Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Sunday 11th December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.03 UTC on Sunday 11th December
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...2111203.uk.jpg

Band of frontal cloud over Scotland and the northern half of Ireland.
Fairly clear skies over much of England except the north. Fog or low cloud
over East Anglia and scattered patches over southern England. Extensive
low cloud over the Netherlands and cloud over central Belgium but sunny in
western and SE Belgium. Remarkable view of the very extensive smoke cloud
from the explosion north of London.


UK min. temps on Saturday night
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif
or http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map_m...lang=en&map=uk Blue
figures

Scotland 5 to 11°C; Northern Isles 10°C; Western Isles 8 to 11°C;
Northern England 3 to 10°C; Midlands -1 to 7°C; East Anglia -1 to 8°C; SE
England -4 to 3°C; SW England -3 to 5°C; Wales 0 to 9°C; Northern Ireland
5 to 8°C.

09.00 - Shoreham -2.7°C, Middle Wallop -2.8°C, Yeovilton and
Bournemouth -2.9°C, Larkhill, Boscombe Down and Farnborough -3.4°C,
Benson -3.5°C, Charlwood -4.0°C, Redhill -4.3°C.

06.00 - Kirkwall, Tiree and Boulmer 10.4°C, South Uist 10.5°C, Prestwick
10.6°C, Stornoway 11.1°C, Kinloss 11.4°C.


UK max. temps on Sunday
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 9 to 14°C; Northern Isles 11 to 13°C; Western Isles 10 to 12°C;
Northern England 9 to 13°C; Midlands, SW England and Wales 4 to 11°C; East
Anglia 6 to 9°C; SE England 2 to 10°C; Northern Ireland 8 to 11°C.

Benson 1.6°C, Shoreham 1.9°C, Brize Norton 3.6°C, Redhill 3.9°C,
Pershore 4.0°C, Great Malvern, Yeovilton and Northolt 4.1°C, Middle Wallop
and Heathrow 4.2°C.

Wick 12.5°C, Kirkwall, Kinloss and Lossiemouth 12.7°C, Rosehearty 12.8°C,
Crosby 13.1°C, Hawarden 13.2°C, Aberdeen 13.5°C, Aboyne 13.6°C, Tain
Range 14.0°C.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...yesterday.html


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Narrow and broken band of rain moves south over the north of Ireland and
Scotland on Sunday afternoon and evening.

Tiree 1.8 mm, South Uist 2 mm, Kirkwall 2.2 mm, Stornoway 2.6 mm,
Altnaharra 2.8 mm, Lerwick 3.3 mm, Aviemore 4.4 mm, Aultbea 5.2 mm, Loch
Glascarnoch 6.4 mm, St Angelo 8.8 mm, Lusa/Skye 10.9 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels