Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Saturday 5
March
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...5-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite pictures from Bernard Burton's site at 13.50 UTC on
Saturday 5 March
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1350-b-uk.html
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...50-c-eu-n.html

Cloud very well broken over northern Britain. More extensive cloud from
the Midlands and Wales southwards with some well-developed showers. Broken
cloud over Belgium with showers. Snow cover in the north of the
Netherlands.


UK min. temps on Friday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn050305.jpg or
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland and Northern Ireland 1 to 5°C; Northern Isles 0 to 2°C; Western
Isles 3 to 5°C; Northern England -1 to 4°C; Midlands and SE England -2 to
1°C; East Anglia -1 to 1°C; SW England -3 to 6°C; Wales -2 to 3°C.

(reported at 06z) Spadeadam, Cottesmore, Lyneham and Farnborough -1.4°C;
(at 09z) Sennybridge -2.1°C, Boltshope Park, Leek and Little
Rissington -2.2°C, Lyneham -2.3°C, Benson -2.4°C, Pershore -2.5°C,
Yeovilton -3.2°C.

(at 06z) Ronaldsway 3.9°C, Machrihanish 4.1°C, South Uist 4.2°C,
Camborne 4..4°C, Tiree 4.9°C, St Mary's 5.9°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx050305.jpg or
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 5 to 9°C; Northern Isles 6 to 8°C; Western Isles 7 to 9°C;
Northern England 4 to 9°C; Midlands 3 to 7°C; East Anglia 3 to 6°C; SE
England 2 to 8°C; SW England 5 to 8°C; Wales 4 to 8°C; Northern Ireland 6
to 9°C.

(at 18z) Langdon Bay 1.9°C, Glen Ogle 2.3°C, Leek, Wattisham and Manston
3.1°C, Copley 3.4°C, Redesdale and Coltishall 3.5°C.

(at 18z) St Angelo and Port Ellen on Islay 8.5°C, Machrihanish and Tain
Range 8.6°C, Prestwick and Ronaldsway 9.0°C, West Freugh 9.3°C.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...yesterday.html


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

Showers in the North Sea and near the east coast on Friday night.
Widespread and prolonged showers along the east coast on Saturday morning
move inland across northern England by midday. Showers also in the
Midlands and south in the afternoon but most die out during the evening.
Many showers wintry with hail, sleet and snow.

Aboyne 3.2 mm, Shap 3.4 mm, Copley, Loftus, Albemarle and Wainfleet 3.8
mm, Redesdale 4.0 mm, Marham 4.5 mm, Altnaharra 5.0 mm, Aberdeen 5 mm,
Lerwick 6 mm, Weybourne 9.8 mm, Coltishall 12.3 mm, Bridlington 14 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels