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Belgian weather blog December 2006
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| 1 | Starting sunny with Ci, soon increasing to Cs & lowering to As with Ac. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 11,2°C, Zaventem had 9,9°C. |
| 2 | Very cloudy with Sc Ac As. Slight rain between 1500-1900. Top Tmax: Diest 12,0°C, Zaventem had 11,7°C. |
| 3 | After some morning red, a dull but windy day with light rain between 1200-1600 giving 4 mm. Breaking clouds towards sunset. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 12,7°C, Zaventem 11,5°C. Peak gusts: Ukkel 47KT, Liège 45 KT, Charleroi, Ostend, St-Hubert 41KT. |
| 4 | Rain shower around 0215, and light rain between 0330-1030 giving 5 mm. Afterwards partly cloudy with Cu. From 1530 increasing Ci Ac, and light rain from 1900 on giving 2 mm by midnight. Top Tmax: Chièvres 12,5°C, Zaventem had 11,7°C. |
| 5 | After some short breaks, increasing Sc Ac cloudiness during forenoon with light rain between 1400-2000 giving 3mm. Top Tmax: Diest 15,6°C, Zaventem had 15,2°C. Peak gust: Ukkel 41KT. |
| 6 | Partly cloudy to cloudy with Cu Sc but one rain shower between 1830-1930 giving 3 mm. Top Tmax: Semmerzake 11,6°C, Zaventem had 10,3°C. |
| 7 | Light to moderate rain between 0730-1500 giving 10 mm. Couple of light rain showers between 1645-1815. Top Tmax: Ghent 11,8°C, Zaventem had 11,5°C. Top gust: Charleroi 46KT, Ostend, Ukkel, Ghent & Spa 43KT, Zaventem, Koksijde & Beauvechain 41KT. Today, in afternoon, a line of moderate to (isolated) heavy rain showers passed northern parts of Belgium including weak thunderstorm activity over provinces of West & Oost-Vlaanderen and Antwerp. A weak tornado did presumable occur at Evergem and Wachtebeke in province Oost-Vlaanderen and this might be concluded due to the observed damage and very high forecasted helicity of around 500 m²/s². Check also skystef's blog (in Dutch). |
| 8 | Very cloudy to overcast with intermittent light rain between 0600-2300 giving 8 mm. Very windy between 1500-1900. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 12,3°C, Zaventem had 11,7°C. Top gusts: Buzenol 57KT, Spa 52KT, Charleroi 49KT, St-Hubert 48KT, Zaventem, Beauvechain & Liège 47KT, Florennes 45KT, Ukkel & Kleine Brogel 43KT, Elsenborn 41KT. |
| 9 | Partly cloudy to cloudy with Cu Sc. Few drops out of a Cu congestus at 1540. Top Tmax: Ghent 9,3°C, Zaventem 8,2°C. |
| 10 | Tmin 0,0°C and hoar frost. Sunny day with some thin Ci & tempo Cu fractus. Top Tmax: Ghent 8,3°C, Zaventem had 7,1°C. |
| 11 | Dull day with light intermittent rain from 0400 on giving 10 mm by midnight. Top Tmax: Ostend 10,4°C, Zaventem had 7,9°C. |
| 12 | Rain eased off around 0300 giving 5 mm. Quite sunny with a few Sc fields. Top Tmax: Koksijde 9,8°C, Zaventem had 8,9°C. |
| 13 | Very cloudy with Sc, slight rain between 0300-0500 & 1100-1300. Top Tmax: Koksijde 12,1°C, Zaventem had 10,3°C. |
| 14 | Starting cloudy to very cloudy with Sc, breaking up after 1430 leaving some Ci. Top Tmax: Koksijde 10,9°C, Zaventem 10,4°C. |
| 15 | Besides some Ci, a quite sunny day. Top Tmax: Spa 11,2°C, Zaventem had 9,9°C. |
| 16 | Overcast & rain between 0900-1700 = 9 mm, afterwards clearing skies. Top Tmax: Ostend & Koksijde 8,7°C, Zaventem 7,4°C. |
| 17 | Partly cloudy to cloudy with Cu Sc. A few light rain showers 1630, 2000. Tmax: Ostend & Koksijde 9,1°C, Zaventem had 6,6°C. |
| 18 | First air frost of the new winter season in the garden: -1,5°C. Mist & fog with clear skies from 0400 on, becoming overcast with Stratus from 0930 on & remaining misty / foggy all day long. Top Tmax: Florennes 6,2°C, Zaventem had 2,9°C. |
| 19 | After 0100 the fog thinned to mist due to drizzle, during the afternoon clouds temporary broke with some nice sunny spells but after 1700 the fog returned. Top Tmax: Semmerzake 6,0°C, Zaventem had 3,8°C. |
| 20 | Fog till 0930, Tmin dropped to -0,8°C, afterwards remaining very cloudy with Sc. Top Tmax Ostend 7,1°C, Zaventem had 4,1°C. |
| 21 | Very cloudy with Sc + slight drizzle 1330-1500 followed by a few mini breaks. Top Tmax: Semmerzake 9,0°C, Zaventem 6,4°C. |
| 22 | Very cloudy with Sc, afternoon large breaks, during evening Sc overcast. Top Tmax: Kleine Brogel 9,2°C, Zaventem 7,1°C. |
| 23 | Entire period St overcast & misty. Top Tmax: Mont Rigi 8,2°C, Zaventem had 3,7°C. |
| 24 | Entire period St overcast & misty which was a bit denser than yesterday. Top Tmax: Mont Rigi 11,3°C, Zaventem had 1,5°C. |
| 25 | Entire period St overcast, but from noon on much improved visibilities. Top Tmax: Mont Rigi 8,3°C, Zaventem had 3,8°C. |
| 26 | Entire period St overcast & misty but during the evening much improved visibilities. A proud moment in the new winter season: first snow grains fell around 1830 with slightly negative air temperatures. Top Tmax: Mont Rigi 9,4°C, Zaventem had 1,3°C. Today at some locations T did not rise >0°C: Florennes -0,9°C, Ernage & Dourbes -0,4°C, Beauvechain & Charleroi -0,3°C, Buzenol & Humain -0,1°C. |
| 27 | Tmin in garden reached -0,1°C. Entire period St overcast with intermittent slight snow grains, after 2200 turning to slight drizzle. Top Tmax: Ghent 1,2°C, Zaventem had 0,4°C. Lowest Tmax: Elsenborn -3,0°C. |
| 28 | Entire period Sc overcast with light rain between 0600-0900 giving 2 mm. Top Tmax: Koksijde 5,7°C, Zaventem had 3,2°C. |
| 29 | Sc cleared off around 0400 leaving some Ci. Towards sunset tempo Ac. Top Tmax: Deurne 8,5°C, Zaventem had 8,2°C. |
| 30 | Becoming cloudy to overcast with As, later Ns as light rain fell between 0400-1100 giving 6 mm. Remaining Sc overcast with renewal of light rain between 1700-2100 giving another 3 mm. From 1900 on, wind gusts above 30KT with even peaks of 50KT around 2230. Top Tmax: Koksijde 11,4°C, Zaventem had 9,2°C. Top peak gust: Ostend 60KT which was observed around 2200. An earlier METAR showed for Ostend: EBOS 302050Z 24038G58KT 9999 SCT030 11/05 Q1010 NOSIG. Other stations with severe gusts > 50KT in the evening: Koksijde, Deurne, Charleroi & Ernage with 52KT and Zaventem 50KT. |
| 31 | A couple of rain showers during the night and forenoon. Afterwards some breaks through the Cs As, tempo showery rain between 1900-2100. Today's total was 3 mm. Gusty wind of >30KT from 1800 onwards with severe gust of 40KT around 2100. Top Tmax: Ghent 11,4°C, Zaventem had 10,9°C. During the evening top gusts: Zaventem 44KT followed by Ostend with 42KT. |
Note: all times are Central European Time