Wednesday 8th February 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/etcub08m/ub08-msg-1200-uk.html NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.24 UTC

Brussels on Wednesday 8th February 2012 Mostly sunny and not quite as cold as yesterday - 10th freezing day in a row. Scattered patches of ragged low cloud but only in small amounts. Keen ENE wind - moderate at times in the morning. Brussels Uccle -1.4°C - overnight minimum -7.2°C Brussels Airport -2.2°C - overnight minimum -7.8°C Brussels Airport ...

Just missed out on an ice day yesterday with a high of 0.1c much better chance today with a high of -0.3c and it's well below now at 21.00. Since 17.30 on the 6th the temperature has only been above freezing for half an hour yesterday. Looks like touch and go here between freezing rain and snow, can't see anything like the snow we had on Saturday, but should be interesting. Current temp :...

Just been looking at the town of Orange in southern France on XC Weather where they are reporting a temp of minus 4C dewpoint minus 15c and a wind gust of 60 mph ! That should dry the washing nicely.... RonB

Animated plot files from last weekend.. http://layton.me.uk/120204a.gif http://layton.me.uk/120204b.gif -- Phil Guildford

OK a bit OTish, but here in Dorridge Solihull, where pressure at 1043.8 at midnight and current temp of 0.8C, I have had a record count of garden birds. Front garden a 3m crab apple at 1130 had on it and under it a flock of 38 redwings, two fieldfares, three song thrushes and four blackbirds. In the back garden on my four feeders and below on the floor, as I type, 13 blackbirds, two collared...

"As we move through tomorrow the forecast uncertainty grows, but it's likely as the front moves further south and east it will increasingly turn to snow. Currently it's expected that the midlands, East Anglia, central and southeast England are most at risk but this is subject to change. There is the potential for accumulations of 10-20cm in affected regions and disruption is likely, so please...

0900z: 00000KT 20km 7SC020 -4.1/-6.1 QFF 1043.4 rising slowly. Some ice on the garage roof, otherwise surfaces dry. 0900-0900z: Max: 0.9 (1422z) Min: -6.4 (0439z) Rain: Nil -- Freddie Bayston Hill

08/0850 Z Feb 12: E F2 15KM 7SC018 -3.1/-4.9 1041 Rmks: Max (09-09) 4.7, min (21-09) -6.7, grass min -13.4, rain 0.0. Ground frozen, slight hoar frost on grass, hard surfaces dry. -- Andy http://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

Max. -0.8C in sunny skies. Now at 1700 it is more cloudy with temperature tumbling away at -3.1C. DP -5.1C. Bar 1040.7 hPa steady. Naff all wind from the ENE. All surfaces bone dry, frozen solid and snow-free. Going to be interesting on Friday close to the warm front wave. Snow or freezing rain, it just depends. Key difference from last weekend is that there is no driving low near Iceland...

Max. -0.8C in sunny skies. Now at 1700 it is more cloudy with temperature tumbling away at -3.1C. DP -5.1C. Bar 1040.7 hPa steady. Naff all wind from the ENE. All surfaces bone dry, frozen solid and snow-free. Going to be interesting on Friday close to the warm front wave. Snow or freezing rain, it just depends. Key difference from last weekend is that there is no driving low near Iceland...

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) ==================================================== Temperature hovering around freezing point for the greater part of today but instead of the flat calm conditions of late, enough of a light breeze developed to...

Tideswell, Derbyshire - Wednesday 8th February 2012 ----------------------------------------------------- 0630z ESE F1-2 5000 -SN HZ 8Sc008 -02.7/-03.9 1043 RMK: Snow is very slight. 2cm frozen snow on the ground. -- Norman Lynagh Tideswell, Derbyshire 303m a.s.l.

8 February 2012 Wokingham 0900z 030 10/16kt 28km 8Sc025 -0.5/-5.3 QFF 1041.6 +0.2 in 3hr RMK Snow lying, 1cm 10%. Ground frozen. Clear sky and a sharp frost after 15z yesterday, becoming overcast during evening with a very slight snow flurry at 2340z. Remaining mainly overcast and dry since. 09-09 Screen max 4.5 min -5.0 grass min -11.5 Rain trace Sun (00-24) 3.9 hr

Southcote - 1500Z NNE F2 9999 5SC018 8SC022 +0.4/-3.5 1040.5 Cloudy/overcast since 0900 Max so far today +0.4 Eric Belton

I can't remember the near continent being quite so cold as it currently is and I wonder whether the models are allowing for this. Zonality seems to be struggling to establish itself, and I doubt the UKMO medium range forcast will be correct. Then there's this northerly scenario that the models keep thowing into the ring. Of course we could just stay on the edge of the action, but the SE in the...

Cloud 5 Humidity 85 Rain Trace Pressure 1040 T Min 3 T Max 6 Visibility Moderate Wind S 6 Bright and breezy.

Hi, All, Another sunny day but very cold! Messy tomorrow - sleet, freezing rain, snow? Current 8th 12:20Z, Wind SSE 8KT(Bft 3), vis 10 miles, scattered clouds, temp -1C dew -4C, 1043mb falling. 09Z-09Z 8th February 2012 Copley Lead Mill 218m Max 3.1C min -6.1C snow 14cm (full cover) Copley Met O site 253m

A little consistency now that the anticyclonic conditions may re- establish themselves after a messy and difficult breakdown. Nothing is in any way sorted here and this morning's indications are that the cold - even the easterly flow - may continue to affect the east of the UK particularly. This is why it is necessary to wait for the agreement and consistency before committing to forecast at 10...

Evershot: 196m amsl 07/02/12 09-09z Ppn: 24hrs 0.0mm Month 12.9mm 30-day 39.7mm Temp: Max 3.7°C