Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Saturday 1st March
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.46 UTC on
Saturday 1st March
http://www.woksat.info/etcqc01/qc01-1346-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Saturday 1st March
http://www.woksat.info/etcqc01m/qc01-msg-1200-uk.html

Bright with well broken cloud over Britain. Frontal cloud
approaching from the west. Bright over the western half of Belgium
but cloudier over the east.


UK min. temps on Friday night http://tinyurl.com/2dovs5

Baltasound, Altnaharra and Shap 4.3°C, Fair Isle 3.9°C, Aviemore and
Tulloch Bridge 3.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch 3.4°C, Lerwick and Copley
3.3°C, Spadeadam 3.2°C, Drumalbin 2.8°C.

Camborne and Solent MRSC 9.5°C, Guernsey 9.9°C, St Mary’s 10.1°C -
06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/yrqqsr

Lerwick 5.5°C, Aviemore 5.9°C, Wick 6.1°C, Kirkwall 6.5°C - 18.00
UTC synops only.

Great Malvern, London MO, Heathrow, Herstmonceux, Shoreham and
Shoeburyness 12.7°C, Bracknell and Langdon Bay 12.9°C, Bournemouth
13.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2275wn


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

Showers in Scotland on Saturday. More general rain area moves across
Scotland in the afternoon and evening.

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

Machrihanish and Bingley 7 mm, Ballypatrick 8 mm, Aultbea 9 mm,
Aviemore and Glasgow Bishopton 10 mm, Altnaharra 12 mm, Lake Vyrnwy
14 mm, Tulloch Bridge 16 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 23 mm.

Peak gusts - Wick, Church Fenton and Leeds-Bradford Airport 59 kn,
Cottesmore 61 kn, Foula and Tiree 62 kn, Loftus and Wainfleet 63 kn.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels