First of the year! at -0.6 C max. The place is frost-bound but beautiful. Snow has been lying for 9 days and the valley is littered with the decaying corpses of snowmen. brian aberfeldy

==================================================================== This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author. Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do. ==================================================================== 0915 Temp 4.1 Dewpoint 3 deg C Wind SSE 6 knots

This afternoon Manchester has seen a 1.5 degree fall since 10am, sitting at 4c at moment and cloudy. Looks like we are in for a real cold blast by Friday Gareth

4 January 2006 Wokingham 0900z 030 09/20kt 40km 3Sc015 7Sc020 +6.5/+3.4 QFF 1029.6 RMK nil (09-09) Max 9.7 Min 5.8 Grass min 2.8 Rain 1.6 Sun (00-24) 0.0 --

Chalfont St Giles - Wednesday 4th January 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------- 0630z N F2-3 15km 8Sc 05.8/03.8 1029 Norman. (delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail) -- Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy

Dear All, I've been a lurker and occasional poster to this group for thousands of years. Well since soon after its inception (1996-7?) anyway. I Spent many happy hours digesting the wealth of info presented here. Back then global warming was a hot scientific subject and it was usually the subject most likely to prompt me to post. It has been interesting watching the gradual hijacking of GW...

December 2005 statistics from Hazlehead in Aberdeen Readings made using a Davis Vantage Pro 2 Automatic Weather Station. TEMPERATURE (°C) Mean Max: 6.5 Mean Min: 2.8 (same as November) Overall Mean: 4.6

==================================================================== This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author. Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do. ==================================================================== Don't normally say too much in between my weekly forecasts but in light of the developing very cold and prolonged scenario I...

Thought this would be of interest given the current winter forecasts -if yr prepared to wade through the technicalities- Free content issue- This special issue of Tellus is devoted to research arising from the project DEMETER (Development of a Multi-model Ensemble System for Seasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction) funded by the European Union (EU) Vth Framework...

http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?request=get-archive http://ams.allenpress.com/amsonline/?request=search-simple Thought it wld be of interest - all journals are now freely available upto and inc 2000.BAMS upto present. This is a rich and valuable resource eg Keith Browning's American research work on severe storms is now freely available. Further US journals inc early papers on NWP are...

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon on Sunday. Issued 0552, 4 Jan 06. The models still show the UK as the battleground between mild Atlantic air and Continental chill this weekend. It's now looking likely that a trough will push in from the Atlantic by the beginning of next week, although it won't move across the UK especially quickly. Beyond that the operational GFS...

Today's max +12.5 deg. C Today's precip Trace A mean temperature of +9.2 deg. C so far from midnight last night! Currently (22:15 UTC) Temp +7.0 deg. C Dew Point +6.7 deg. C RH 97% Wind Calm

Or more specifically constant drizzle and fine rain all day. 98% RH and 8.6C. Could be worst - could be same and 5 deg colder! Dave

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Tuesday 3rd January http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.18 UTC on Tuesday 3rd January http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/etc03/oa03-1318-b-uk.html Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC...

Brussels on Tuesday 3rd January Frost and mist at first but sunny until early afternoon. Some high cloud. Areas of broken Sc moved in later in the afternoon. Cold - light SE to S wind. Brussels Uccle 2.7°C - overnight minimum -2.4°C. Brussels Airport 1.7°C - overnight minimum -3.2°C. Graph http://193.190.137.7/~celinair/maps/metevol/metr012.gif

Guildford 03/01/06 20:13Z Temp 8.8°C Dewpt 8.2°C Baro 1027.6mb Steady Rain 0.8mm RMK: N F2 OVC002 Gloomy day - matched the mood for going to work. Even went into LVPs at the airport this afternoon for a while.

AIR TEMPERATURE Mean max... +7.7C (-0.5) Mean Min... +0.8C (-2.0) Highest Max... +12.6C (16th) Lowest Max... +0.4C (28th) Highest Min... +7.5C (2nd) Lowest Min... -6.5C (29th) WIND Strongest Mean Speed... SSE, force 7 (2nd)

The new Ipswich Weather web site is up - including a forum / Lightning / Sat images etc. Cos we getta bitta snooow rowend ere sometiems boy. http://www.ipswichweather.net Cheers, J

Tuesday, 03 January 2006 BRACKNELL (TAWFIELD) 0900 SSW F2-3 20km -RA 2/ST 7/SC 8/AS T066D050 RMK: very light spots of rain from thicker cloud - some rain yesterday evening. St is high ~ 012, with main SC~030 & As~100. ]= -- Bracknell (Wooden Hill/Tawfield), Berkshire, UK NGR: SU 854 667 Elev: 80m

The METO look like being close with their winter forecast looking at the charts towards the end of this week. These type of setups take some shifting and in my opinion looks a pattern we may see again this winter. This would generally lead to a cool and dry picture. Still, better than raging zonal rubbish, but is this type of setup more inclined to cut off the polar feed we would need for any...