Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Sunday 6th January
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.16 UTC on
Sunday 6th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa06/qa06-1316-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Sunday 6th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa06m/qa06-msg-1200-uk.html

Showers to the north and west of Scotland; sunny in large areas of
England away from the SW; frontal cloud moving into Ireland and SW
Britain. Belgium mostly sunny.


UK min. temps on Saturday night http://tinyurl.com/2xje3t

Marham 0.2°C, Little Rissington 0.1°C, Benson -0.1°C, Sennybridge,
Yeovilton and Charlwood -0.3°C, Northolt -0.7°C, Shoreham -1.1°C,
Coventry Bablake -1.3°C, Bournemouth -2.5°C.

South Uist 6.0°C, Tiree 6.2°C, Guernsey 6.6°C, St Mary’s 7.1°C -
06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/37vvbg

Eskdalemuir 4.4°C, Aviemore 4.5°C, Belfast Aldergrove 4.8°C, Copley
5.9°C, Wick 6.0°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

Portland 9.8°C, St Catherine’s Point 9.9°C, Cardinham 10.0°C,
Guernsey 10.2°C, Plymouth 10.8°C, St Mawgan 11.1°C, Camborne
11.3°C, Culdrose 11.5°C. [St Mary’s reported 13.7°C appears to be
wrong].

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


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

Showers in western Scotland throughout Sunday. Rain moves from the
SW across Ireland, Wales and the SW half of England in the afternoon
and evening.

Rainfall totals – 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/2vmj3m

Lerwick and Lusa/Skye 5 mm, Copley 5.9 mm, Stornoway and Eskdalemuir
6 mm, Altnaharra 7 mm, Port Ellen on Islay and Glasgow Bishopton 9
mm, Loch Glascarnoch and Machrihanish 10 mm, Tulloch Bridge and
Prestwick 12 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels