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Belgian weather blog March 2006
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| 1 | Continues light to moderate snow showers till 0600 giving a cover of 6 cm with Tmin of -0,5°C. Cloudy to partly cloudy with Sc Cu and in afternoon also some small Cb clouds. Towards sunset a broken snow cover of a couple of cm remained. Top Tmax: Koksijde 4,3°C, Zaventem had 2,3°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 46 cm, Elsenborn 31 cm, Spa 22 cm, St-Hubert 13 cm, Humain 10 cm, Florennes 8 cm, Beauvechain 7 cm, Brasschaat, Kleine Brogel, Liège & Diepenbeek 4 cm, Zaventem & Charleroi 3 cm, Diest, Deurne & Ukkel 2 cm. A pictorial report of this day can be found here. |
| 2 | Tmin -2,6°C. Quite sunny with some light snow showers in afternoon, the last one giving a lasting dust on the ground. Top Tmax: Semmerzake 5,1°C. Zaventem had 3,5°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 45 cm, Elsenborn 27 cm, Spa 21 cm, St-Hubert 14 cm, Humain 7 cm. |
| 3 | Tmin -2,4°C. Increasing high & medium cloudiness with slight snow between 1230-1500. Afterwards breakings clouds & becoming cumuliform with a light shower of soft hail around 1845 with these remnants remaining on the ground. Top Tmax: Koksijde 4,5°C, Zaventem had 2,5°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 44 cm, Elsenborn 25 cm, Spa 21 cm, St-Hubert 20 cm, Humain 9 cm. |
| 4 | Tmin -3,3°C. Partly cloudy to cloudy with Cu Sc. A slight snow shower around 1400. Top Tmax: Ostend 5,1°C, Zaventem had 4,0°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 43 cm, Elsenborn 25 cm, Spa 22 cm, St-Hubert 20 cm, Humain 9 cm. |
| 5 | Partly cloudy night Tmin -2,0°C. Top Tmin: Elsenborn -13,7°C. Between 0845-1015 a couple of light snow showers with temporary a cover of around 0,5 cm. Afterwards clearing skies with few Cu Sc remaining. In afternoon a couple of slight sleet showers passed by. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 6,1°C, Zaventem had 4,9°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 47 cm, Elsenborn 30 cm, Spa & St-Hubert 20 cm, Humain 8 cm. |
| 6 | Tmin -0,8°C, a slight shower of snow pellets around 0500. From 0900 till 2000 more than half a dozen showers of snow pellets, sleet and large snow flakes passed by, some of them moderate to heavy giving briefly a small cover. One had even a rumble of thunder on board, and more weak thunderstorms were observed over provinces of Antwerp, Brabant & Luxembourg. Top Tmax: Semmerzake 6,4°C. Zaventem had 6,0°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 49 cm, Elsenborn 30 cm, Spa & St-Hubert 20 cm, Florennes 10 cm, Humain 8 cm. |
| 7 | Clear night with Tmin -2,4°C. Sunny day with Ci & Cu, in afternoon increasing Cs, As & Ac. Light rain drizzle from 2200 on. Top Tmax: Brasschaat & Kleine Brogel 7,1°C, Zaventem had 5,9°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 48 cm, Elsenborn 29 cm, St-Hubert 21 cm, Spa 20 cm, Florennes 9 cm, Humain 5 cm. |
| 8 | Rain and sleet till 0300. Renewal of rain & drizzle from 0600 till 2300 giving 12 mm. Last snow patches disappeared in my garden. Top Tmax: Koksijde & Ostend 10,4°C, Zaventem had 9,9°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 46 cm, Elsenborn 28 cm, St-Hubert 18 cm, Spa 18 cm, Humain 5 cm, Florennes 3 cm. |
| 9 | Intermittent light rain & drizzle between 0100-1500 giving 5 mm. Some nice breaks between 1515-1730. More intermittent light rain from 1800 on. Top Tmax: Chièvres 11,2°C, Zaventem had 10,8°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 36 cm, Elsenborn 18 cm, Spa 7 cm, St-Hubert 2 cm. |
| 10 | Cloudy with Sc, showers from 1230 on, around 1600 with small hail and a rumble of thunder. From 1700 on light rain & drizzle. Total 6 mm. In afternoon some weak thunderstorms did occur over provinces of Brabant, Antwerp, Hainaut and Limbourg. Top Tmax: Chièvres 8,5°C, Zaventem had 6,5°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 35 cm, Elsenborn 18 cm. |
| 11 | Overcast with St Sc, from 0700 on light rain & drizzle, transforming to snow for an hour from 1130 on. Temperature descended to 1°C, coming from 4°C. After 1545 breaking Cu Sc clouds, but a slight snow shower did occur around 1730 & 1810. Afterwards further clearing skies. Top Tmax: Koksijde 5,1°C, Zaventem had 4,0°C, all reached in forenoon. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 40 cm, Elsenborn 24 cm, St-Hubert 5 cm, Spa 4 cm. |
| 12 | Tmin in garden -6,3°C. Quite sunny with during the day a few fair weather Cu. Top Tmin: Elsenborn -10;3°C, Mont Rigi -10,2°C, Spa 9,7°C, St-Hubert -9,4°C, Kleine Brogel -8,2°C, Buzenol -7,5°C, Brasschat -7,3°C, Diepenbeek -6,8°C. Top Tmax: Ostend 3,3°C, Zaventem had 0,5°C, lowest Mont Rigi -5,3°C & Spa -4,4°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 41 cm, Elsenborn 31 cm, St-Hubert 6 cm, Spa 5 cm. |
| 13 | Tmin in garden -7,3°C. Sunny with a few Ci clouds. Top Tmin: Elsenborn -17,4°C, Mont Rigi -10,5°C, St-Hubert -10,0°C, Spa 9,8°C, Kleine Brogel -9,4°C, Brasschaat -9,3°C, Dourbes -8,9°C, Florennes, -7,7°C, Buzenol, -7,4°C, Diepenbeek & Ukkel -7,1°C. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 4,4°C, Zaventem had -3,2°C, lowest value Mont Rigi -2,3°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 36 cm, Elsenborn 23 cm, St-Hubert 5 cm & Spa 4 cm. |
| 14 | Tmin in garden -4,8°C. Starting sunny with some Ci, in afternoon becoming very cloudy with Ac. Top Tmin: Elsenborn -13,0°C, Mont Rigi -8,2°C, St-Hubert -7,4°C, Spa -7,1°C, Brasschaat -6,7°C. Top Tmax: Florennes 9,1°C, Zaventem had 6,0°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 36 cm, Elsenborn 23 cm, St-Hubert 4 cm & Spa 3 cm. |
| 15 | Tmin in garden -1,0°C. Lots of cirriform clouds, tempo decreasing during forenoon/early afternoon and completely clearing towards sunset. Top Tmin: Elsenborn -10,2°C, St-Hubert -3,5°C. Top Tmax: Semmerzake 9,3°C, Zaventem had 8,2°C. Top Tmax: Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 34 cm, Elsenborn 19 cm, St-Hubert 4 cm & Spa 2 cm. |
| 16 | Tmin in garden -2,1°C. From 0600 on very Sc cloudy with tempo some gaps during late afternoon. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 4,0°C, Zaventem had 3,1°C. Top snow depth remained unchanged. |
| 17 | Tempo clearing skies between 0130-0300, Tmin in garden -0,9°C. Gradually large breaks in forenoon, but becoming scattered to broken with Cu Sc clouds, in afternoon even overcast skies. Top Tmax: Brasschaat 6,2°C, Zaventem had 4,7°C. Top snow depth remained unchanged. |
| 18 | Clearing skies from 0600 on, Tmin in garden -1,1°C. Sunny day with tempo a few fair weather Cu. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 8,9°C, Zaventem had 8,1°C. Top snow depth remained unchanged. |
| 19 | Tmin in garden -1,0°C. Stratus and mist came in just after midnight, only clearing from 1300 on. Top Tmax: Elsenborn 10,2°C, Zaventem had 6,7°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 30 cm, Elsenborn 14 cm. |
| 20 | Tmin in garden 0,2°C. Stratus and mist came in after 0100, lifting to Sc from 1000 on and clearing after1400, but then an Ac layer came in from the south. Top Tmax: Elsenborn 13,6°C, Zaventem had 8,2°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 25 cm, Elsenborn 12 cm. |
| 21 | Tmin in garden 0,9°C. Cloudy to very cloudy with Ac As, and during the day also some Sc fields. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 7,9°C, Zaventem had 6,2°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 22 cm, Elsenborn 10 cm, Spa 2 cm. |
| 22 | Tmin in garden -2,6°C. Quite sunny with some Cirrus and especially in the north some Cu Sc cloudiness. Top Tmin: Brasschaat -5,7°C. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 8,6°C, Zaventem 6,8°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 22 cm, Elsenborn 10 cm, St-Hubert 2 cm, Spa 1cm. |
| 23 | Tmin in garden -3,1°C. Sunny with few Cirrus. Top Tmin: Elsenborn -7,9°C, Kleine Brogel -5,7°C. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel & Bierset 11,4°C. Zaventem had 9,8°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 20 cm, Elsenborn 8 cm. |
| 24 | Light rain between 1000-1300 giving 1 mm. Afterwards breaking clouds with a few light rain showers, intensifying during late evening. Top Tmax: Koksijde 16,2°C, Zaventem had 13,8°C. Top snow depth: Mont Rigi 20 cm, Elsenborn 7 cm. Today some weak thunderstorms did occur over provinces of Luxembourg and West-Vlaanderen. |
| 25-31 | Whole period quite unstable, but mostly with very mild temperatures. A smell of Spring came briefly along with on on 28th a top Tmax of 19,2°C at Kleine Brogel, (Zaventem had 17,5°C). On the 29th a couple of thunderstorms crossed Belgium, afterwards the temperature went back to the normal value of around 12°C. In the period of March 25 to April 2, my garden collected 32 mm of rain. |
Note: all times are Central European Time