A friend has asked me if I know what the weather was doing in December (19th) 1947 in the Swindon area .I have googled but don't find anything of interest . So, is there historic data held anywhere that I could look this up ? Any Idea's Thanks

8 January 2012 Wokingham 0900z 300 06/11kt 40km 7Sc030 +8.4/+2.1 QFF 1027.4 +2.0 in 3hr Total 7+okta RMK Dry since 15z yesterday, mainly cloudy with just high cloud at first, becoming mainly overcast with Sc by mid evening. 09-09 Screen max 10.5 min 7.0 grass min 2.0 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 4.7 hr AWS max 10.4 min 6.9

Southcote - 1500Z WNW F2-3 9999 1SC020 5SC030 7SC040 +10.4/+5.8 1028 Breaks to half cover at times since 1200, with sunny intervals Max today +10.6 Eric Belton

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Could 8 Humidity 89 Rain 0.3 Pressure 1018 T Min 4 T Max 7 Visibility Good Wind S 3 Dull, light rain showers.

Seems to be agreement tonight.... -- Phil Guildford

Although the weather is settling down and pressure rising next week it does look like there are embedded fronts in the circulation and a lot of cloud around. :-( Dave

Evershot: 196m amsl 07/01/12 09-09z Ppn: 24hrs 0.0mm Month 33.0mm 30-day 120.4mm Temp: Max 8.2°C

080900Z 29003G08KT 9999 1Sc025 7Sc030 8.2/3.1 QFF 1027.5 (+1.9 in 3 hr)= Humidity: 70% (-1% last hour) Max 09-09: 10.8 Min 09-09: 7.2 Min 21-09: 7.9 Grass Min 18-09: 4.5 30cm Soil Temp: 7.1 Rain 09-09: 0.0 mm January Rain (00-24): 19.8 mm

Southcote - 0900Z WNW F2 9999 7+SC030 +8.3/+3.6 1027.5 A cloudy evening and night Max (09 - 09) +11.4 Min (18 - 09) +7.4 Grass Min (18 - 09) +4.7 Rain (09 - 09) 0.0

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Thursday. Issued 0455, 8/01/12 The outlook is still zonal for the time being, but there are signs of a change. By the end of the week high pressure will build over the Arctic and it's likely to move SW'wards towards Scandinavia. This will have the effect of blocking the current zonal flow, leaving the UK in no-man's-land. It's likely the...

Without drawing global warming into it, do you have an impression that certain weather types, if any, in your area have become less frequent. Until this week I would have said gales and that probably is still true to a large extent. The lack of snow showers off the North Sea, particularly any giving significant falls of snow and perhaps violent thunderstorms with associated downpours and...

Please could someone confirm the hourly rainfall count in the synops at the hours below. Is the 0000H synops 06h rainfall 0600H 12h 1200H 06h 1800H 24h? Thanks

Saturday 7th 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/etcua07m/ua07-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.22 UTC

Brussels on Saturday 7th January 2012 Cloudy and wet to begin with. Clearance to variable broken cloud and sunshine at times from mid-morning onwards. Moderate WSW wind at first veered to WNW during the morning but backed W in the evening. Brussels Uccle 9.1°C - overnight minimum 2.8°C - and 7 mm rain Brussels Airport 9.1°C - overnight minimum 3.1°C - and 5 mm Brussels Airport...

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf/runs/2012010712/ECM1-240.GIF?07-0 http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf/runs/2012010712/ECH1-192.GIF?07-0 --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to ---

I was just looking through some previous stats and noticed that in the twenties the record daily maximum temperature ocurred eight out of the ten years in Camden Square. Is that likely - surely there were plenty of recording stations then? Dave

*European overview* 6th JANUARY 2012 Max °C Min °C Rain (mm) -7.8 -9.5 - Ny Alesund(8m) 2.9 1.2 4.5 Moscow(156m) 4.8 -2.8 3.0 Reykjavik(61m) 2.0 -1.7 - Bergen(50m) -2.6 -8.9 - Oslo (204m)

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) ============================== Generally feeling quite pleasant today with good spells of sunshine. Just a light breeze to cope with, making it seem not as chilly as the temperature would suggest. Regards... David...

Southcote - 1600Z W F2-3 9999 1CU025 5CI280 +8.6/+3.4 1024 1SC040 also Variable amounts of cloud since 0900 Mainly sunny Max today +11.4 Eric Belton