Here is a summary of the latest NWP output for noon on Thursday. Issued
0542, 15 Jan 06.

The runs continue to show a changable setup for the UK with weakening
troughs crossing the British Isles, interspersed with brief ridges. As usual
it'll be driest in the south and east, windiest in the west. Temperatures
look like being average to above average in the main, with the really cold
air staying to the east.

ECMWF: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Recm1201.gif
Strong WSW'lies cover the UK due to a deep low to the NW. A trough moves
swiftly eastwards at T+144, leaving the UK under westerlies. By T+168 winds
become WSW'lies again as the result of a weak ridge over the North Sea.

MetO: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rukm1201.gif
A mixture of SW'lies and SSE'lies covers the UK, which lies between a ridge
to the SE and complex low pressure to the NW.

GFS: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rtavn1201.png
GFS shows a trough to the west and a mixture of westerlies and SW'lies for
the UK. The trough weakens over the North Sea at T+144, leading to
anticyclonic NW'lies and westerlies for the UK. By T+168 pressure rises over
France, resulting in WSW'lies for all.

GEM: http://meteocentre.com/models/glb00_120.html
A strong westerly flow covers the UK with complex low pressure to the north
and WNW.

GME/DWD:
http://www.wetter.com/home/img/sat/g...150000_120.gif
The German run brings a trough over the UK. Ahead of the trough winds are
SW'lies, with westerlies following behind. The winds become NW'lies at T+144
as the trough moves away to the east.

JMA: http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rjma1201.gif
The Japanese run shows SW'lies for all due to low pressure to the NW and a
ridge over France.

NOGAPS: http://217.160.75.104/pics/ngp10.prp.120.europeg.gif
NOGAPS shows a similar setup, this time with WSW'lies instead of SW'lies.

KMA: http://www.kma.go.kr/kma03/gif/g21nh_smsr_120.gif
A ridge from the east covers much of the UK, bringing easterlies across
eastern areas of England. Elsewhere winds are southerlies or SSW'lies.