Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 6
January
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...6-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.12 UTC on
Thursday 6 January
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1312-b-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 10.53 UTC on Thursday 6 January
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D22932D2A

NOAA 17 photo shows frontal cloud over northern and western Britain but much
of England is bright with only high cloud. NOAA 16 photo shows extensive
cloud over the British Isles but it is still sunny in East Anglia. Sunny
with only small amounts of cloud over the Low Countries.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 1 to 6°C; Northern Isles, Northern Ireland, Midlands and East
Anglia 2 to 5°C; Western Isles 3 to 5°C; Northern and SE England 2 to 7°C;
SW England 5 to 10°C; Wales 3 to 8°C.

Spadeadam 2.0°C, Leuchars and Leek 1.9°C, Lough Fea 1.7°C, Aboyne and
Wick 1.5°C, Lossiemouth and Tulloch Bridge 11.4°C, Aviemore and Loch
Glascarnoch 1.1°C, Copley -0.1°C.

Camborne 7.3°C, Plymouth 7.9°C, St Mawgan 8.1°C, Culdrose 8.5°C,
Guernsey 9.0°C, St Mary's 10.0°C.


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

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

Eskdalemuir 8.8°C, Copley and Wattisham 9.0°C, Yeovilton and Langdon Bay
9.2°C, Aviemore, Marham and Wittering 9.5°C.

Ballykelly (NI) and Wick 12.1°C, Hawarden 12.2°C, Church Fenton 12.3°C,
Altnaharra 12.6°C, Lossiemouth and Machrihanish 12.7°C, Kinloss and
Rosehearty 12.8°C, Aboyne 13.4°C.


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM
Rainfall radar stills http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar.shtml

Showers in western Scotland on Wednesday night. Rain reaches western
Scotland and NW England by early on Thursday morning but is mostly confined
to northern Scotland before midday. Rain spreads across much of Scotland
during the afternoon and into NW England in the evening.

Fair Isle 9 mm, Stornoway 10 mm, Aviemore 12 mm, Lerwick, Glasgow
Bishopton and Eskdalemuir 13 mm, Altnaharra 19 mm, Aultbea 20 mm,
Lusa/Skye 22 mm, Tulloch Bridge 31 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 48 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels