Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Wednesday 5th December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.41 UTC on
Wednesday 5th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl05/pl05-1341-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Wednesday 5th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl05m/pl05-msg-1200-uk.html

Showers over the British Isles. Front moving into the Low Countries.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night http://tinyurl.com/2nce2x

Lerwick and Altnaharra 9.1°C, Lusa/Skye 9.0°C, Baltasound, Kirkwall
and Loch Glascarnoch 8.9°C, Lough Fea and Tain Range 8.8°C, Aviemore
8.5°C, Ballypatrick 8.1°C.

Herstmonceux 12.5°C, Guernsey 12.6°C, Yeovilton and St Mary's
12.7°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/2s7ttm

Aviemore 9.1°C, Kirkwall 9.8°C, Copley 10.0°C, Wick 10.1°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Andrewsfield 14.1°C, Donna Nook, Benson and Bournemouth 14.2°C,
Northolt and Heathrow 14.3°C, Bridlington, Coningsby and Holbeach
14.4°C, London MO 14.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/3aurxf


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

Cold front clears southern England during Wednesday morning.
Widespread showers move east over the British Isles during the day.
Showers merge into a larger area of rain over Scotland in the evening.

Rainfall totals - 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Wednesday
http://tinyurl.com/2lcpj6

Strathallan 15 mm, Lyneham 16 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 17 mm, Keswick
18 mm, Aviemore 20 mm, Eskdalemuir and Lake Vyrnwy 21 mm, Tulloch
Bridge and Capel Curig 33 mm, Lusa/Skye and Shap 36 mm.


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

Colin Youngs
Brussels