Mesosphere

got some fairly gusty winds here at the moment accompinied with hail

STS-133 launched the other day from the KSC in Florida , and is now chasing the ISS around the globe preparing for docking at 7.16pm UK Time this evening. Thanks to the stations current orbital inclination , there are many viewing oppurtunites in the next few days and into march . Of particular intrest are tonights 2 passes over the UK , times for these can be found at http://www.heavens-above.com/ (register for free). For my location the ISS is passing over at 6.36pm and 8.11pm , with the 1st pass having the shuttle very close but behind the station , as docking is occuring les than 45 mins after. So if your skies are clear tonight , go out and take a look. The ISS will be unmissible with the shuttle being the fainter dot behind it , with a slight orange hue. Enjoy the Show and good luck to the crew of STS-133 Live NASA TV coverage of the docking at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

http://www.spacew.com/ , possible mid latitude aurora's at the moment , shame it's not night time!. KP currently at 5 (storm)

awesome , thanks for the links!

Is the KP-Index expected to rise later? , it's at KP 1 just now according to spaceweather.com

Mid Latitude's still at 30% , not great but if your north of newcastle i'd keep your eyes peeled just incase. http://www.spacew.com/ , if the mid latitude light goes amber , then there's a good chance you'll see the aurora , red and it's almost certain

Feeling cold in the wind here this morning , rain isnt far away according to the radar Temp : 11.8C Humidity : 77% Pressure : 991.9mb , falling Wind : 7.4 km/hr from the SW

Excellant pictures WM The view from your garden looks awesome! , all i can see from mine is a couple of wheelie bins and some cars :lol:

I used to use IE but found that it had way too many problems with it. I'd advise using Firefox or Safari , both are very good browsers

A true god among weather forecasters and the best cold ramper out there He will sadly missed

A few light snow flakes falling in the last 10 mins Temperature : 2.1C Humidity : 87% Dewpoint : -0.3C Windchill : 1.2C Wind Speed : 0.3 km/h Wind Direction : E Pressure : 991.7mb , rising Weather : Light Snow Showers , Cold

saw one Quandrantid at 6.55am while out looking at Saturn. Was faint and came from overhead (Ursa Major) and went towards the SW

Haddington , East Lothian , 55m ASL A mainly cloudy affair today , quite cold also. Observation @ 1500 GMT Temperature : 2.9C Humidity : 74% Dewpoint : -1.2C Pressure : 1029.0mb , steady Wind Speed : Force 1 - Force 2 Rain in last hour : 0.0mm Sky : 8/8 Stratocumulus Weather : Cloudy and Cold Yesterdays Maximum and Minimum Temperatures (Midnight - Midnight) Max : 6.3C Min : 1.8C

It's probably one of two things. 1. A meteor as Rocky Balboa said. The Quadrantids meteor shower does peak soon , at a rate of 100-120 an hour , so could have been an early one or 2. A piece of satellite debris burning up in the atmosphere. This happens quite a lot , as stuff like screws and bolts from the satellites eventually fall back to earth. Hope this helps

Clear and starry tonight Weather at 6.50pm : Temperature : 5.3C Dewpoint : 4.5C Windchill : 4.1C Outdoor Humidity : 95% Pressure : 1022.3mb , steady Wind Speed : F1-F2 Wind Direction : 225 degrees , SW Weather : Clear

yep i'm also looking forward to watching this aswell . Also hoping the weather plays ball so i can look up at the stars myself from the bbc website : Jupiter viewable 2000 - 2100 Uranus viewable 2000-2100 Saturn viewable 0600 Taurus viewable each day Pole Star viewable each day Andromeda viewable each day Jupiter should be quite hard to miss in the early evening , high in the south. Although you'll need binoculars at least to see uranus.

Very foggy here last night , but it lifted quite early this morning. At observation broken cloud to the S and SW , otherwise clear. Temperature : 5.1C Outdoor Humidity : 97% Dewpoint : 4.7C Pressure : 1018.3mb , steady Wind Speed : Calm to F2 Wind Direction : NNW Rain in last hour : 0mm Cloud Cover : 4/8 Weather : Broken Cloud , Clear

Happy Christmas to everyone on netweather , and all the best for 2011!

Haddington , East Lothian , 55m ASL , Friday 24th December 2010 A very cold start today , with an overnight minimum of -9.1C. Currently -7.5C and rising slowly , sky is 6/8 Altocumulus. No Wind

sound like sporadics to me. There rate usually tends to pick up in the early hours before sunrise , i think you can see between 8 and 10 any night and they can occur in any part of the sky. Interesting piece of info for everyone , the geminids parent object isnt a comet as is the case with many meteor showers. It's infact an asteroid (3200 Phaethon) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3200_Phaethon

not seen any yet but i'll keep my eyes peeled Also , the moon shouldnt pose any problems this year , it's at 41% phase atm so it'll set well before midnight in the next few days. So after midnight you should see loads. If anyone's out viewing the geminids , also take a peek at Jupiter (sets around midnight , it'll be in the southern sky) and Venus (in the morning sky , rises 4 hours before sunrise)

Haddington , East Lothian , 55m ASL (Weather @ 11.10am) Total Cloud Amount : 6 Oktas Wind Speed : F2 - F3 Wind Direction : NE Temperature : 0.2C Pressure at Station : 1009.7mb Pressure at Sea Level : 1016mb Pressure Tendancy : Rising then Steady Cloud Types Low : Cumulonimbus , fibrous or anvil top Middle : N/A High : N/A Present Weather : Cold , Broken Cloud Weather in Preceding Hour : Snow/Hail Showers , Heavy Remarks : Contrail observed , 16cm of snow on ground

had a flash of lightning and distant thunder here at 6.40pm

Very cold today , but clearish with a light dusting of snow on the ground Weather @ 12.40pm Temperature : 2.0C Wind Speed : F2 , gusting F3 Wind Direction : NE Pressure : 1005mb , steady Cloud : 2/8 Cu Current Weather : Few Clouds , Cold Overnight minimum was -3.4C

overcast with periods of rain this morning currently 8/8 with a temp of 4.2C , pressure 1016.5mb , steady