"Will Hand" wrote in message news:... 0900 Temp. +8.3C (steady) Wind NW F4 SCT Sc and OVC thin Ac/As layers and Ci above with milky sunshine at times. Vis. 30 km Drizzly over the moors further west.

0900 Temp. +8.3C (steady) Wind NW F4 SCT Sc and OVC thin Ac/As layers and Ci above with milky sunshine at times. Vis. 30 km Drizzly over the moors further west. Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

(09:00UTC 21/11/08) 8.8 C RH 89% Wind 2.0 kts NW 1018.8 hPa steady Rain 0.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 11 Consecutive days with no rain 3 Thinnish high cloud, some low cloud coming down from the NW, breezy,

Southcote - 0900Z NW F4 9999 -RA 3Sc020 7Sc035 +9.2/+3.4 1015 Cloudy overnight, with occasional rain. Looks like an edge to Sc out to the NW now. Max yesterday +13.8 (Max 21 - 09 was +11.8) Min last night +9.2 (Late evening yesterday and current temp) Grass Min +6.8

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 20th November http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 20th November http://www.woksat.info/etcqk20m/qk20-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.03 UTC on Thursday 20th...

Brussels on Thursday 20th November Mostly cloudy - clouds sometimes dark and threatening. Occasional breaks in the low cloud from late morning onwards revealing extensive high cloud above, but no sunshine. A few spots of rain in the early morning and early afternoon. Moderate W wind veered WNW during the afternoon and then backed to W again. Brussels Uccle 12.2°C - overnight minimum...

Just noticed the Met Office has changed its main page with new banner/ logo - the rest appears to be the same Regards Richard Horsham AWS

Chalfont St Giles - Thursday 20th November 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0630z W F2-3 20+km 7Sc 10.9/08.5 1017 RMK: The moon is visible occasionally through chinks in the Sc layer. Norman. --

20 November 2008 Wokingham 0900z 270 08/15kt 60km 1Cu018 +12.2/+8.3 QFF 1018.6 +0.8 in 3hr RMK 1Sc025 2Cc200 1Ci250 Cu hum. Total cloud 3 okta Dry since 15z yesterday. Large amounts of Ci at first, but sky becoming mainly clear in evening. Probably clear for part of night, but ovc Sc at 07z, clearing soon after. 09-09 Max 13.6 Min 7.1 Grass min 0.9 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 6.2

Southcote - 1500Z NW F3 9999 1Sc030 3Ac150 7CiCs220 +12.6/+5.3 1017 Small amounts of CuSc and 7/8 medium and high cloud since late morning Max +13.8 Eric Belton

(09:00UTC 19/11/08) 8.6 C RH 95% Wind 0.3 kts SW 1025.8 hPa steady Rain 0.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 11 Consecutive days with no rain 1 Interesting crisscross pattern of contrails

0850z W F4 70km 1Cu010 6Ci250 11.0/08.7 1018.0 RMK: Tr cu fra; also 2Sc, 1Ac, and 2Ci200. No optical phenomena. 09-09: Tx 11.0 Tn 5.3 Tg 3.4 RR nil sss 4.7 Day max 10.0 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

Southcote - 0900Z W F3 9999 1Cu015 3Ci220 +11.7/+8.7 1019 1Ac120 also present Max yesterday +13.9 Min last night +7.1 Grass Min +3.4 Rain Nil

(09:00UTC 20/11/08) 11.9 C RH 88% Wind 0.8 kts NE 1023.3 hPa steady Rain 0.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 11 Consecutive days with no rain 2 Clouds disappearing southwards

After a maximum of 14.3C yesterday, with good sunny spells, the temperature dropped to 9.7C yesterday evening. At 09:00 today (20th) it's back to 12.8C. A good deal windier this morning. Currently a Force 4 - 5, with the normal gustiness associated with a NW. Graham Penzance

.... as noted elsewhere, the Met Office have changed their web site. Not a lot 'new' there, and some things are now 'protected' by a password! If you want to find the seasonal forecast output, you'll need to register:- Science - Months ahead - Seasonal forecasting. Register for a username & password (grrrrrr ... more passwords to

Not posted one for a while - nice tones this evening! http://www.flickr.com/photos/treetops_photos/3044057936/

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Monday. Issued 0525, 20th November 2008 The first half of the week will see rather cold northerlies give way to a ridge, then by Thursday milder SW'lies will affect the UK as the ridge sinks southwards. The outlook beyond that is a generally cool one, however, with frequent incursions of somewhat cold air from the NW or north. Analysis and...

Yet despite receiving a federal budget of over $1bn for climate work, Schmidt admitted last week that only one quarter of a full-time employee checks the data. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/19/nasa_giss_cockup_catalog/ What's quarter of an half wit worth in the US of A then? 2 Presidubses?

New at Ten tonight: The Plight Of The Polar Bear. Hudson Bay -40 c but not cold enough for the Polar Bear. What a load of twaddle. Blimey what temperature do the bears thrive at then. What about the polar bears at London Zoo their lucky if the temperature reaches a dizzy -1 c Should we be keeping them there? No relase them to colder climes I say. By the way it's still not known whether the...