Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 17th January
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.02 UTC on
Thursday 17th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa17/qa17-1302-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 17th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa17m/qa17-msg-1200-uk.html

Areas of frontal and convective cloud over much of Britain; bright in
SW and NW England and SW Scotland. Belgium mostly cloudy.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/2b7ufz

Lossiemouth -3.2°C, Eskdalemuir -3.4°C, Aboyne and Redesdale
-4.5°C, Tain Range -4.8°C, Altnaharra -5.3°C, Kinloss -5.7°C,
Aviemore -6.4°C, Tulloch Bridge -6.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch -8.0°C.

St Mawgan and Culdrose 6.1°C, Camborne 6.2°C, Guernsey 7.8°C, St
Mary’s 8.5°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/yusju7

Lerwick and Aviemore 5.0°C, Kinloss 5.2°C, Copley 5.3°C, Leuchars
5.4°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

Bournemouth and Gravesend 12.1°C, Chivenor 12.3°C, Northolt 12.4°C,
St Mary’s 12.5°C, Jersey and Heathrow 12.7°C, Camborne 12.8°C,
London MO 12.9°C, Yeovilton 13.0°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2lmp49


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

Outbreaks of rain spread to Scotland and northern England on Thursday
morning. Marked line of heavy showers with hail and thunder crosses
Wales and England during the afternoon.

Rainfall totals – 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2e7d69

West Freugh, Leuchars, Topcliffe and Holbeach 9 mm, Knaresborough
Scotton 9.7 mm, Valley 10 mm, Leeming 11 mm, Shap and Bingley 12
mm, Prestwick and Eskdalemuir 14 mm, Dundrennan 16 mm, Capel Curig
31 mm.

Peak gusts - Yeovilton and Portland 50 kn, Mumbles 56 kn, Pembrey
Sands 64 kn.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels