Brussels on Saturday 21st November

Quite sunny in the morning - brief cloudy spells as areas of medium-level
cloud moved across. Sunny and almost cloudless from midday until well into
the afternoon. Cloud increased again towards dusk and there was drizzle in
the air at times during the evening. Exceptionally mild with a moderate S
breeze.

Outdoor cafés full this afternoon in the centre of Brussels.

Brussels Uccle 17.6°C - overnight minimum 11.4°C - and 1 mm rain
Brussels Airport 17.0°C - overnight minimum 11.0°C - and 0.6 mm

Graph http://193.190.137.7/~celinair/maps/...ok/metr012.gif

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

Rainfall radar http://www.buienradar.nl/h.aspx?jaar...t=loop24uur1x1

OGIMET monthly summary for Brussels Uccle http://tinyurl.com/yl2f93p

Webcams Grand-Place http://www.ilotsacre.be/images/webcam/webcam.htm and
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

On Nov 21, 9:53*pm, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
Brussels on Saturday 21st November

Quite sunny in the morning *- *brief cloudy spells as areas of medium-level
cloud moved across. * Sunny and almost cloudless from midday until well into
the afternoon. * Cloud increased again towards dusk and there was drizzle in
the air at times during the evening. * Exceptionally mild with a moderate S
breeze.

Interesting to get such a combination of mostly sunny weather and
warmth this late in the year and only a month from the winter
solstice. In southern England, which has a similar sort of climate to
Brussels, I don't believe I've ever experienced sunny/warm weather
between about Nov 5th and mid January inclusive - and very, very
rarely in the second half of January. The frequency of such conditions
seems to fall off dramatically once we leave October, but increase
fairly dramatically again as we get into mid February.

Can anyone recall any proper warm sunny days in the mid Nov to mid Jan
period? (and I don't mean showery days where the showers just so
happen to avoid your location, such as last Sunday - I mean proper
"settled" sunny weather)

Nick

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On Nov 21, 9:53 pm, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
Brussels on Saturday 21st November
Quite sunny in the morning - brief cloudy spells as areas of medium-level
cloud moved across. Sunny and almost cloudless from midday until well into
the afternoon. Cloud increased again towards dusk and there was drizzle in
the air at times during the evening. Exceptionally mild with a moderate S
breeze.

Interesting to get such a combination of mostly sunny weather and
warmth this late in the year and only a month from the winter
solstice.
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Brussels newspaper "Le Soir" - quoting the Belgian Royal Meteorological
Institute - notes that Saturday's max. temp. of 17.6°C is the highest on
record at Uccle in the last third of November. Previous highest during
this part of November has been 16.8°C on 3 occasions. Uccle's temperature
records go back to 1833.

Up to and including 19th, average temperature at Uccle so far this month is
9.5°C (average max. 12.1°C and average min. 7.0°C). These figures are,
respectively, 3.4, 3.2 and 3.5 deg C above the long-term average for
November as a whole.

http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/nl/12...ige+maand.html

Colin Youngs
Brussels