Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 1st January
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 Thursday 1st January
http://www.woksat.info/etcra01m/ra01-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.24 UTC on
Thursday 1st January
http://www.woksat.info/etcra01/ra01-1224-b-uk.html

Low cloud over much of Britain. Clearer over western and central
Scotland, the far NE of England, and parts of NW England and north and
west Wales. Low cloud over Belgium and large areas of continental
Europe.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/7xzwl2

Tulloch Bridge and Strathallan -5.6°C, Aviemore -5.7°C, Copley
-6.2°C, Keswick -6.4°C, Woodford -6.8°C, Capel Curig and Leek
Thorncliffe -7.1°C, Shap -7.6°C, Warcop Range and Lake Vyrnwy
-8.2°C, Altnaharra and Sennybridge -8.4°C.

Camborne 4.8°C, Wick 5.0°C, Culdrose 5.3°C, St Mary’s (Scilly)
7.6°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/9pqqqx

Lake Vyrnwy and Sennybridge -3.0°C, Shobdon -1.2°C, Liscombe
-1.1°C, Shawbury -1.0°C.

Rosehearty 5.6°C, Tiree 5.8°C, Wick and Boulmer 6.1°C, Aultbea
6.3°C, South Uist 6.7°C, Culdrose 7.1°C, Camborne 7.5°C, Stornoway
7.6°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 8.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/8gjz9a


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

Some outbreaks of light rain in NE Scotland on New Year’s Day.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/8vy6r7

Tain Range 0.8 mm, Inverbervie and Boulmer 1 mm, Aberdeen and
Lossiemouth 2 mm, Wick and Rosehearty 3 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels