Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Sunday 18th March
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.45 UTC on
Sunday 18th March
http://www.woksat.info/etcpc18/pc18-1345-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Sunday 18th March
http://www.woksat.info/etcpc18m/pc18-msg-1200-uk.html

Masses of showers heading down from the NW over the British Isles.
Frontal cloud over the east of Belgium but the clearance has reached
the west.


UK min. temps on Saturday night http://tinyurl.com/22dmhx

Aberdeen 0.8°C, Lough Fea and Eskdalemuir 0.7°C, Loch Glascarnoch
0.5°C, Aboyne and Inverbervie 0.4°C, Aviemore and Tulloch Bridge
0.1°C, Drumalbin -0.1°C, Spadeadam and Copley -0.2°C.

Pendennis Point and Thorney Island 8.3°C, Gravesend 8.5°C, Jersey
8.9°C, Shoreham 9.2°C (from Ogimet).


UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/2eq5re

Copley 3.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch 4.3°C, Altnaharra 4.7°C, Stornoway
5.4°C, South Uist 5.7°C (from Ogimet).

Bournemouth and Portland 10.4°C, London MO, Manston, St Catherine's
Point and Thorney Island 10.5°C, Solent MRSC 10.7°C, Herstmonceux
10.9°C, Shoreham and Gravesend 11.0°C.

OGIMET synops summary http://tinyurl.com/yveczc


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or http://www.meteogroup.co.uk/index.php?id=2755

Intense shower activity over the British Isles - especially in the
north and west. Snow in the north and later in some places further
south; hail in many places.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/2795bm

Glasgow Bishopton 10 mm, Fair Isle and Eskdalemuir 11 mm, Lusa/Skye
and Capel Curig 12 mm, St Angelo, Aviemore, Keswick and Sennybridge
13 mm, Shap 14 mm, Tulloch Bridge 15 mm, Lake Vyrnwy 18 mm.

Peak gusts - Tiree and Stornoway 63 kt, Port Ellen on Islay 65 kt,
Lerwick 68 kt, Kirkwall 73 kt, Wick 77 kt, Sule Skerry and Fair
Isle 79 kt, Foula 82 kt.

Wick http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGPC.html - sustained
wind 67 mph [58 kt] at 04.00 UTC.

Sumburgh http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGPB.html -
sustained wind 59 mph [51 kt] at 03.00 UTC.

Kirkwall http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGPA.html -
sustained wind 55 mph [48 kt] at 03.00 UTC.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels