Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 10th January
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.35 UTC on
Thursday 10th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa10/qa10-1235-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 10th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa10m/qa10-msg-1200-uk.html

Frontal cloud over Britain. Belgium rather cloudy but some breaks in
the east.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/2g39ar

Shap 0.0°C, Tain Range -0.3°C, Kinloss -1.2°C, Lossiemouth -1.4°C,
Aberdeen -1.7°C, Leuchars -1.8°C, Aviemore -2.2°C, Tulloch Bridge
-2.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch -2.7°C, Aboyne -3.9°C.

St Mawgan 9.2°C, Camborne 9.7°C, Culdrose and Plymouth 9.8°C, St
Mary’s 10.5°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2b4549

Kinloss 1.7°C, Aviemore 1.8°C, Aberdeen 4.0°C, Eskdalemuir and
Leuchars 4.5°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

Culdrose, Filton and Gravesend 11.5°C, St Athan 11.6°C, Coningsby
11.7°C, Chivenor and Pershore 11.8°C, London MO 11.9°C, St Mary’s
and Yeovilton 12.0°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2g6umn


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL

Rain moves east over Ireland, England and Wales on Thursday and moves
slowly northwards into Scotland. Sleet or snow in places in
Scotland.

Rainfall totals – 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/ysu6jf

Dundrennan, Walney Island and Crosby 20 mm, Ronaldsway 21 mm, Warcop
Range and Spadeadam 23 mm, Carlisle 25 mm, Eskdalemuir 26 mm,
Valley 28 mm, Aberdaron 30 mm, Keswick and Bingley 33 mm, Lake
Vyrnwy 37 mm, Rhyl 39 mm, Shap 49 mm, Capel Curig 103 mm !

Peak gusts - Aberporth, Culdrose, Plymouth and St Mary’s 50 kn,
Valley 52 kn, Pembrey Sands 53 kn, Mumbles 57 kn.


Location of some UK stations http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/data/uk_map.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels