Division One:
Warwickshire v Yorkshire 368-9
Gary Ballance took his score to 68 and fellow England player Adil Rashid made 63 as four Yorkshire players passed fifty on a second weather-hit day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.
Steve Patterson made a career-best 62 to add to Jack Leaning's 51 as the reigning county champions ended another truncated day on 368-9.
Chris Woakes (3-79) and Keith Barker (3-99) were the Bears' best bowlers.
Bears wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose, this year's beneficiary, held four catches.
His miss of Liam Plunkett off Barker first ball, before the England man went on to make 26 out of a 43-run seventh-wicket stand with Rashid, may yet prove costly on a day ended early by bad light.
Warwickshire may feel they have missed a chance having had Yorkshire 85-4 and then 209-6, but the visitors had already begun their recovery by reaching the close on 177-4 on day one, even before overnight and morning rain meant no play before lunch on day two.
Although Woakes quickly found Leaning's edge when they resumed to end a partnership of 102 in 32 overs with Ballance, the Tykes showed their battling qualities.
Given the weather forecast for days three and four, after the loss of almost an entire day's play spread over the first two days, a draw already looks the most likely result.
First on the agenda on day three, with 33 balls left before the 110-over cut-off mark, is whether Yorkshire's last pair of Patterson and Ryan Sidebottom can add the 32 runs needed to claim a fifth batting bonus point.
Surrey 463 v Somerset 99-1
Marcus Trescothick hit an unbeaten half-century as Somerset hit back on a weather-affected second day at Surrey.
The hosts resumed on 394-5 but were all out for 463 despite Zafar Ansari's 53, with Tim Groenewald (5-94) taking three wickets in the morning session.
Trescothick and Tom Abell put on 66 for the first wicket, before Abell was caught off the bowling of Mark Footitt.
Rain and bad light caused an early end, with Trescothick's 68 from 82 balls helping the visitors close on 99-1.
The 40-year-old former England opener hit 11 fours and one six, including three boundaries off one Footitt over to bring up his half-century, and became the second-highest run scorer in first-class cricket for Somerset.
Earlier, Groenewald had taken his first five-wicket haul since joining Somerset in 2014 to help limit the damage caused by Kumar Sangakkara's 171 for Surrey on the first day.
Ansari, playing in his first game since dislocating his thumb late last season, added 25 more runs to his overnight 28, but was also involved in two run-outs as the home side collapsed in the morning session at The Oval.
Abell's dismissal ensured Surrey remained in a strong position despite Trescothick's efforts, as the visitors were still 364 runs behind at stumps.
Durham 295-4 v Middlesex 389
Mark Stoneman's unbeaten century helped Durham fight back against Middlesex on day two at Chester-le-Street.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes (4-80) had Paul Stirling caught behind and bowled Steven Finn as Middlesex went from 358-7 overnight to 389 all out.
Durham's reply began quickly, racing to 71-0 from 12.4 overs before Finn (3-59) had Keaton Jennings (34) caught behind.
Stoneman reached his ton off 139 balls and ended on 139 not out as the hosts finished on 295-4, trailing by 94 runs.
The 28-year-old, who hit 12 fours on the way to his 15th first-class hundred, shared a 131-run third-wicket partnership with Jack Burnham (61) before the latter was trapped lbw by Finn.
Finn then had England team-mate Stokes caught at mid-wicket by Stirling for just nine but opener Stoneman remained untroubled.
Wicketkeeper Michael Richardson (31no) shared an unbroken 64-run fifth-wicket stand with Stoneman before snow brought play to a premature close.
Division Two:
Leicestershire v Kent 233-8
Only 39 balls were bowled by Leicestershire against Kent during a rain-affected second day at Grace Road.
Clint McKay grabbed his third wicket of the innings, Matt Coles edging him behind, as the hosts added just six runs to their overnight score.
Although the rain cleared during the afternoon, the players were forced off for bad light - with the floodlights not available for Championship matches.
Play was eventually called off for the day at 17:00 BST with Kent on 233-8.
Gloucestershire 380 v Worcestershire 297-5
Highly-rated Worcestershire teenager Joe Clarke made his third first-class century to keep his side in contention against Gloucestershire at Bristol.
After 74 from England's Moeen Ali, the 19-year-old England Lions batsman made 103 not out in an unbroken stand of 135 with wicketkeeper Ben Cox (59 not out).
Resuming on 336-5, the hosts reached 380 as Jack Shantry took four wickets, Hamish Marshall finishing on 135.
The visitors rallied after losing Daryl Mitchell first ball to post 297-5.
Worcestershire still trail by 83 runs with five wickets in hand, but they look a lot more comfortable than they did on 162-5 when, having lost captain Mitchell to the first ball of the innings, they were still 69 runs short of avoiding the follow-on.
World Twenty20 runner-up Moeen, in the first of three scheduled Championship games for his county, shared a stand of 120 for the second wicket with opener Brett D'Oliveira (40).
But, after hitting 14 fours and a six, he was caught at the wicket attempting to cut, beginning a mini-collapse of four wickets for 42 runs before Clarke, already tipped as a future England player, steadied the ship with Cox.
Earlier, Kieran Noema-Barnett had flicked Shantry's third delivery of the day to square leg to become the first of the morning's six victims, without adding to his overnight 84.
Essex 351-3 v Northants
Dan Lawrence reached his half-century for Essex in the 10 overs possible before rain ended the second day's play against Northants at Chelmsford.
Essex added 16 runs to their overnight 335-3, with Lawrence 51 not out and Ravi Bopara 66 not out at stumps.
There was enough time for Lawrence to become the fifth Essex player to reach a half-century, following Alastair Cook, Tom Westley and Nick Browne's efforts on the first day.
Play was called off at 17:10 BST.
Derbyshire 98-2 v Glamorgan 377
Derbyshire and Glamorgan were frustrated by rain and bad light in freezing conditions at Derby with the match evenly poised.
Michael Hogan claimed both Derbyshire wickets, with Ben Slater reaching 41 not out in the home side's 98-2.
Earlier Tony Palladino claimed a five-wicket haul as Glamorgan lost three wickets in the opening 20 minutes.
But Andrew Salter and Timm van der Gugten added 63 for the last wicket to take the visitors to a respectable 377.
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