Wednesday 30th December 2015


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/etcxl30m/xl30-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.32 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcxl30/xl30-1432-b-uk.html

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


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

Waddington 6.5°C, Eskdalemuir, Spadeadam and Fylingdales 6.4°C, Tulloch Bridge and Drumalbin 6.2°C, Redesdale 6.1°C, Loch Glascarnoch 5.9°C, Copley 5.4°C, Glen Ogle 3.5°C.

Plymouth (Mountbatten) and Portland 11.3°C, Chivenor and Exeter Airport 11.5°C, Mumbles 11.6°C.


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

Lough Fea 8.0°C, Glen Ogle 9.1°C, Thomastown (NI) 9.4°C, Ballypatrick 9.5°C, South Uist 9.7°C, Loch Glascarnoch 9.8°C.

Kinloss, Bala, Coningsby, Chivenor, Plymouth (Mountbatten), Northolt and Heathrow 13.9°C, Carlisle 14.0°C, Rostherne (Cheshire) 14.1°C, Rhyl 15.2°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/h9bjvvf


Rainfall radar http://europa.buienradar.nl/24-uur or http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/huokod5

Loch Glascarnoch, Drumalbin and Prestwick 25 mm, Lough Fea 26 mm, Baltasound, Pembrey Sands and Cardinham 27 mm, Ballypatrick, Dundrennan, Shap and St Bees Head 28 mm, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 29 mm.

Belfast (Aldergrove) and Aultbea 30 mm, Dunkeswell 33 mm, Glenanne 41 mm, Lusa (Skye) 43 mm, Aboyne and Eskdalemuir 45 mm, Glasgow (Bishopton) 48 mm, Keswick 49 mm, Tulloch Bridge 83 mm.


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

Plymouth (Mountbatten) 60 kn, Magilligan, Sumburgh, Port Ellen (Islay), Inverbervie, Dundrennan, Drumalbin, Machrihanish, St Bees Head and Mumbles 61 kn, Capel Curig 64 kn, Ronaldsway (IOM) and St Mary's (Scilly) 65 kn, Loftus 67 kn, Fair Isle 68 kn, Altnaharra 69 kn, South Uist 72 kn, Glen Ogle 79 kn.

High-Level sites: Cairnwell and Great Dun Fell 82 kn, Bealach na Bà 85 kn, Aonach Mòr 87 kn, Cairngorm 97 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels