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

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.14 UTC on
Friday 29th February
http://www.woksat.info/etcqb29/qb29-1214-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 29th February
http://www.woksat.info/etcqb29m/qb29-msg-1200-uk.html

Frontal cloud covers most of the British Isles. Brighter in NE
Scotland. Belgium also cloudy.


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

Aboyne and Wattisham -0.1°C, Coningsby -0.2°C, Bournemouth and
Marham -0.6°C, Pembrey Sands -0.8°C, Charlwood and Yeovilton
-1.0°C, Farnborough -1.5°C, Benson -2.6°C.

Prestwick 6.5°C, Valley 6.6°C, Guernsey 6.8°C, Ronaldsway and St
Mary’s 7.0°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/yvsep4

Lerwick 6.5°C, Kirkwall 7.0°C, Wick 7.7°C, Langdon Bay 7.8°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Belfast Aldergrove 11.9°C, Keswick, Hawarden and Hereford 12.1°C,
Ballykelly 12.2°C, St Angelo 12.6°C, Rhyl 12.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2det94


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

Rain moves across the British Isles on Friday, with widespread showers
in Scotland in the afternoon.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/2amn95

Glenanne and Bingley 15 mm, Stornoway, Altnaharra, Aviemore and
Keswick 16 mm, Drumalbin and Lake Vyrnwy 18 mm, Aultbea 19 mm,
Strathallan 21 mm, Redesdale 23 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 24 mm, Lusa/
Skye 25 mm, Glasgow Bishopton 26 mm, Tulloch Bridge 34 mm, Capel
Curig 38 mm, Shap 48 mm.

Peak gusts - Foula and Leeming 59 kn, Ballykelly 60 kn, Loftus 62
kn, Prestwick 63 kn, Machrihanish 65 kn.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels