Saturday 23rd 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/etcvc23m/vc23-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.51 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvc23/vc23-1251-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/bas2wpv

Fair Isle and Tulloch Bridge -0.8°C, Lerwick and Shap -0.9°C, Aboyne -1.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch -1.1°C, Fylingdales -1.2°C, Leek (Thorncliffe) -1.3°C, Spadeadam and Warcop -1.5°C, Lake Vyrnwy and Bingley -1..7°C, Copley -2.2°C, Glen Ogle -4.2°C.

Jersey Airport 5.5°C, St Helier (Jersey) 6.0°C, Camborne 6.4°C, Guernsey Airport 6.7°C, Culdrose 7.1°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 8.7°C.


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

Glen Ogle -4.0°C, Bingley -1.7°C, Lake Vyrnwy -1.5°C, Copley -1.4°C, Fylingdales -1.2°C, Spadeadam -1.1°C, Leek (Thorncliffe) -1.0°C, Warcop -0.7°C, Drumalbin, Eskdalemuir, Shap and Redesdale -0.5°C, Aboyne -0.4°C.

Portland 5.1°C, Chivenor 5.7°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 6.4°C, Cardinham 7.3°C, Culdrose 7.9°C, Camborne 8.6°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 10.7°C, Guernsey Airport 11.5°C, Jersey Airport 11.6°C, St Helier (Jersey) 12.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/d97popw


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/ahsgjwh

Crosby, Trawsgoed, Pershore and London St James’s Park 10 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) and Charlwood 11 mm, Thorney Island and Shoreham 12 mm, Copley 12.1 mm, Ronaldsway and Odiham 13 mm, Hawarden 15 mm, Valley 16 mm, Machrihanish and Farnborough 17 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels