Friday 28th 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

NOAA 19 satellite picture from DLR at 12.48 UTC ftp://taurus.caf.dlr.de/put/wetterbilder/UK/image1.jpg

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


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

Spadeadam 0.5°C, Albemarle 0.3°C, Fair Isle and Copley 0.1°C, Scampton -0.1°C, Redesdale and Topcliffe -0.4°C, Tain Range -0.6°C, Fylingdales -0.9°C, Leconfield -1.2°C, Baltasound -1.6°C, Glen Ogle -2.7°C, Aboyne -2.8°C.

St Catherine’s Point 7.5°C, Portland 7.7°C, Guernsey Airport 8.2°C, Jersey Airport 8.3°C, St Helier (Jersey) 8.8°C.


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

Baltasound 7.6°C, Lerwick 7.9°C, Inverbervie 8.1°C, Fair Isle 8.5°C, Kirkwall, Eskdalemuir and Fylingdales 8.8°C.

Shawbury, St Athan, Yeovilton and Gravesend (Broadness) 12.3°C, Belfast (Aldergrove), Bournemouth (Hurn) and Heathrow 12.4°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 12.5°C, Exeter Airport and London St James’s Park 12.6°C, Hawarden 12.8°C, Chivenor 13.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/c4gttct


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 Friday http://tinyurl.com/7lm37mw

Spadeadam, Redesdale, Albemarle, Boulmer, Wittering and Liscombe 11 mm, Trawsgoed 12 mm, Aberdaron 13 mm, Milford Haven 14 mm, Sennybridge 15 mm, Keswick 23 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels