Sunday 3rd March 2019


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/etcabc03m/abc03-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopA satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.16 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcabc03/abc03-1016-b-uk.html


UK min. temps on Saturday night https://tinyurl.com/yazuzvy3

Drumalbin 4.3°C, Lough Fea and Spadeadam 4.2°C, Baltasound and Altnaharra 4.1°C, Aviemore and Copley 3.9°C, Glenanne 3.8°C, Tain Range 3.4°C, Glen Ogle 0.4°C.

Shoreham and Manston 9.9°C, Guernsey Airport 10.1°C, Thorney Island 10.2°C, Jersey Airport 10.3°C, St Helier (Jersey) 10.7°C.


UK max. temps on Sunday https://tinyurl.com/ycreveyx

Glen Ogle 4.0°C, Glenanne 5.7°C, Thomastown (NI) 6.7°C, Lough Fea 6.8°C, Portglenone 7.1°C, Shap 7.2°C.

Shobdon, Brize Norton and Shoeburyness 12.5°C, Yeovilton 12.6°C, Heathrow and London St James’s Park 12.7°C, Pershore and St Mary’s (Scilly) 12.9°C, Exeter Airport 13.2°C, St Athan 13.6°C, Chivenor 13.9°C.

OGIMET summary https://tinyurl.com/y3vx7gl3


Rainfall radar http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html or https://en.meteox.com/en-gb/?fc=0&im...ropa24uurwsg84

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Sunday https://tinyurl.com/ybh3b4lw

Shap, Valley, Bala and Aberdaron 14 mm, Mona (Anglesey) 16 mm, Lake Vyrnwy 17 mm, Liscombe 19 mm, Altnaharra and Capel Curig 20 mm, Tulloch Bridge 25 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 26 mm.

Sferics http://en.blitzortung.org/historical_maps.php?map=10
Review – 24 h Loop

Peak gusts in knots https://tinyurl.com/y6a7ct7a

Loch Glascarnoch, Inverbervie and Culdrose 56 kn, Chivenor and St Mary’s (Scilly) 59 kn, Pembrey Sands 61 kn, South Uist 62 kn, Capel Curig 63 kn, Mumbles 66 kn, Glen Ogle 70 kn.

High-level sites: Great Dun Fell 64 kn, Cairngorm 99 kn, Bealach na BÃ* 102 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels