JANUARY 2006

Volume 31, Number 305

Numerical simulation of precipitation systems at the Serra Do Mar region in south-east Brazil: A case study

A.M. RAMOS, F.C. CONDE, P.S. LUCIO, S. FREITAS, F.L.T. GONCALVES and M.A. SILVA DIAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Weatherview: January 2006

IAN LOXLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Snow in Northern England during the 1760s

LANCE TUFNELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The weather at Oxford in 2005

HANG GAO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

The weather at Durham in 2005

T.P. BURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Weatherview: January 2006

HOWARD KIRBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Tornado damage at Rasharkin, County Antrim,

Northern Ireland 28 September 2005

MARTIN NORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Funnel Cloud, La Corbiere, Guernsey 24 September 2005

PAUL DOMAILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Book reviews

ROBERT DOE and PETER ROGERS . . . . . . . . . .36

Media reviews

PAUL DOMAILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39