Greetings . 2000M vis heavy rain wind veer SW to W at 1130, rain rate 49.6mm an hour, rainfall today 9.2mm ! + very dark. Site details: Sheltered back garden near centre of Town, 1 mile from River Thames. N51:34:28 W0:46:38 SU848868 Regards Richard Bailey

..... from Netweather http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess= Seems ok except for you can't zoom in very close. L

0900z: 27018G33KT RA 2ST014 8AS070 8.0/5.6 QFF 990.5 rising. A fine but cold day yesterday. Increasing upper cloud after dark, with a fine halo around the moon around 2100z. Rain started just after midnight, mainly moderate intensity. Burst of heavy rain on the cold front at 0815z, with a max intensity of 34 mm/hr. Windy, with maximum gust so far of 38 knots. 09-09: Max: 11.6...

Hi, All, Strongest was the 10min to 07:40 at 43KT(force 9) gusting 58KT(67mph), enough for me but nothing compared to further north! Current 3rd 10:20, Wind WSW 25KT(F6), vis 10 miles, broken clouds, light showers, temp 6C dew 2C, 981mb rising. 09Z-09Z 3rd January 2012 Copley Lead Mill 218m Max 10.1C min 0.6C

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Tuesday 3rd January 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- 0630z SSW F5-6 5000 -RA 6St004 8Sc010 09.3/09.3 987 RMK: Very wet and windy since the very early hours. -- Norman Lynagh Tideswell, Derbyshire 303m a.s.l.

030900Z 21015G29KT 6000 -DZ 2St008 6St012 8Sc020 11.9/10.2 QFF 997.6 (-2.8 in 3 hr)= Humidity: 89% (+1% last hour) Max 09-09: 11.9 Max 09-21: 8.1 Min 09-09: 4.1 Min 21-09: 5.1 Grass Min 18-09: 1.3 30cm Soil Temp: 7.5

Southcote - 0900Z SW F4-5 8000 -RA 3ST010 5SC015 8SC025 +12.1/+10.5 997 Clear periods at first in evening, becoming cloudy by end. Light or moderate rain at times from 0045 Max (09 - 09) +12.1 Min (18 - 09) +3.7 Grass Min (18 - 09) +1.3

Recently at Land's End 74mph. Mean speed 51mph. Gusts widely 60-70 mph. Graham Penzance

Best not to go walking on the Munros tomorrow! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html?day=2 Custard for Dawlish too and some potentially tasty gusts along the length of the south coast. I knew I should have repaired that rotted fence post.............

Some potentially interesting developments at 10 days, with a suggestion from ECM that the flat jet may be about to take a path further to the north of the UK, leaving us in calmer, sinking air. Again, only a suggestion, but operationals have been hinting at this, on occasions, over the last 36 hours and the ensembles suggest a quieter, drier period may be in the offing, following Tuesday's...

*European overview* 1st JANUARY 2012 Max °C Min °C Rain (mm) -0.2 -9.5 - Ny Alesund(8m) 0.6 -1.0 1.0 Moscow(156m) 3.2 -2.3 - Reykjavik(61m) 6.9 3.9 - Bergen(50m) -0.1 -9.6 7.0 Oslo (204m)

Mean Temperature 5.85 (+1.6) Mean Max 8.57 Highest Max 12.50 22nd Lowest Max 4.10 16th Mean Max Early Month 8.17 (+0.80) Mean Max Mid Month 6.07 (+0.43) Mean Max Late Month 10.81 (+4.30) Mean Min 3.14 Highest Min 10.30 31st Lowest Min -1.60 10th

....if you look at the surface pressure charts for tomorrow http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/surface_pressure.html and then look at the XC Weather forecast for Hythe, Kent say... http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/Hythe_kent XC is predicting 70mph gust and a sustained 43mph wind at midday. Yet the isobars on the pressure chart don't seem close enough for such a hectic day!

Brussels on Monday 2nd January 2012 Rain in the first part of the night and again before dawn. Dry during daylight hours on Monday. Mostly cloudy in the morning but gradually more breaks in the cloud during the afternoon with brief sunny intervals. 13.5°C reached at both Uccle and the Airport on Sunday evening before the rain set in. Brussels Uccle 8.5°C - overnight minimum 7.3°C -...

Monday 2nd 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/etcua02m/ua02-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.13 UTC

02/0900 Z Jan 12: SW F3 20KM 1CB015 2.9/0.4 1008 Rmks: Min 2.4, grass min -0.8, rain (09-09) 6.8 mm. -- Andy http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

AIR TEMPERATURE Mean Max... +15.3C (+1.1) Mean Min... +7.7C (+1.1) Highest Max... +26.8C (1st Oct) Lowest Max... +1.5C (29th Jan) Highest Min... +17.6C (10th Sep) Lowest Min... -3.7C (10th Dec) WIND Strongest Mean Speed... SSW, force 7 (12th Dec)

AIR TEMPERATURE Mean Max... +9.6C (+1.5) Mean Min... +3.7C (+1.1) Highest Max... +12.6C (3rd) Lowest Max... +4.8C (16th) Highest Min... +9.9C (23rd and 26th) Lowest Min... -3.7C (10th) WIND Strongest Mean Speed... SSW, force 7 (12th)

Summary for December 2011 Warmest December since before 2005. Mean Max: 10.4ºC Mean Min: 4.4ºC Mean: 7.4ºC High Max: 14.0ºC 31st Low Max: 6.4ºC 14th

An historical perspective of the climate statistics for Coventry during December 2011 Temperature With a mean monthly temperature of 5.8ºC, this has been the mildest December in Coventry since 2006 (6.4ºC); this is 6.2ºC warmer than December 2010!