http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6288410.stm Amazing, just imagine the affect on people psyche !

Chalfont St Giles - Wednesday 11th July 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0530z W F2-3 30+km 8Sc035 13.6/09.8 1013 Norman. (delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail) -- Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy

Has anyone here tried this? I've been surfing in vain for louvered panels, so wondered if anyone has any tips they could pass on? -- Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Here is a summary of the NWP output for 12z on Sunday. Issued 0526z, 11th July 2007. Next week looks like starting on an unsettled note, with the remnants of this weekend's plume leading to a sultry start in the SE of England. It's likely that the next couple of days will remain on the unsettled side, but they'll be cooler overall. Beyond that the models diverge, with ECM keeping the...

UK flood victims out in the cold. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?topic=flood Maybe they'll get a mention this week.

Just when you think it's going to be dry, a shower tracks down the East coast. 0.5mm today which makes it 22 consecutive rain days, 28 out of 29. Missed the worst of the showers yesterday, but thunder in the afternoon with the heavier showers passing just to the North and South. -- David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 10th July http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.30 UTC on Tuesday 10th July http://www.woksat.info/etcpg10/pg10-1230-b-uk.html Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 10th July

Brussels on Tuesday 10th July Some sunshine and broken Cu by mid-morning after a cloudy start. Shower at 14.00 local time. Sunny intervals again after an hour or so but rather cloudy for the rest of the day - large Cu and decaying Cb. Rather threatening sky early evening with sharp showers at 19.15 and 20.15. Light SW wind veered towards N by evening. Brussels Uccle 19.7°C - overnight...

Dark overcast at breakfast time 3mm of rain fell 0800-0930 BST RonB

Here is a summary of the NWP output for 12z on Friday. Issued 0540z, 9th July 2007. The coming weekend still looks warm, but the GFS has pushed the very hot air a couple of hundred miles further east. Given the synoptic setup showers are likely by Sunday almost anywhere, with enough energy around for them to be thundery in places. Analysis and evolution to T+120 via...

Chalfont St Giles - Tuesday 10th July 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0530z SSW F1 30+km 7St007 11.8/09.7 1010 Norman. (delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail) -- Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy

BBC's New Weather Graphics now more than 2 years old, and still as useless as ever. Have a read. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/features/newgraphics_faq.shtml Anyway, bye for now, I'm off to Crete for a week, temperatures are expected to be around (40).

I've repaired the borked script which has not been uploading the daily webcam movie properly. I've also saved a copy of yesterday's movie as there was some serious convection going on; culminating in several thunderstorms. The movie download is about 23Mb, and is well worth a watch - there's even a lightning flash - not bad for a time-lapse film. Cheers

Can't find the info online - anybody know what the lowest July minimum temperature record is for Zugspitze (10961)? I see it is -5.9 this morning with moderate snow. Looking towards the end of this week I would expect near record highs there!

10 July 2007 Wokingham 0900z 330 02kt 60km 3Cu020 6Sc035 +14.8/+10.4 QFF 1011.9 +0.8 in 3hr RMK /Ac180 /Ci230 COTRA Cu med. A liile rain in the night, 01-02z, but only 0.2 mm. Mod rain shower between 10 and 11z yesterday, and thunderstorm without rain 1543-50z. 09-09 Max 20.3 Min 11.2 Grass min 9.4 Rain 0.5 Sun (00-24) 9.4

Joe's latest blog I found most interesting. http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/*******i-europe-blog.asp?partner=accuweather Graham

0850z SW F2 40km 2Cu015 3Sc025 3Sc045 14.2/10.3 1012.4 RMK: Missed the showers again yesterday although there was a sharp one with thunder in Luton late-afternoon ... that makes 4 consec days with no more than a trace of rain here. 09-09: Tx 20.0 Tn 9.0 Tg 5.1 RR trace sss 10.2 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

Here is a summary of the NWP output for 12z on Saturday. Issued 0531z, 10th July 2007. The models are split today. ECM shows a relatively cool weekend, while MetO brings much warmer weather across the UK. The GFS still shows the bulk of the plume passing to the east, but in the SE of England especially it's likely to be warm and very humid. All the models show the risk of heavy rain on...

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 9th July http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.39 UTC on Monday 9th July http://www.woksat.info/etcpg09/pg09-1239-b-uk.html Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 9th July

About 100 000 people in the area around Kortrijk in West Flanders were without electricity for several hours this afternoon after lightning struck overhead power cables near Izegem to the north of Kortrijk. Colin Youngs Brussels