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

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.52 UTC on
Friday 18th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa18/qa18-1252-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 18th January
http://www.woksat.info/etcqa18m/qa18-msg-1200-uk.html

Cloud covers the whole of the British Isles and Belgium.


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

Strathallan 0.9°C, Kinloss and Leuchars 0.8°C, Wick 0.3°C,
Lossiemouth 0.2°C, Aboyne -0.1°C, Tulloch Bridge -0.3°C, Altnaharra
-1.2°C, Tain Range -1.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch -2.2°C.

Plymouth 8.9°C, Culdrose 9.0°C, Guernsey 9.3°C, St Mary’s 10.3°C
- 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/ywg93m

Lerwick 6.1°C, Kirkwall 7.6°C, Wick 8.2°C, Aviemore 8.9°C - 18.00
UTC synops only.

Ballykelly and Church Fenton 13.7°C, Coleshill 13.9°C, Shawbury and
Pershore 14.0°C, Hawarden and Great Malvern 14.1°C, London MO
14.2°C, Hereford 14.4°C, Yeovilton 14.5°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2t2lsy


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

Rain moves east over Britain on Friday morning – continuing over
Scotland, northern England and Wales into the afternoon. Outbreaks
of rain become more scattered later in the afternoon.

Rainfall totals – 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/2643nd

Dundrennan, Bingley and Trawsgoed 12 mm, St Angelo and Liscombe 13
mm, Lough Fea, Lerwick and Eskdalemuir 14 mm, Spadeadam 18 mm,
Sennybridge 19 mm, Shap 23 mm, Capel Curig 41 mm.

[Portland reports 51 mm - is that correct ?]

Peak gusts - Stornoway and Benbecula 52 kn, Leuchars 53 kn, Port
Ellen on Islay and Tiree 55 kn, Lusa/Skye 56 kn, South Uist 58 kn.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels