Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Friday 26th December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 26th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcql26m/ql26-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.29 UTC on
Friday 26th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcql26/ql26-1329-b-uk.html

Large area of anticyclonic clear sky over western continental Europe
and most of England and Wales. Cloud over Ireland, southern and
central Scotland and the far NE of England.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/6usxs4

Shap 0.9°C, Glasgow Bishopton and Strathallan 0.7°C, Prestwick and
Coventry Bablake 0.5°C, Ballykelly 0.3°C, Glen Ogle 0.1°C,
Drumalbin -0.3°C, Eskdalemuir -0.4°C, Edinburgh Gogarbank -1.3°C,
Leuchars -1.7°C, Aviemore -2.6°C.

Tiree and South Uist 6.5°C, Lerwick 6.6°C, Baltasound and St Mary’s
6.8°C, Fair Isle 6.9°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/6w24qq

Glen Ogle 0.7°C, Little Rissington 2.4°C, Lake Vyrnwy and Liscombe
2.5°C, Aboyne 2.8°C.

Lerwick and Kirkwall 6.9°C, Lusa (Skye) 7.0°C, Stornoway and Tiree
7.1°C, Fair Isle 7.4°C, St Mary’s 7.5°C, Solent MRSC 7.6°C,
Baltasound 7.7°C, South Uist 8.0°C, Aultbea 8.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/7ynmet


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Dry over the United Kingdom on Boxing Day except in a few places in
Scotland.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/9ae7pv

Baltasound, South Uist, Aviemore, Glasgow Bishopton, Leuchars and
Boulmer 0.2 mm, Inverbervie 0.8 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels