Portland Paul

It's started raining about 3 mins ago, fairly lightly. SSW wind, gusts to 24 mph.

Still dry, but fully overcast. Wind gusting to 28 mph, SSW ly. Temp: 15 c.

Dry with thick bands of rather high level stratus. Some clear slots. Wind: Southerly, 10 to 15 mph, gusts to 22 mph. Temp: 15. 5 c. Pressure: 1009 mb.

That sounds awful! I vaguely recall some heavy thunderstorms here, in that month, but not until the last week. I do remember it very well though, as being a superb hot and suny moonth...... :lol:

Recent rather heavy showers. Skies brightening from the west. Temp: 15 c, max earlier was 19 c. Wind: 12 mph, WSW. Pressure:1009 mb.

:o Dry and sunny, but cold with a crisp 7. 5 c. Calm. Pressure: 1018 mb, rising.

I wish they would pull the plug on it all - and go back to the old symbols, which were very sraightforward and quite snazzy! :unsure:

Thanks for that. Another very interesting read. Let's hope this long term negativity brings back our winters properly, for a while! :o

Any ideas of the minimum pressure likely to be achieved in the 'eye', if the eye reasserts itself?

Dry and clear. Some slight haze in the sky. Pressure: 1014 mb, falling. Temp: 13 .5 c. Wind: Very light (less than 5 mph) southerly.

A vey interesting read, cheers.

A lovely day -and reaching 21 .5 c. Currently 19 c with hazy sunshine, and a 7 mph southerly breeze. Pressure: 1016 mb, falling.

Dry, hazy sunshine. Streaks of thin cirrus, cirrostratus and cirrocumulus. Wind: 5 mph, southerly. Temp: 13. 5 c. Pressure: 1019 mb.

Its all very complicated! At the least likely, or least desireable extremes; Positive NAO may at times, be associated with an active Atlantic opposed by a Scandinavian or Russian high, bringing cold southeasterly flow over the UK, and Atlantic systems bringing rain can turn to spells of snow or blizzards. Early 1996 may have been a good example :huh: Negative NAO may at times, be associated with mild and cloudy anticyclonic northwesterly flow over the UK, whilst spells of cold polar activity affect Scandinavia and central/ eastern Europe. Late January through to mid February this year paints a good picture of that. :huh:

A superb day of hazy sunshine and warmth -up to 22 c. Current observations: Pressure: 1019 mb, falling Temp: 15 c Wind: Calm Weather: Dry and clear, with some thin cirrus to the west and northwest.

Dry and bright with patchy cumulus, after a superb afternoons sunshine and temps peaking at 21. 5 c. Currently 17 .5 c. Wind, very light SW---less than 5mph. Pressure: 1022 mb.

Dry with a light stratus overcast. Wind, very light WSW. Temp: 14 .0 c. Pressure: 1022 mb, steady.

Very dull and overcast until 8:30 am, then the cloud sheet has thinned, broken and drifted away to the northeast. Currently dry and sunny with very patchy stratus, and sme cirrus to the W and NW. Pressure:1023 mb, falling. Wind: SW ---6 mph. Temp: 14. 5 c.

Dry and still overcast. Calm. Pressure: 1027 mb. Temp: 13 c......Max today: 14 c.

It did'nt last too long though: Still fine, but chilly!

Still raining? :unsure: Dry but overcast and rather dull here. Calm. Temp: 12. 5 c. Pressure: A steady 1024 mb.

I think this is it...

I can't find the temps for that day in the archives, but my diary recorded 21. 5 c here in Birmingham. On the 13th, reached 22 c.

I can remember 25 or 26 c in October 1995. I'll try and find the chart.....

Anyone remember this Indian Summer? The days surrounding this chart were settled, with dense morning fog - clearing to a succession of sunny afternoons with temps often over 20 c. Sometimes up to 23 c. I recall a very cold northerly to start this month, with widespread night frosts, and snow showers in N and E Scotland. Things soon settled down around the 5th or 6th, and then temps recovered.