Charts analysed are for T+96 hours - 12Z Tuesday 10th February 2004
unless stated.

UKMetO:
SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rukm961.html
High pressure (1035mb) lies over Central Europe. Low pressure (two
centres of 980mb) lies in the Atlantic to the west of Iceland. Winds
across the country are fresh to strong west/southwesterlies in many
areas. Most areas will be mainly cloudy, but with some brightness.
Temperatures will be close to or just above normal. Beyond this
conditions are mostly mild and rather settled in many parts as high
pressure tries to build in from the southeast.

GFS:
SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rtavn961.html
850hPa Temperatures: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rtavn962.html
2m Temperatures: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rtavn965.html
High pressure (1035mb) lies over Central Europe. Low pressure (980mb)
lies to the west/southwest of Iceland in the Atlantic. Winds across
the country are moderate to fresh west/southwesterlies. Most parts
will be mainly cloudy but dry. 850hpa temperatures are close to +3C in
many areas. Forecast 2m temperatures range from +8C in the east to
+11C in the west. Beyond this conditions are mild, with most of the
unsettled weather restricted to the northwest.

DWD:
SLP: http://www.wetter.com/home/img/sat/g...061200_096.gif
High pressure (1040mb) lies over central Europe. Low pressure (975mb)
lies to the west of Iceland in the Atlantic. Winds across the country
are mostly moderate to fresh west/southwesterlies. Most areas will be
mainly dry and cloudy. Temperatures will be close to or just above
normal. Beyond this conditions are mild and mostly settled in the
south and east.

NOGAPS:
SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rngp1201.html
850hPa Temperatu http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rngp1202.html
T+96 charts unavailable, so T+120 charts analysed
High pressure (1030mb) lies in the Atlantic and ridges east towards
France where another centre (1030mb) lies. Low pressure (970mb) lies
to the west of Iceland in the Atlantic. Winds across the country are
light to moderate west/southwesterlies in most places. Most areas will
see mostly dry and bright conditions. 850hpa temperatures are close to
0C in many parts. Temperatures will be close to normal in most areas.
Beyond this there is little change with most of the unsettled weather
in the northwest.

JMA:
SLP: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rjma961.html
850hPa Temperatures: http://www.wetterzentrale.com/pics/Rjma962.html
High pressure (1030mb) lies over central and southern Europe. Low
pressure (970mb) lies to the southwest of Iceland in the Atlantic.
Winds across the country are moderate to fresh west/southwesterlies.
Most areas will be mainly dry and cloudy. 850hpa temperatures range
from +3C in the northeast to +7C in the southwest. Temperatures will
be close to or just above normal in most parts. Beyond this conditions
are mild but turn unsettled in the northwest whilst the south is
mainly fine and settled.

Canadian – T+72 hours for MONDAY:
All charts: http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/data/m...ast/478_50.gif
High pressure (1037mb) lies over Southwest England. Low pressure
(974mb) lies to the west/southwest of Iceland out in the Atlantic.
High pressure lies over Europe and ridges into Southwest Britain.
Winds across the country are mainly light to moderate west/h
northwesterlies. Many areas will see a fine day with plenty of
sunshine. Temperatures will be close to or just below normal in many
areas.

Summary:
A mostly mild week next week looks likely after a cold snap over the
coming weekend, but many areas look like being rather settled, with
only the northwest seeing the more unsettled conditions.

***Apologies, but there will be no 12Z Model Summary tomorrow,
Saturday 07th February 2004***