Tuesday 18th December 2012


Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk’s site at 12.00 UTC 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 http://www.woksat.info/etcul18m/ul18-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.05 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcul18/ul18-1305-b-uk.html

Eumetsat Animation from the Norwegian Weather Service http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html


UK min. temps on Monday night http://tinyurl.com/6ws96z7

Lough Fea -0.2°C, Port Ellen (Islay) -0.4°C, St Angelo -0.5°C, Stornoway -0.7°C, Lusa (Skye) -1.0°C, Machrihanish -1.3°C, South Uist -1.4°C, Castlederg -2.2°C, Loch Glascarnoch -2.6°C, Tulloch Bridge -2.9°C.

Jersey Airport 7.9°C, Portland 8.0°C, St Helier (Jersey) 8.1°C, Camborne 8.9°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 9.3°C.


UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/8ygebdb

Tulloch Bridge 0.9°C, Loch Glascarnoch 1.3°C, Lusa (Skye) 2.0°C, Aviemore 2.3°C, Glen Ogle 3.3°C, Aboyne 4.0°C, Tain Range 4.1°C.

Exeter Airport 10.0°C, Mona (Anglesey) and Filton 10.1°C, Solent MRSC and Guernsey Airport 10.2°C, St Mary’s (Scilly), Plymouth (Mountbatten) and Chivenor 10.3°C, Yeovilton 10.7°C, Jersey Airport 10.9°C, Trawsgoed 11.3°C, St Helier (Jersey) 11.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/c4ofxyb


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

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/7lm37mw

Aberdeen (Dyce), Boulmer, Loftus, Bala, Hawarden, Trawsgoed, Cardinham and Dunkeswell 4 mm, Baltasound and Exeter Airport 5 mm, Aboyne, Leeds-Bradford Airport and Shawbury 6 mm, Capel Curig 8 mm.


Location of some UK stations http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...eather-data-uk


Colin Youngs
Brussels