1 C, min 16.6 C Dewpoint 15.5 C RH 96% Wind 0.8 kts SE 1018.9 hPa Steady Ppn (standard gauge) 0.0mm last 24hrs Ppn (standard gauge) 10.0mm this month Ppn (standard gauge) 30 day rolling total 38.3mm

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) 07/07/10 070900Z 205°/5.6 kts/15.7 kts 16.8°C/14.3°C QFF 1020.2 hpa (-0.4 hPa in last 3 hours)= Humidity: 85% (-2% in last hour) Max 09-09: 23.3 at 13:03 06/07/10 Min 09-09: 14.3 at 00:24 07/07/10 Grass Min 18-09: 11.0 30cm Soil Temp: 18.0 Rain 09-09: Tr (last tip at 00:47 on 3/7/2010)