Saturday 8th September 2012


Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk’s site at 12.00 UTC http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcui08m/ui08-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.37 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcui08/ui08-1237-b-uk.html

Eumetsat Animation from the Norwegian Weather Service http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html


UK min. temps on Friday night http://tinyurl.com/6ws96z7

Sennybridge 6.4°C, Pershore 6.2°C, Middle Wallop and Shoreham 5.6°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 5.3°C, Charlwood 5.2°C, Pembrey Sands 5.1°C, Boscombe Down 4.7°C, Benson and Farnborough 4.5°C, Larkhill 4.4°C.

Portglenone, Machrihanish, St Bees Head and Ronaldsway 14.7°C, Prestwick 14.8°C, Belfast (Aldergrove) and Keswick 15.1°C, Albemarle 15.3°C, Carlisle 15.7°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/8ygebdb

Lerwick 12.1°C, Baltasound 12.2°C, Fair Isle 14.0°C, South Uist and Glen Ogle 15.1°C, Aberdaron 15.4°C.

Farnborough 25.4°C, Odiham 25.6°C, Coningsby 25.7°C, Weybourne 25.9°C, Holbeach 26.5°C, Andrewsfield and St Helier (Jersey) 26.6°C, Charlwood 26.8°C, Heathrow 27.3°C, Northolt 27.6°C, Gravesend (Broadness) 28.1°C, London St James’s Park 28.2°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/9z5gar4


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

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/7lm37mw

Spadeadam 0.8 mm, Kirkwall, Port Ellen (Islay), Lusa (Skye), Machrihanish and Eskdalemuir 1 mm, Baltasound and Fair Isle 3 mm, Lerwick 10 mm.


Location of some UK stations http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...eather-data-uk


Colin Youngs
Brussels