Happy new year, and welcome to a slightly new look weather blog - with a new background, a Facebook box to the right, and also I have reduced the amount of posts showing on the home page so it should load up quicker.
But no happy new year wishes from the Atlantic Ocean as Tuesday morning will see severe gales and heavy rain - enough to possibly cause damage and disruption.
More in a minute as I want to point you to this foam sea storm near Blackpool the other day - again during a bout of severe gales. Quite unusual!
And did you know that 2011 was the second warmest year in the UK - and that is despite the coolest summer for 20 years. Yes, April, May, September, October and November were all well above average months.
Tonight will become windy, eventually with gales and heavy rain after midnight, 5'C.
Tuesday will start with heavy rain, which will last until well into the afternoon, and noticeably strong winds, possibly gusting up to 70mph in the Reading area which is enough for some small-scale damage and disruption, ie the odd blocked road from branches, etc. The worst weather will be for morning rush-hour, and the winds will again be strong in the evening and over-night. A mild 11'C by day but a cold 3'C overnight in a cold wind.
Wednesday will be windy with a couple of light showers, some sunshine too. Gales again in the evening and overnight, with more rain, this time from a northerly direction overnight, 7'C by day, 9'C in the rain overnight.
Thursday will have a chilly north-westerly to northerly wind but still 8'C in the cloud and showery rain, nothing too heavy, clearing later in the day to bright skies and chilly overnight, down to 2'C.
Friday will be fairly cloudy, with some showers, but a little brightness too, 9'C by day and night, oh and breezy still.
Saturday again sees the return of a chilly north-westerly to northerly wind, but again still around 7'C. It should be sunny, with just a small chance of a passing shower. 2'C overnight.
Sunday onwards should see the growth of high pressure, so drier and eventually cooler with some frosts possible.
I am still hopeful that my long-term winter prediction of cold and snowy weather in January, particularly from the half-way point will come true and there are indications of a pattern change to colder weather around 14th January.
It may only be frost and fog cold to start with - La Nina may well extend through to February and thereby delay the onset of any cold weather.
The advantage of cold weather arriving any time from mid-February is that the sun is just about strong enough to allow for home-grown snow showers as opposed to them having to be imported in the wind (when they will often die out before reaching Reading) - though on the downside the sun being stronger means that any snow melts much quicker!
Anyway, the signs of a change to colder weather in 10-14 days are only tentative so do not start buying sledges just yet.
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