Brussels on Thursday 13th November Some areas of Sc in the first part of the morning but from late morning onwards it was fairly sunny with just some - not extensive - Cu. Increasing high cloud towards dusk. Light wind from between S and W backed S in the evening. Brussels Uccle 11.5°C - overnight minimum 4.9°C. Brussels Airport 11.3°C - overnight minimum 5.0°C.

Southcote - 1600Z SSW F2-3 8000 -RA 6St008 8Sc020 +9.8/+9.0 1022 Continuous, mainly light rain since 0900. Eric Belton

The November meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society will be held WHEN? on WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2008 WHERE? in the Madejski Lecture, Department of Agriculture, Earley Gate, UNIVERSITY OF READING. Maps are available from the Royal Meteorological Society or from its web site: www.rmets.org

13 November 2008 Wokingham 0900z 220 06/10kt 11km 1Sc035 6Ac100 7As150 +6.4/+4.7 QFF 1024.1 +0.4 in 3hr RMK Dry since 15z yesterday, well broken cloud for much of the time, but thickening up in last couple of hours. Slight rain has started (0925z) since the ob. 09-09 Max 11.1 Min 3.4 Grass min -1.0 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 4.8 AWS Max 11.1 Min 2.9

0920z SW F3 22km 2Ac090 5Ac120 7As150 06.9/06.1 1023.3 RMK: Also a presumed 8Cs200 ... still visible to the E and SE No ppn here yet 09-09: Tx 9.1 Tn 1.2 Tg -2.9 RR nil sss 3.7 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday 12th 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 Wednesday 12th November http://www.woksat.info/etcqk12m/qk12-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.42 UTC on Wednesday 12th...

Stumbled across this site which I'd not seen reference to before. http://weathernews.co.uk/ Does anyone know about them? It had a very local forecast under S.E region search by postcode /town.(well it found the name Laindon!) and radar available as well. It was slightly different to Gravesend just 15 miles away so it wasn't just outputting the S.E forecast to all places in the region. Dave

Just to let everyone know that this evening I have been able to download AND view messages from THIS newsgroup for the first time for many weeks. Big question is whether I can reconnect with other groups, adding them one or two at a time. Big Demon news restructuring seemed to be horribly wrong, but after a week it looks as though they MIGHT have got it right at last. Nice to be back (I hope!)

Chalfont St Giles - Thursday 13th November 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0630z SW F1 15km 1Sc060 4Ac150 8CiCs200 02.3/01.4 1022 RMK: Cloud increasing from the west. Norman. --

Southcote - 0900Z SW F1-2 9999 -RA 5Sc050 8AcAs100 +5.3/+4.1 1024 Light rain since 0850 Cloudy for most of evening yesterday (Sc) - breaking after 2200. Clear periods in early hours, becoming cloudy by dawn. (Lovely sunrise - orange/red on underside of Sc/Ac) Max yesterday +11.2 Min last night +2.6

Here is a summary of the NWP output for noon on Monday. Issued 0533, 13th November 2008 The first half of next week will see the UK bwtween the Azores High to the SW and an area of complex low pressure that will develop over Scandinavia. Winds will be westerly or WNW'ly and rain is most likely in the north, with the southeast seeing the driest conditions. There are signs of a colder...

Brussels on Wednesday 12th November Sky fairly clear to start with. Cu developed gradually from mid- morning but spells of sunshine continued. Rather cloudy at the end of the afternoon with a slight shower and the Cu spreading out into Sc. Wind moderate SW at first – only light from mid-afternoon. Brussels Uccle 10.1°C - overnight minimum 6.9°C. Brussels Airport 9.9°C - overnight...

28mm fallen today which is high for this location. In fact it is the highest daily amount since mid-May and the third highest since I started recording in July 2005. Dave, Laindon, S.Essex

12 November 2008 Wokingham 0900z 260 04/10kt 28km 1Sc045 +5.7/+3.4 QFF 1016.7 +2.2 in 3hr RMK 1Ci250 Total cloud trace. Fine and dry since 15z yesterday. Some patchy cloud late evening and overnight, but mostly clear. 09-09 Max 11.4 Min 3.4 Grass min -1.7 Rain 0.0 Sun (00-24) 7.0 AWS Max 11.3 Min 3.1

Chalfont St Giles - Wednesday 12th November 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0630z CALM 30+km 4Ci200 01.1/00.1 1013 RMK: Slight hoar frost. Norman. -- Norman Lynagh

Southcote - 1500Z WNW F3 9999 1Cu025 +10.6/+4.5 1019 2Sc045 and 1Ac120 also present Max today +11.2 Eric Belton

It doesn't happen very often, but Min here this morning in Southcote was lower than the values recorded at Wokingham, Bracknell and probably also Benson. No doubt due to the wind falling Calm for an hour or so after 0700 hours. Temp at 0645 was +3.0, at 0700 +2.7 and the Min of +1.7 occurred at about 0745. Temperature slow to rise also - only +3.2 at 0900. Eric Belton

0920z WSW F3 25km 3Sc020 06.5/05.3 1016.3 RMK: Sc increasing from the NW, also tr Ac and tr Ci. 09-09: Tx 8.6 Tn 3.1 Tg -0.2 RR nil sss(11th) 6.7 Philip Eden Whipsnade 214m

(09:00UTC 12/11/08) 5.7 C RH 96% Wind 0.3 kts WNW 1020.2 hPa steady Rain 1.2mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 8 Consecutive days with no rain 0 Blue, but some mid and high cloud coming in from the W-WNW

Southcote - 0900Z SW F1 9999 1Ci250 +3.2/+2.0 1017 Partly cloudy at times overnight - late evening thru' to dawn. Max yesterday +11.8 Min last night +1.7 Grass Min -1-3 Rain Nil