Friday 22nd March 2013


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-3 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvc22m/vc22-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.02 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvc22/vc22-1302-b-uk.html

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


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/bas2wpv

Aviemore -0.5°C, Eskdalemuir, Shap and Warcop -0.6°C, Fylingdales -0.7°C, Bingley -0.9°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Aboyne -1.0°C, Spadeadam, Lake Vyrnwy and Leek (Thorncliffe) -1.1°C, Copley -1.4°C, Glen Ogle -3.7°C.

Jersey Airport 7.1°C, Guernsey Airport and St Helier (Jersey) 7.2°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 7.6°C, Camborne 8.6°C, Culdrose 8.7°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 9.8°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/b68do2b

Glen Ogle -3.1°C, Lake Vyrnwy -0.8°C, Shap, Spadeadam, Warcop and Copley -0.3°C, Bingley -0.2°C, Dundrennan and Fylingdales -0.1°C, Leek (Thorncliffe) 0.0°C, Aboyne 0.3°C, Redesdale 0.6°C, Loch Glascarnoch, Drumalbin and Eskdalemuir 0.7°C.

Solent MRSC and Shoreham 7.8°C, Chivenor 8.0°C, Farnborough 8.2°C, Charlwood 8.5°C, Guernsey Airport 10.2°C, Jersey Airport 11.0°C, Camborne 11.4°C, Culdrose and St Helier (Jersey) 11.6°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 12.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/cen9nwm


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 Friday http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Camborne 21 mm, Bournemouth (Hurn) 22 mm, St Athan and Pembrey Sands 23 mm, Glenanne 24 mm, Valley 25 mm, Liscombe 27 mm, Exeter Airport 29 mm, Milford Haven 32 mm, Cardinham 36 mm, Ronaldsway 37 mm, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 58 mm.

Peak Gusts - Ballypatrick 53 kn, Port Ellen (Islay) 54 kn, Dundrennan 55 kn, Tiree 56 kn, St Bees Head 58 kn, Magilligan and Glen Ogle 60 kn, Warcop 61 kn.

Map of Peak Gusts in knots http://tinyurl.com/ccedn3q


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels