Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Saturday 29th December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 11.16 UTC on
Saturday 29th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl29/pl29-1116-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Saturday 29th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcpl29m/pl29-msg-1200-uk.html

Occluded fronts over northern Scotland and northern England. Sunny
in much of the Midlands and southern England. Frontal cloud over
eastern Belgium with broken cloud behind.Copley.


UK min. temps on Friday night http://tinyurl.com/2hr5es

Ballypatrick and Tain Range 1.6°C, Aviemore 1.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch
1.4°C, Portglenone 1.3°C, Lossiemouth and Tulloch Bridge 1.2°C,
Spadeadam 1.0°C, Lough Fea 0.6°C, Copley 0.5°C, Aboyne -0.5°C.

Langdon Bay 6.6°C, Herstmonceux 6.8°C, St Mary’s and Solent MRSC
7.0°C, Guernsey 7.8°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/2znbat

Eskdalemuir 4.6°C, Aviemore and Copley 4.7°C, Boulmer 5.7°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Hawarden and Culdrose 9.5°C, Pembrey Sands and Mumbles 9.6°C,
Milford Haven and Jersey 9.9°C, Chivenor 10.0°C, Guernsey 10.3°C,
St Mary’s 10.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/ywjcys


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

Outbreaks of rain move from Ireland across northern England and
southern Scotland on Saturday morning, reaching Wales and the Midlands
later in the afternoon. Another rain area moves south over north and
east Scotland. Some showers in SW England.

Rainfall totals – 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/2yqa8e

Ballykelly, Bingley and Nottingham Watnall 15 mm, Ballypatrick 16
mm, Warcop Range and Shobdon 17 mm, Eskdalemuir and Spadeadam 18
mm, Lerwick 19 mm, Fair Isle 20 mm, Keswick and Lake Vyrnwy 21 mm,
Shap 41 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels