Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Friday 22nd February
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.29 UTC on
Friday 22nd February
http://www.woksat.info/etcqb22/qb22-1329-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 22nd February
http://www.woksat.info/etcqb22m/qb22-msg-1200-uk.html

England and Wales rather cloudy but bright in NE and E England and the
west Midlands. Cloud and showers over Scotland. Belgium overcast.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/3aktw9

Aultbea 5.0°C, Aviemore 4.5°C, Stornoway 4.4°C, Fair Isle 4.2°C,
Altnaharra 4.0°C, Wick 3.6°C, Loch Glascarnoch 3.4°C, Kirkwall
3.3°C, Baltasound 3.2°C, Lerwick 2.4°C.

Yeovilton and St Mary’s 9.8°C, Shawbury 9.9°C, Heathrow 10.1°C,
Bridlington 10.5°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/39afv3

Lerwick 6.1°C, Wick 6.2°C, Stornoway 6.7°C, Kirkwall 6.8°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Church Fenton and Great Malvern 13.9°C, Shawbury and Holbeach
14.0°C, Cranwell 14.1°C, Scampton 14.3°C, Leconfield and Coningsby
14.5°C, Bridlington 14.6°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/35zfn7


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

Outbreaks of rain in northern Britain on Friday morning. Widespread
showers over Scotland and northern England in the afternoon and
evening.

Rainfall totals – 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/3dvm2x

Wick, Aultbea, Altnaharra and Keswick 12 mm, Kirkwall 14 mm, Loch
Glascarnoch 16 mm, Aviemore 17 mm, Glasgow Bishopton 18 mm, Shap
and Capel Curig 23 mm, Eskdalemuir 25 mm, Tulloch Bridge 27 mm.

Peak gusts - Sumburgh and Inverness 57 kn, Benbecula 58 kn,
Spadeadam 59 kn, Lerwick, Kirkwall and South Uist 60 kn, Fair Isle
and Stornoway 61 kn, Foula 65 kn.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels