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

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.55 UTC on
Thursday 6th March
http://www.woksat.info/etcqc06/qc06-1255-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 6th March
http://www.woksat.info/etcqc06m/qc06-msg-1200-uk.html

British Isles generally cloudy but bright in eastern England.
Belgium cloudy.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/yrjbxt

Fair Isle, Dunkeswell and Wainfleet 5.0°C, Liscombe 4.7°C, Plymouth
4.2°C, Langdon Bay 4.1°C, Cardinham 3.9°C, Manston 3.7°C, Lerwick
3.0°C, Baltasound 2.7°C.

Kinloss 9.0°C, South Uist 9.1°C, Aberdeen 9.4°C, Tiree 9.5°C -
06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/yrcya4

Lerwick 5.3°C, Copley and Dunkeswell 8.8°C, St Mawgan 9.4°C,
Eskdalemuir 9.5°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

Bracknell and Herstmonceux 12.8°C, Andrewsfield and Donna Nook
12.9°C, Cranwell and Wattisham 13.0°C, Shoeburyness 13.2°C,
Aberdeen and Wittering 13.3°C, Holbeach 13.9°C, Marham 14.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/276422


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

Rain in northern Scotland on Thursday morning. A further band of
rain reaches Ireland and the Western Isles in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/23wbkj

Wick, Aultbea, Tain Range and Glasgow Bishopton 6 mm, Fair Isle and
South Uist 7 mm, Stornoway 9 mm, Lossiemouth 10 mm, Altnaharra and
Lusa/Skye 12 mm, Rosehearty 14 mm, Loch Glascarnoch and Tulloch
Bridge 20 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels