Brussels on Monday 6th October Overcast and damp at first after overnight rain but some breaks in the cloud in the western sky by mid-morning. No real clearance all day however – just patches of blue visible in the Sc. Sunny intervals for a short while mid-afternoon. Light W wind backed SW to S in the afternoon. Brussels Uccle 16.1°C - overnight minimum 11.0°C - and 11 mm rain on...

Hello As usual, I'm turning to the font of weather knowledge that is uk.sci.weather. Where would I go to find out historic weather data for a specific date and place, going back about 30 years? I've been tasked with compiling a weather data chart showing how the weather has changed on the day of the Great North Run since its

September 2008 Haytor, Devon 310m asl Average day max. 15.9C (0.0 from 1971-2000 ELTA) Average night min. 8.8C (-0.9 from 1971-2000 ELTA) Average temperature 12.3C (-0.5) Highest temperature 18.4C (19th) Lowest temperature 5.3C (8th) Lowest day max. 12.5C (30th)

Is there a reason why the MetO still use 1961-90 for 'normal' weather? ( www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/2008/september.html as an example ) As I understand it the 30 year period was brought into use as it is long enough to produce an average which can be considered 'normal', without being unduly outdated by climatic change. Surely the most recent 30 years should be used? In fact, bearing in...

0900Z SW F1 18KM 1SC020 6SC040 +6.7/+6.0 1012= 09-09Z Tx 15.1 Tn -0.4 Tg -1.6 RR 4.3 RMK: This mornings air frost is the earliest on record here (1990), narrowly beating 8 Oct in 1990, but has been as late as 14 Dec in 1994. The weekend rainfall event total was a very modest 9.3mm. Charlbury (Oxfordshire Cotswolds) 121m

Southcote - 1500Z SE F2-3 9999 4St012 8Sc020 +14.4/+11.9 1012 Cloudy since 0930, with a few spots of rain around 1100Z. Eric Belton

Bracknell, Berkshire, UK (51° 24'N, 0° 46'W, 77m AMSL) on 06/10/08 http://www.weatherfamily.org/bracknell 061200Z 15004G10KT 9999 8ST012 13.5/9.9 QFF 1012.7 hpa (+0.1 hPa in last 3 hours)= Min Temp Today: 4.7°C at 05:13 Grass Min 21-09: +1.7 C State of Ground: Moist RMKS: Sunny periods earlier, now dull. Max Temp Yesterday: 16.8 °C

6 October 2008 Wokingham 0900z 160 03kt 10km HZ 4St010 +10.5/+8.6 QFF 1012.5 +1.1 in 3hr RMK 1Sc040 1Ci250 COTRA Dry overnight, variable cloud but long clear periods. Cloudy since 06z, mostly St, now dispersing. 09-09 Max 17.5 Min 3.7 Grass min -1.0 Rain 7.4 Sun (00-24) 0.3 AWS Max 17.4 Min 3.7

Southcote - 0900Z SE F1-2 9999 3Sc035 +9.1/+7.5 1012.5 1Ac120 and 2Ci250 also present Variable amounts of cloud since 051800. Max yesterday +16.9 Min last night +5.1 Grass Min +3.7 Rain (09-09) 5.7mm

(9:00UTC 6/10/08) 10.7 C RH 94% Wind 0.0 kts 1012.8 hPa steady Rain 1.0mm last 24hrs This month's rain days 4 Consecutive days with no rain 0 Overcast, damp in the air

Chalfont St Giles - Monday 6thOctober 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0530z CALM 15km 1Sc 6Ci 02.5/01.5 1011 Norman. -- Norman Lynagh

Note: I've to leave early today - hence this is a shorter analysis. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow morning. Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon (GMT) on Friday. Issued 0442z, 6th October 2008. The end of the week will see SSW'lies over the UK with rain likely especially in the north and west. Thereafter GFS and ECM show generally dry conditions for England and...

05/10/08 7:53Z SSW 7.0kt RA 15.6°C/14.8°C 995.7mb 4.1mm Tn12.8°C Tx16.2°C RMK: RA recorded all night with small amounts. Temps peaking over 16c from 06Z this am. Fri night min here 2.7c. 05/10/08 21:43Z NNE 1kt 8.6°C/7.2°C 1007.1mb 8.6mm AWS Tn7.9°C Tx17.6°C RMK: RA finally stopped by 15Z. A brief sunny interval lifted the temps at lunchtime in an otherwise dull day with RA at...

I take the reliability of the progs to 120hrs pretty much for granted these days so it stands out a bit when there are changes as today from the 12Z analysis and the 96hr forecast: http://www.layton.me.uk/oct5.jpg Phil -- www.layton.me.uk/meteo.htm

Strange that these tsunamis coincide with spring tides tonight on the box 04 Oct 2008 20:10 BBC Two Tsunamis are among the most destructive forces known to Man, but most of us in Britain think they are one thing we don't need to worry about. Professors Simon Haslett and Ted Bryant have already challenged this view, with their

Brussels on Sunday 5th October Dull, wet and windy all day. Rain mostly light in the morning but moderate in the afternoon and fairly heavy for a time in the evening. Fresh SSW wind backed S during the late afternoon. Brussels Uccle 11.7°C - overnight minimum 9.9°C - and 11 mm rain. Brussels Airport 11.9°C - overnight minimum 9.7°C - and 10 mm. Graph ...

September 2008 in Lundie, Angus, in the Sidlaws, 10 miles NW of Dundee, elev.185m A somewhat cool, cloudy, rather dry month after a wet beginning. Average maxima = 15.6 (-1.2) Average minima = 8.6 (-0.7) Mean = 12.1 (-1.0) Highest maximum = 19.1 (20th) Lowest maximum = 10.6 (30th)

At 0600Z today, the air temperature stood at +15.5C, the highest of the month so far and would be quite high at 0600Z on a July morning. At 0600Z yesterday, we had a ground frost with the air temperature at +2.8C. Stepping outside, the relative warmth is palpable as ex-T/S "Laura" passes close by. Current weather: SYNOP 05/0850Z 03/// 41230 82115 10154 20147 49940 57030 76566

Southcote - 1800Z N F3 9999 1St012 3Sc020 7+Sc035 +10.6/+7.3 1004 Cloudy or overcast since 1300, but break now visible to NW A few spots of RADZ between 1300 and 1400 Max +16.9 Rain 09 - 18 5.7mm Eric Belton

I notice there are some new features on this site - associated with Meteox.com Lightning - which looks like ATD data and a Mobile Radar/Satellite/Forecast output. Phil --