Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 13th December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.21 UTC on
Thursday 13th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl13/pl13-1221-e-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 13th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl13m/pl13-msg-1200-uk.html

Frontal cloud over Ireland and Scotland. Mostly clear over much of
England and Wales but areas of low cloud in the east of East Anglia
and in the west Midlands and central southern England. Low cloud
over northern Belgium but sunny in the south.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/355qu8

Odiham -3.2°C, Shawbury -3.3°C, Great Malvern -3.5°C, Cranwell
-3.8°C, Hereford -3.9°C, Shobdon -4.1°C, Copley -4.2°C, Marham and
Charlwood -5.1°C, Coningsby -5.2°C, Northolt -5.4°C.

Tiree 8.9°C, South Uist 9.2°C, Stornoway 9.7°C, Machrihanish 9.9°C
- 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/36cusu

Leeming 3.7°C, Shawbury 4.4°C, Wittering 4.6°C, Copley 4.7°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Ballykelly, Stornoway and Kinloss 10.7°C, South Uist 10.8°C, Lusa/
Skye 10.9°C, Tain Range 11.1°C, Loch Glascarnoch 11.6°C, Aultbea
12.8°C, Altnaharra 14.0°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2nuaft


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL

Narrow band of light rain moves into Ireland and western Scotland on
Thursday afternoon and evening.

Rainfall totals - 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2upeqc

Castlederg, Lough Fea and Stornoway 0.6 mm, Tiree 1 mm, South Uist 2
mm, Lusa/Skye 3 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels