Saturday 17th December 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/etcyl17m/yl17-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 14.44 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcyl17/yl17-1444-g-uk-s.html


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

Lough Fea -0.4°C, Topcliffe -0.5°C, West Freugh -0.7°C, Thomastown (NI) -0.9°C, Aviemore -1.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch -1.9°C, Eskdalemuir -2.0°C, Shap -2.4°C, Castlederg and Aboyne -3.2°C.

Mumbles and Culdrose 9.1°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) and Camborne 9..2°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 10.4°C.


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

Eskdalemuir and Warcop 4.5°C, Glenanne, Glen Ogle and Spadeadam 4.8°C, Fylingdales 4.9°C, Shap 5.0°C.

Culdrose 11.2°C, Chivenor, Camborne and Portland 11.5°C, Jersey Airport 11.7°C, Herstmonceux 12.0°C, Thorney Island 12.3°C, Guernsey Airport 12.4°C, St Catherine’s Point 12.5°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 12.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/z2hmf4p


Rainfall radar http://www.weathercast. co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html or http://nl.meteox.com/nl-nl?fc=0&imag...ropa24uurwsg84

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

Tiree, Inverbervie, Capel Curig and Camborne 1 mm, Bala, Aberporth and Milford Haven 2 mm, South Uist 3 mm, Baltasound 4 mm, Lerwick 5 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 8 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels