Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Tuesday 30th 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 Tuesday 30th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcql30m/ql30-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.42 UTC on
Tuesday 30th December
http://www.woksat.info/etcql30/ql30-1242-b-uk.html

Large area of continental Europe still clear but there is frontal
cloud over France. Low cloud over the North Sea and from NE England
through the Midlands to central southern England.


UK min. temps on Monday night http://tinyurl.com/9go645

Benson -7.1°C, Odiham -7.3°C, Keswick -7.4°C, Eskdalemuir -7.5°C,
Farnborough -7.8°C, Capel Curig -7.9°C, Lossiemouth -8.1°C, Kinloss
-9.0°C, Shap -9.2°C, Loch Glascarnoch -10.8°C, Altnaharra -11.4°C,
Aviemore -12.8°C.

Fair Isle 4.9°C, Baltasound and Wick 5.0°C, Camborne 5.1°C, St
Mary’s (Scilly) 7.7°C.


UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/7myrgn

Kinloss -4.0°C, Tain Range and Glen Ogle -3.6°C, Drumalbin -3.5°C,
Altnaharra -3.3°C, Lossiemouth -3.1°C.

Lerwick 5.5°C, Cardinham 5.7°C, Chivenor 5.9°C, Fair Isle 6.0°C,
Wick 6.1°C, Guernsey 6.9°C, Plymouth 7.0°C, Camborne 8.1°C,
Culdrose 8.4°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 9.0°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/8vuw5m


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

No precipitation over Britain on Tuesday.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/8r9qyp

Manston 0.4 mm - presumably melted frost


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels