Friday 8th January 2016


Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-3 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcya08m/ya08-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.31 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcya08/ya08-1431-b-uk.html

Eumetsat Animation from the Norwegian Weather Service http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/bas2wpv

Shap, Warcop and Northolt -1.8°C, Eskdalemuir and Brize Norton -1.9°C, Lough Fea, Loch Glascarnoch and Copley -2.1°C, Spadeadam -2.2°C, Tulloch Bridge -2.8°C.

Guernsey Airport 7.1°C, St Helier (Jersey) 7.3°C, Portland and St Catherine's Point 7.5°C, St Mary's (Scilly) 7.8°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/b68do2b

Tulloch Bridge 0.2°C, Glen Ogle 0.4°C, Redesdale 0.5°C, Eskdalemuir 0.6°C, Charterhall 0.7°C, Glasgow (Bishopton) and Strathallan 1.3°C, Drumalbin 1.6°C, Leuchars 1.8°C.

Gravesend (Broadness) 10.7°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 10.8°C, Culdrose and Portland 11.0°C, Camborne and Guernsey Airport 11.1°C, St Mary's (Scilly) 11.3°C, Yeovilton 11.4°C, Exeter Airport 11.5°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 11.6°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/zhk3l4z


Rainfall radar http://europa.buienradar.nl/24-uur or http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/j6wh2yo

Altnaharra, Machrihanish and Prestwick 10 mm, Aboyne and Milford Haven 11 mm, Inverbervie 12 mm, Dundrennan 16 mm, Crosby 17 mm, Wick, Mona (Anglesey) and Lake Vyrnwy 18 mm, Bala 20 mm, Aberdaron 21 mm, Rhyl 26 mm, Aberdeen (Dyce) 43 mm, Capel Curig 53 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels