CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html lang="EN"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/weather/d/","20090215095119","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1234691479"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />   <title>BBC - Weather Centre - UK and World Weather</title> <meta name="author" content="British Broadcasting Corporation"/> <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="EN"/> <meta http-equiv="content-script-type" content="text/javascript"/> <meta http-equiv="content-style-type" content="text/css"/> <meta http-equiv="window-target" content="_blank"/> <meta http-equiv="expires" content="daily"/> <meta name="created" content="20040523"/> <meta name="season" content="all"/> <meta name="region" content="UK"/> <meta name="revisit-after" content="1 day"/> <meta name="description" content="The BBC Weather Centre provides UK and Worldwide weather services and maps for temperature, wind, satellite, lighting, pressure and radar. No matter where you are BBCi Weather keeps you informed."/> <meta name="keywords" content="weather,nation,regional,met office,pollen,headline,forecasts,preesure,satellite,marine,tides,shipping forecast,inshore waters,meteorological,uk,summary,warnings,"/> <style type="text/css"> #broadband-promo {background:#b21708; color:#fff; width:217px; margin:0; padding:0 0 7px 0; border-top:2px solid #b21708; border-bottom:3px solid white; float:left;} #broadband-promo img {margin:10px; float:left;} #broadband-promo a {display:block; width:150px; float:left; color:#fff; margin:7px 0 0 0; font-weight:bold;} #broadband-promo a:hover, .h2title_watch a:visited, .h2title_watch a:active {color:#fff;} </style>  <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/images/iphone/weather.png"/>               <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style type="text/css"> .bbcpageTopleftlink,a.bbcpageTopleftlink,a:link.bbcpageTopleftlink,a:hover.bbcpageTopleftlink,a:visited.bbcpageTopleftlink {background:#999999;color:#ffff99;text-decoration:underline;} .bbcpageToplefttd {background:#999999;color:#ffffff;} </style>  <style type="text/css"> @import '/web/20090215095119cs_/http://bbc.co.uk/includes/bbcpage/v3-2/toolbar.css'; </style>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script>   <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20090215095119cs_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/css/var_weatherprint.css" media="print"/> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20090215095119cs_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/css/var_weatherglobal.css" media="screen"/>   <script src="/web/20090215095119js_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/jsglobal/var_weatherglobal.js" type="text/javascript"></script>   <style type="text/css"> /** override bbccom props...**/ .bbccom_text { display:block; font-family:arial; color:#999; font-size:9px; letter-spacing:0.2em; text-align:right; text-transform:uppercase; } #bbccom_leaderboard { height:97px; margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 16px; padding:8px 0pt; text-align:center; width:728px; } #bbccom_skyscraper { height:600px; left:780px; position:absolute; text-align:center; top:146px; width:160px; } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" text="#000000"> <a name="top" id="top"></a><ul class="bbcpageHide"><li><a href="#startcontent" accesskey="2">Skip to main content</a></li><li><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/education/betsie/parser.pl">Text only version of this page</a></li><li><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/accessibility/accesskeys/keys.shtml" accesskey="0">Access keys help</a></li></ul><div id="toolbarContainer"><form method="get" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl" accept-charset="utf-8"><table id="bbcpageToolbarTable" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" lang="en"><tr valign="middle"><td width="200" id="bbcpageBlocks"><font size="2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/toolbar/blocks/-/home/d/" accesskey="1"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/images/bbcpage/v3-0/bbc.gif" width="77" height="22" alt="BBC" border="0" hspace="2" vspace="0"/> Home</a></font></td><td width="295" align="right"><input type="text" id="bbcpageSearch" name="q" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" title="BBC Search" accesskey="4"/></td><td width="105"><input type="submit" name="Search" value="Search" id="bbcpageSearchButton"/><input type="hidden" name="uri" value="/weather/d/"/></td><td width="170" align="right" class="bbcpageblue"><font size="2" id="bbcpageExplore"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/go/toolbar/wlm/-/a-z/">Explore the BBC</a></font></td></tr></table></form></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%" id="bbcpageTableTop"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">  <script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">  </script>    <div id="leaderboard_panel" style="width: 770px; background-color:#FFF"> </div>  <div id="weather_banner"><table dir="LTR" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="770" summary="BBC Weather site banner"><tr><td colspan="2"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="5" alt=""/></td></tr> <tr>  <td colspan="2"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/banners/weather_newlogo.gif" width="561" height="39" alt="BBC Weather"/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/banners/weather_newlogo_wbeta.gif" width="209" height="39" alt="Go to Weather Beta" style="border: 0"/></a></td> </tr><tr><td class="pad" align="left"> Sunday February 15, 2009</td><td class="bnr_nav" align="right"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/accessibility/" title="Information on Accessibility and bbc.co.uk">Accessibility help</a> | <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/education/betsie/parser.pl" title="View the text only version of this page">Text only</a> |  <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/print/weather/d/" title="View a printer friendly version of this page">Print</a>  |  <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/navigation/mailto.pl?GO=1&REF=http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/index.shtml" onclick="popmailwin('/cgi-bin/navigation/mailto.pl?GO=1&REF=http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/index.shtml','Mailer')" target="Mailer" title="Email this pages link to a friend">Send to a friend</a> | <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/help/web/#1" onclick="setHome(this)" title="Make this page your browser's homepage">Make this my homepage</a> | <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/feedback/" accesskey="7" title="Make an inquiry or send BBC Weather your feedback">Contact Us</a> | <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/help.shtml" accesskey="6" title="BBC Weather's advice on commonly asked questions">Help</a></td></tr></table></div> </td></tr></table><a name="startcontent" id="startcontent"></a>  <table dir="LTR" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="770" border="0" summary="BBC Weather homepage with links to UK and World weather forecasts and features. This page also displays our latest predominant weather forecast for London, United Kingdom."> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#e6fabb" valign="top" rowspan="5" width="1" class="lhnavbg"> <map title="BBC Weather navigation panel"> <a href="#gnavjump"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Skip this navigation panel" border="0"/></a> <div class="lhnav"> <span class="dirmain"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/" accesskey="5" title="Go to BBC Weather's main homepage">Weather Home</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/" title="Weather observations and forecasts for all areas of the UK">UK</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/world/" title="Weather observations and forecasts for around the world">World</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/sports/" title="Forecasts for major sporting events in the UK and abroad">Sports</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/" title="Weather forecasts and observations to help you plan your activities around the UK's shores">Coast and Sea</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/climate/" title="The evidence and impacts of climate change and how we should adapt for it">Climate Change</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/features/" title="Editorial articles about all things relating to the weather">Features</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise/" title="Our education section including games and our photo gallery">Weatherwise</a><br clear="all"/> </span>  <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/" title="Behind the scenes at the BBC Weather Centre">About BBC Weather</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/help.shtml" accesskey="6" title="Answers to the most common questions and problems">Site FAQ</a><br clear="all"/> </span> <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="100" height="10" alt=""/><span class="dir"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/info/" title="Find out more about the BBC">About the BBC</a><br clear="all"/> </span>  <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="100" height="25" alt=""/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/gui/cached/bbc_news100x15.gif" width="100" height="15" alt="BBC News" title="BBC News" border="0"/></a><br clear="all"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/gui/cached/bbc_sport100x15.gif" width="100" height="15" alt="BBC Sport" title="BBC Sport" border="0"/></a><br clear="all"/> <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="100" height="5" alt=""/><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/gui/cached/seasonsum_navcurve.jpg" width="105" height="105" alt="" border="0"/> </div> <a name="gnavjump"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="" border="0"/></a> </map> </td> <td width="3" rowspan="5"><a href="#results"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="3" height="1" alt="Skip to BBC Weathers forecast outlook for today." border="0"/></a><a name="results"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="" border="0"/></a></td> <td bgcolor="#b7db94" valign="top" class="var0"><div class="hpoutlook"><h2>UK Weather</h2></div><div class="warnings" style="padding:15px 20px 0px 25px; font-size:110%;"><strong>  Cloudy with little sunshine  </strong><br clear="all"/></div></td><td width="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="3" height="1" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#b7db94" valign="top" class="var0">  <center><div class="hpoutlook"><h2 style="text-transform:capitalize;">London, United Kingdom</h2></div></center> <table dir="LTR" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="220" summary="This table displays the predominant weather forecast for London, United Kingdom. This data is updated every three hours daily."> <tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="105" height="1"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="105" height="1" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#99cccc" width="10" rowspan="2" class="var0"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="105"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="105" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" height="110" width="105"><span style="margin:4px 0px 0px 3px;"><strong>Sunday</strong><br clear="all"/></span> <div id="day1sym"><center><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/animated_sym/11.gif" width="100" height="100" alt="Sunday's predominant weather is forecast to be drizzle."/><br clear="all"/> <span id="day1disc"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/temp_discs/hp/8.gif" width="54" height="54" alt=""/></span> <span id="day1txt"><h3 style="color:#000000;">8 <abbr title="Day temperature displayed in degrees Celsius">°C</abbr></h3></span> </center></div></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" height="120" width="105"><span style="margin:4px 0px 0px 3px;"><strong>Monday</strong><br clear="all"/></span> <div id="day2sym"><center><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/animated_sym/8.gif" width="100" height="100" alt="Monday's predominant weather is forecast to be cloudy."/><br clear="all"/> <span id="day2disc"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/symbols/temp_discs/hp/9.gif" width="54" height="54" alt=""/></span> <span id="day2txt"><h3 style="color:#000000;">9 <abbr title="Day temperature displayed in degrees Celsius">°C</abbr></h3></span> </center></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin:5px;"><strong><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0008" tabindex="1" title="View BBC Weather's full five day foreacst for London, United Kingdom.">Full 5 day forecast for London, United Kingdom</a><br/></strong></div>  </td><td rowspan="3" width="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="3" height="1" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#99cc66" width="217" valign="top" rowspan="3" class="var2">  <div style="padding:3px; text-align:right;"><a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/multimedia/gallery/" class="var2"><strong>Weather Photo Gallery</strong></a><br clear="all"/></div> <table dir="LTR" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" summary="This table contains links to the BBC Weather's Broadband Player"> <tbody><tr><td height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="3" alt=""/></td></tr> <tr><td> <div id="broadband-promo"> <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/ukweather/play.gif" alt="Watch BBC Weather online"/> <a href="javascript:void window.open('/mediaselector/check/weather/broadband?redirect=console.shtml&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1','console','toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=0,width=681,height=497');">Watch / Listen<br/>to BBC Weather</a> <noscript><span class="warnings"><strong>Help!</strong></span> - To view BBC Weather's Broadband console above you will need to <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/help.shtml#av">enable your browsers JavaScript feature</a>. Alternatively you can view our forecasts from our <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/weather_forecast_media.shtml">BBC Weather forecast media</a> page.<br/>For Information on using our BBC Video Player please view <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/broadband_help.shtml" title="Further information on the BBC Video Player">BBC Weathers FAQ</a> page.</noscript> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table>    <div class="var#"> <h2 style="padding: 5px;">Coastal Observations</h2> <div class="var2"> <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/coastalobs/"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/promos/hp_promos/coastal_obs.jpg" alt="A boat on the beach" title="A boat on the beach" border="0"></a> <div style="padding: 5px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <strong>The latest conditions around the coast</strong> </div> <br clear="all"> </div> </div>   </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="439" height="3" alt=""/></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#99cc66" height="70" colspan="3" class="searchbox">  <form name="search" method="get" action="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/weather/search/new_search.pl"><h2 style="padding-left:5px;"><label for="search_query">UK and World 5 day forecast</label></h2><div style="float:right; text-align:left; width:170px;"><nobr><input type="text" name="search_query" id="search_query" title="To search for a five day forecast please enter your location name or postcode and click GO" size="15" accesskey="8" tabindex="2" style="width:125px;"/>   <input type="image" src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/gui/gr_but_submit_global.gif" width="21" height="16" name="go" alt="Go"/> </nobr></div><div style="padding-left:5px;"><strong>Enter a town, city, country name, or a UK postcode</strong>.</div></form>  </td></tr><tr><td width="217" height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="217" height="3" alt=""/></td><td width="3" height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="4" height="1" alt=""/></td><td width="217" height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="217" height="1" alt=""/></td><td width="3" height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="4" height="1" alt=""/></td><td width="217" height="3"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="217" height="1" alt=""/></td> </tr><tr><td bgcolor="#b7db94" valign="top" class="var0">  <center>   <a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/uk_reviews/newsid_7869000/7869750.stm"> <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/promos/hp_promos/hp_review_month_december.jpg" width="217" height="75" alt="snow-covered hills under dark clouds" title="snow-covered hills under dark clouds" border="0"/> </a> </center> <div style="padding:10px; padding-top:0px;"><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/uk_reviews/newsid_7869000/7869750.stm"> <strong>Year in Review</strong> </a><br/> <strong>Look back at what happened in January.</strong> </div>  </td><td><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="165" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#b7db94" valign="top" class="var0">  <center>   <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/sports/snowsports/"> <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/promos/hp_promos/hp_snowsports.jpg" width="217" height="75" alt="snowboarder leaping in the air" title="snowboarder leaping in the air" border="0"/> </a> </center> <div style="padding:10px; padding-top:0px;"><br/> <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/sports/snowsports/"><strong>Snowsports Weather</strong> </a><br/> <strong>Take a look at our winter sports section.</strong> </div>  </td><td><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="165" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#b7db94" valign="top" class="var0">  <center>   <a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/gallery"> <img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/images/promos/hp_promos/hp_april.jpg" width="217" height="75" alt="flurry of snow against dark sky" title="flurry of snow against dark sky" border="0"/> </a> </center> <div style="padding:10px; padding-top:0px;"><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090215095119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/gallery"> <strong>New Photo Gallery</strong> </a><br/> <strong>Take a peek at our new-look Photo Gallery.</strong> </div>  </td><td><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="1" height="165" alt=""/></td><td bgcolor="#b7db94" valign="top" class="var0"><center></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="770" height="1" alt=""/></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align:right; width:770px; font-size:11px; padding:5px; margin:0px;">BBC Weather Centre in association with the  <a href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/weather/metoffice.shtml" class="seasonlink" title="Met Office information">Met Office</a></div> <div id="skyscraper_panel"> </div> <div id="bottom_panel"> </div> <br clear="all"/><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" lang="en" id="bbcpageTableFooter"><tr><td class="bbcpageFooter" width="770" align="center"><img src="/web/20090215095119im_/http://bbc.co.uk/f/t.gif" width="770" height="1" alt=""/><br/><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/info/">About the BBC</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/help/">Help</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/terms/">Terms of Use</a> | <a class="bbcpageFooter" href="/web/20090215095119/http://bbc.co.uk/privacy/">Privacy & Cookies Policy</a><br/> </font></td></tr></table><br clear="all"/><script src="/web/20090215095119js_/http://bbc.co.uk/includes/linktrack.js?2" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20090215095119js_/http://bbc.co.uk/bbc.com/script/analytics/vs/vs.js"></script>  </body></html>