Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 24
February
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...4-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite pictures from Bernard Burton's site at 13.53 UTC on
Thursday 24 February
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...53-b-uk-n.html
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...53-c-uk-s.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 10.30 UTC on Thursday 24 February
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...2241030.uk.jpg

Extensive cloud over Britain. Fairly bright in the Netherlands and cloud
broken in the north of Belgium.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn240205.jpg

Scotland -4 to 1°C; Scottish islands and Northern and SE England -2 to 1°C;
Midlands -1 to 1°C; East Anglia 0 to 1°C; Wales and SW England -3 to 1°C;
Northern Ireland -2 to 0°C.

Lusa/Skye -2.2°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Copley -2.3°C, Camborne -2.4°C,
Pembrey Sands -2.6°C, Cardinham -2.7°C, Aviemore and Culdrose -2.8°C,
Tulloch Bridge -3.6°C, Altnaharra -9.5°C.

Bridlington 0.7°C, St Mary's and Heathrow 0.8°C, Lerwick and South Uist
0.9°C, Valley 1.0°C, Ronaldsway 1.1°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx240205.jpg

Scotland and SW England 1 to 6°C; Scottish islands 5 to 6°C; Northern
England 0 to 5°C; Midlands and SE England 1 to 4°C; East Anglia 2 to 4°C;
Wales 1 to 5°C; Northern Ireland 2 to 5°C.

Copley 0.3°C, Dunkeswell 1.0°C, Eskdalemuir and Langdon Bay 1.3°C,
Watnall 1.4°C, Coleshill 1.5°C, Lyneham 1.7°C.

Machrihanish and Crosby 5.5°C, Fair Isle, Lusa/Skye and Walney Island
5.6°C, Barra 5.7°C, Aultbea 6.0°C, St Mary's 6.2°C, Kirkwall 6.4°C,
Baltasound 6.6°C.


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM
Rainfall radar stills http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar.shtml

Rain, sleet and snow concentrated in northern England on Wednesday night
with patchier outbreaks over the Midlands and SE England. Precipitation
most widespread in northern and eastern England on Thursday morning. Quite
extensive but lighter outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow in north Wales and
the Midlands, and later in southern England. Precipitation tends to die
out from the east towards evening but snow showers reach East Anglia and the
SE.

Watnall and Guernsey 7 mm, Dishforth, Topcliffe, Bridlington and Scampton 8
mm, Loftus, Coltishall and Wittering 9 mm, Leconfield and Manston 10 mm,
Leeming 11 mm, Copley 18.7 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels