3 January 2006 Wokingham 0900z 200 04kt 13km -RA 1Sc015 6Sc020 8Sc035 +7.0/+5.9 QFF 1027.9 RMK Rain very slight, commenced 0840z. Cloud difficult to estimate, a grey featureless base. (09-09) Max 7.0 Min 4.4 Grass min 1.3 Rain Trace Sun (00-24) 0.5 --

Chalfont St Giles - Tuesday 3rd January 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------- 0630z SSW F1 5000 -RADZ 8StSc 04.8/04.2 1027 RMK: Precipitation very slight Norman. (delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail) --

2005 was another warm year, pretty much on a par with the preceding three years. The main features were the exceptionally warm Sept/Oct/early Nov, and the outstandingly sunny Nov/Dec. More available: Charts: http://www.climate-uk.com/monpre/05Q1.htm The mean sea-level chart shows two sub-polar low pressure

A mild first half and cold snowy end. Overall, with a mean of 3.6C and 60.4 mm of precipitation, December was an average month overall. Temperatures ranged from 10.6C on the 11th and 15th to -7.6C on the morning of the 29th. The wettest day was the 30th, with 16.2 mm of snow and sleet. On the morning of Thursday I recorded the lowest December reading since I moved here in 1996: -7.6C...

This may be a rumour but I've heard the Met Office are about to put out a warning that it will be the coldest night of the year so far tonight. Anyone else heard this?

.... well according to the Sky football commentator at Ewood Park (Blackburn). It's 5C at Manchester airport - mild I would say for a January night.. We need the equivalent of Private Eye's "Dumb Britain" on here. I'm in my usual bad mood having seen Mylene Classe get 17 out of 18 right on "Sex in the City 3" and 1 out of 20 right on general knowledge on Mastermind. I'm no snob but I detest this...

Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon on Saturday. Issued 0558, 3 Jan 06. The models continue to show the UK close to the battleground between Continental easterlies and Atlantic SW'lies. Northern and western areas are most at risk of seeing an Atlantic influence, but none of the runs are keen to bring Atlantic air across the rest of the UK. Elsewhere winds will feed chilly...

A slight change of routine now we enter the New Year. I generally don't intend to do updates during the day on work days, for obvious reasons. The main difference is that the updates for the 'UK & Europe, Africa & China' will now appear in the evening. Australia and Asia should be updated early and America and USA in the evening with the others. I'm hoping the process may become a little...

scandinavian high pressure by the end of the week looks like east winds again! Where's the snow threat? looks like the south west with the small low maybe moving north or the low over italy moving nort west:) wait and see!(or will the high decline:(?

As usual when one vents their spleen there's always the anxious feeling that you've upset someone or that people think you are an absolute idiot. Well reading post again and then seeing some of the responses like "moaning minies" I'm thinking "sod it", like the IRA I'm sticking to my guns. Now I would like to ask this. The 9:30 BBC TV severe weather warning Armageddon slot- was it justified...

Some interesting stats for 2005 from Carbost ,Isle of Skye: Record High Temp 24.4c 4 Sept Record Low Temp -4.0c 25 Feb Record High Wind Gust 87.1mph ( Just before the weather station blew down!!) 11 Jan Record High Average Wind Speed 47mph 7November. ( Probably higher on 11/12 Jan but not measured due to damage) Record Low Wind Chill -8.5 24 Feb Record Low Barometer ...

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Monday 2nd January http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.29 UTC on Monday 2nd January http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/etc02/oa02-1329-b-uk.html Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC...

Brussels on Monday 2nd January Thin Sc with some bright intervals in the morning. Stratus overcast in the afternoon with a few spots of rain mid-afternoon. Very light mostly NW wind. Brussels Uccle 5.9°C - no overnight minimum reported - and 0.1 mm rain. Brussels Airport 4.9°C - overnight minimum 0.0°C. Graph http://193.190.137.7/~celinair/maps/metevol/metr012.gif

Not a major revamp but have given more visibility to previous years photos http://www.weatherpictures.co.uk Also most of the higher res pics which only previously posted to this NG..... http://www.weatherpictures.co.uk/postings.htm Gallery has about 200 pics at present will be sorting by subject kicking

http://www.metoffice.com/weather/europe/uk/outlook/index.html

Cold spell coming up again but are we going to miss out again on snow in the Exeter area or is there going to be that long awaited low coming up from France bringing a blizzard (next week)?

Should this not be classed as the first storm of the 2006 season? Tropical Storm ZETA (30-31 DEC) Storm - Max Winds: 50 Min Pres: 997 Category: TS Current - Max Winds: 45 Min Pres: 1000 Category: TS TROPICAL STORM ZETA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 6 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL302005 2100Z SAT DEC 31 2005

==================================================================== This posting expresses the personal view and opinions of the author. Something which everyone on this planet should be able to do. ==================================================================== Average Day max 12.9 (+1.7 from 1971-2000 ELTA) Highest Max 26.8 Jul 11th Lowest Max 0.4 Dec 28th Average Night...

Here is the 2005 annual weather report for the Copley sites. No month was cooler than average here, although some parts of the UK were below average in November and December. Sunshine and rainfall values ended up close to normal. (Averages refer to 1971-2000) Copley Lead Mill 218metres asl (includes some estimated values) Mean maximum 12.2C High 27.0 on 12/07 Low -2.2 on 29/12

Monday, 02 January 2006 BRACKNELL (TAWFIELD) 0900 WNW F2 15km - 6/SC T047D035 RMK: unusual-looking edge to Sc sheet, which runs from ENE-WSW; a ragged, evaporating edge as though there is some sort of micro-scale vertical overturning going on. Some distant Sc to east - where no cloud, then a highly-blue sky (polar type). ]= --