Not quite as exciting as what Scotland had last week, with a maximum wind gust of 165mph in the mountains which is quite crazy. Down at normal levels, gusts of 80-90mph were widespread.
My favourite picture is definitely one of this wind turbine - please send it to everyone you know who works for Greenpeace/Friends Of The Earth.
I stole it from this guy's Flickr photos, some excellent images on there, worth a gander.
Apologies, Martin, this is a few better photo than your beautiful sunset photo...I hope you appreciate :-) Next time...
Anyway, in case you hadn't guessed, the weather in Reading this week (and most of northern Europe) is going to be minging - lots of rain, lots of very strong winds (or breeze's as they call them in Scotland), and maybe, just maybe, something wintry.
Tonight will rain pretty much all night from 6pm until well into the early hours, heavy rain too, very heavy at times. Milder than today though at up to 11'C but very windy, gales likely, peaking around 9pm. Stay in and read my blogs.
Tuesday will be mostly cloudy, some showery bits of rain are likely, 7'C by day, 1'C by night, and remaining windy.
Wednesday again fairly cloudy, a little brightness at times, with a 70% chance of a couple of showers though they will be hit and miss, they may even have a touch of sleet in them, no higher than 5'C and down to 0'C overnight, with a more organised area of rain around midnight.
Thursday is when the storm I was expecting for the end of the week is now going to arrive, it's track keeps changing, one minute it is going to Scotland, the next northern England, then the English Channel, and on it keeps changing - now it is forecast to send the worst of the winds to France...ha ha stick that in your Euro, Mr Sarkozy. Anyway, so although this means that we will avoid the worst of the severe gales, it will start bright but cloud over into the afternoon with heavy, perhaps torrential rain for several hours. 4'C but temporarily getting to 8'C overnight before falling to 0'C quickly as the wind sets around to the north...which will mean...
Friday may see an area of snow for the morning. Confidence is low to moderate, it depends exactly on what Thursday's storm does and the track keeps changing. But this is currently the most likely option, 40% likely. It will definitely be a cold day, in a strong northerly wind, no higher than 3'C and 0'C overnight with a frost.
Saturday and Sunday will be cold with a northerly wind, mostly sunny but a 20% chance of a snow shower on either day. No better than 3'C by day and down to -3'C overnight which will be a very penetrating frost. Similar story on Monday.
It should become milder during Tuesday and this will last towards Christmas, maybe even reaching 13'C before Christmas - almost t-shirt weather!
And for Christmas Day itself? A day I have long being saying there is a 0% chance of a White Christmas?
My current expectation is for a cloudy but mild day, breezy, 12'C with some drizzle or light rain. Absolutely zero chance of snow.
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Given the uncertainty with regards to the track of Thursday's storm which keeps changing every few hours, I will update on Wednesday evening if it looks to have changed, because this could easily upgrade back into a damaging storm once again and track across the south of England.
Enjoy the more exciting weather!
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