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Old January 28th 15, 07:51 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Colin Youngs[_3_] Colin Youngs[_3_] is offline
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Default Cold front with thunder, lightning and hail in Brussels

Brussels on Wednesday 28th January 2015

Slight rain at first, then a cloudy but dry morning with a fresh and
gusty SSW to SW wind. Light to moderate rain from around 14.00 local time.

Threatening sky with fairly heavy rain, small hail, a couple of flashes
of lightning and several rumbles of thunder for 20 minutes or so after
16.55 as the cold front passed. Wind veered W and decreased and the
temperature at Uccle fell from 7.2°C to 3.3°C between 17.00 and 18.00.

Light rain continued until about 19.00 but it is dry now with broken cloud.

Brussels Uccle 7.2°C - overnight minimum 2.7°C - and 7 mm rain
Brussels Airport 7.4°C - overnight minimum 2.0°C - and 2 mm

Brussels Airport http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EBBR.html

Brussels Uccle Graphs
http://deus.irceline.be/~celinair/me...=nl&sta=T1R012

Rainfall radar http://www.buienradar.be/afgelopen-24-uur

OGIMET monthly summary for Brussels Uccle http://tinyurl.com/pnxwm6q

Webcam Grand-Place http://www.brussels.be/artdet.cfm?id=4664&FMT=18

Webcam Uccle http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/en/15...cam+Uccle.html

Colin Youngs
Brussels