Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Friday 9th January
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 9th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcra09m/ra09-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.41 UTC on
Friday 9th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcra09/ra09-1241-b-uk.html

Areas of low cloud and fog over England. Snow cover over Europe
stands out clearly. Belgium largely sunny with most the earlier fog
patches now gone.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/9uf5sp

Benson -5.0°C, Odiham -5.1°C, Thorney Island -5.2°C, Shoreham
-5.5°C, Lyneham -5.9°C, Wattisham and Manston -6.0°C, Bournemouth
(Hurn) -6.6°C, Yeovilton and Kenley -7.3°C, Aboyne -8.3°C.

Aultbea 7.2°C, Lerwick 7.3°C, Stornoway 7.5°C, Baltasound 8.0°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/8f8vuk

Brize Norton -2.6°C, Little Rissington -2.5°C, Boscombe Down
-2.4°C, Odiham -2.3°C, Middle Wallop -2.2°C.

Altnaharra and West Freugh 6.9°C, Tiree and Ronaldsway 7.3°C,
Machrihanish 7.4°C, Aultbea 7.5°C, Lerwick 7.6°C, South Uist and
Stornoway 7.8°C, Fair Isle 7.9°C, Baltasound 8.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/7bxrkf


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Nothing of significance on the rainfall radar over Britain on Friday.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/8p3zvr

Stornoway, Inverbervie, Andrewsfield, Herstmonceux and Manston 0.4
mm, Baltasound 1 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels