Nick F

Bright start with broken cloud, feeling mild. Temp: 10 °C Wind: SW at 10 mph Pressure: 1021 mb, falling

Not a bad day here, currently blue skies with some thin high cloud in the distance. Temp: 12 °C Wind: W at 10 mph Pressure: 1025 mb, falling

Broken cloud and bright as the sun rises. Temp: 8 °C Pressure: 1027 mb, rising Wind: SW at 5 mph

Overcast but dry. Cold Temp: 6 °C Pressure: 1029 mb, falling Wind: SW at 7 mph

Clear blues skies, breezy with quite a wind chill. Temp: 6 °C Wind: NW at 14 mph Pressure: 1035 mb, rising RH: 51%

Dull and damp start, now sunny with scattered cloud. Temp: 10 °C Wind: W at 10 mph Pressure: 1021 mb, falling

Mainly blue skies today <_< , some thin high-cloud drifting over now. Temp: 9 °C Wind: NW at 5 mph Pressure: 1023 mb, falling RH: 58%

Chilly morning, overcast and breezy with quite a wind chill. Temp: 5 °C Wind: N at 8 mph Pressure: 1022 mb, rising

Mainly clear skies, cold. Temp: 4 °C Wind: NW at 6 mph Pressure: 1012 mb, rising

Cold, cloudy with light rain. Temp: 8 °C Wind: SW at 3 mph Pressure: 1013 mb, falling.

Grey and miserable with a light drizzle Temp: 9 °C Wind: ENE at 3 mph Pressure: 1016 mb, rising RH: 90%

Grey and dull but dry. Temp: 10 °C Pressure: 1018 mb, falling Wind: N at 6 mph

Overcast, but still bright - chilly. Temp: 10 °C Wind: W at 8 mph Pressure: 1031 mb, rising

A chilly morning, dry and sunny. Temp: 5 °C Wind: W at 3 mph Pressure: 1029 mb, rising

Clears blue skies now after earlier rain Temp: 13 °C Wind: NW at 10 mph Pressure: 1020 mb, rising

My earliest recolections of winter were back in the mid 80s when I was around 10 years old. I grew up in south Kent, and there were severe cold spells from the east in '85, '86 and Jan '87, which brought fond memories of upto a week of school and sledging down the escarpment of the North Downs. There are many natural ponds around where I was living, and a particular severe spell in Feb 1986 was so cold that the ice was thick enough to walk across and jump up amd down on. I have memories of there been large icicles which formed from snow melt freezing at night hanging off the eves of roofs where I lived and stories of people being seriously hurt by them falling. Burst water pipes were also a frequent problem in the winters back then. Jan 1987 probably sticks in the mind the most. I was about 11 years old, and vividly recall the onset of that particular spell. I was travelling home from London by train on the Sunday and remembered how the grey streets and buildings of London transformed into almost white out conditions as we travelled through the Kent countryside, and the snow didn't stop for two days, as a result the school was shut for a week. It was my first experience of snowdrifts aswell which cut-off many roads around during that spell. Feb 1991 was the last severe spell we've had in the SE, with a minor 3 day cold snowy spell at the end of Dec 1996 since. So I feel lucky to have been old enough to remember the winters pre 1991, because there hasn't been much since.

Orange skies to the east but just starting to rain from thickening cloud to the NW. Temp: 10 °C Wind: SW at 5 mph Pressure: 1016 mb, falling.

A sunny start here, with a bit of thin cloud clearing away. Temp: 11 C Wind: S at 6 mph Pressure: 1017 mb, rising

A damp, cloudy, and misty evening. Temp: 11 °C Wind: SE at 4 mph Pressure: 1018 mb, falling

A wet night. Currently Overcast with bursts of heavy drizzle - YUCK Temp: 10 °C Pressure: 1019 mb, falling Wind: E at 8 mph

Grey and overcast with some bits of drizzle. Temp: 11 °C Wind: NE at 9 mph Pressure: 1024 mb, rising

Broken cloud with sunny spells all day. Temp: 12 °C Wind: NE at 7 mph Pressure: 1023 mb, rising

A fine autumn morning: a light breeze and hazy sunshine. Temp: 12 °C Wind: NE at 3 mph Pressure: 1007 mb, rising

A late report of a good lightning show between 8 and 9pm last night, probably the past T-storm around here since July 17th and at the end of October aswell :lol:

Spectacular thunderstorm between 8 and 9 pm last night Currently dry with broken high cloud and an orange sunrise. Temp: 10 °C Wind: SE at 10 mph Pressure: 992 mb, falling