Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Tuesday 9th March http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Tuesday 9th March http://www.woksat.info/etcsc09m/sc09-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.44 UTC on Tuesday
9th March http://www.woksat.info/etcsc09/sc09-1244-b-uk.html

Variable cloud over much of Britain. Sunny in northern Scotland, Wales and
SW England and in most of Ireland. Clear sky over Belgium. Snow cover
over western and central Germany.


UK min. temps on Monday night http://tinyurl.com/y9dk5lu

Lough Fea, Tain Range and West Freugh -5.7°C, Aviemore -6.1°C, Loch
Glascarnoch -6.5°C, St Angelo -6.6°C, Shap -6.7°C, Altnaharra -6.8°C,
Castlederg -7.6°C, Tulloch Bridge -7.9°C.

Boulmer 4.5°C, Baltasound and St Mary's Scilly 4.6°C, Fair Isle 5.0°C,
Lerwick 5.5°C.


UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/ybsxzho

Glen Ogle 2.7°C, Fylingdales 4.7°C, Loftus 5.0°C, Langdon Bay 5.1°C,
Shoeburyness 5.4°C.

Trawsgoed, Milford Haven and Solent MRSC 9.7°C, Carlisle, Crosby and
Mumbles 10.0°C, Castlederg, St Angelo, Hawarden and Pembrey Sands 10.2°C,
Blackpool and Walney Island 10.3°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/yb9vmoy


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

Scattered light showers in eastern England on Tuesday afternoon.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday
http://tinyurl.com/ybwz39p

Lusa/Skye, Church Fenton, Topcliffe, Coningsby, Scampton, Waddington,
Wittering and Dunkeswell 0.4 mm, Cranwell and Cottesmore 0.6 mm.


Location of some UK stations
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...r_data_uk.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:52:28 +0100, Colin Youngs wrote in


Lough Fea, Tain Range and West Freugh -5.7°C, Aviemore -6.1°C, Loch
Glascarnoch -6.5°C, St Angelo -6.6°C, Shap -6.7°C, Altnaharra -6.8°C,
Castlederg -7.6°C, Tulloch Bridge -7.9°C.

Boulmer 4.5°C, Baltasound and St Mary's Scilly 4.6°C, Fair Isle 5.0°C,
Lerwick 5.5°C.

UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/ybsxzho

Glen Ogle 2.7°C, Fylingdales 4.7°C, Loftus 5.0°C, Langdon Bay 5.1°C,
Shoeburyness 5.4°C.

Trawsgoed, Milford Haven and Solent MRSC 9.7°C, Carlisle, Crosby and
Mumbles 10.0°C, Castlederg, St Angelo, Hawarden and Pembrey Sands 10.2°C,
Blackpool and Walney Island 10.3°C.

I find it interesting that Castlederg was both one of the coldest places by
night and warmest by day, with a temperature range of almost 18 degrees C.
I'd guess the AWS at Katesbridge in Co. Down beat it as its minimum was
-10C.

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Mike Tullett - Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 09/03/2010 20:59:19 GMT