Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Friday 14th December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.15 UTC on
Friday 14th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl14/pl14-1215-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 14th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl14m/pl14-msg-1200-uk.html

Low cloud and some mist and fog over much of England and Wales. Some
clearer areas in SW England, west Wales and northern England.
Frontal cloud over Ireland and to the west of Scotland. Low cloud
over Belgium except in the SW and on the coast.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/2e269c

Odiham -3.7°C, Benson -3.8°C, Copley and Cranwell -3.9°C, Shawbury
-4.2°C, Linton-on-Ouse -4.4°C, Coningsby -4.8°C, Dishforth -4.9°C,
Topcliffe -5.0°C, Shobdon -5.1°C, Church Fenton -5.2°C.

Machrihanish and Tiree 8.2°C, South Uist 8.4°C, Stornoway 9.1°C -
06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/yuumo2

Copley -0.6°C, Nottingham Watnall 0.5°C, Coleshill 0.6°C, Leeming
0.8°C, Brize Norton 1.7°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

St Mawgan 9.7°C, Machrihanish and Camborne 9.8°C, Lusa/Skye 9.9°C,
Altnaharra 10.2°C, St Mary's 10.5°C, Aultbea 11.0°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/ys952w


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

A few scattered outbreaks of light rain in the far NW on Friday
morning.

Rainfall totals - 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/yw8fyk

Lerwick, Baltasound and Kirkwall 0.4 mm, Port Ellen on Islay 0.6 mm,
Tiree and 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