Friday 11th January 2013


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/etcva11m/va11-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.48 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcva11/va11-1348-b-uk.html

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

Altnaharra and Warcop -1.8°C, Pembrey Sands -1.9°C, Lossiemouth -2.1°C, Nottingham (Watnall) -2.4°C, Castlederg -2.7°C, Tain Range -3.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Leek (Thorncliffe) -3.1°C, Aviemore -3.2°C, Kinloss -3.8°C, Shap -5.8°C.

Solent MRSC 6.0°C, St Helier (Jersey) 6.1°C, Portland 6.9°C, Guernsey Airport 8.0°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 8.5°C.


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

Glen Ogle 1.5°C, Spadeadam 2.3°C, Eskdalemuir 2.5°C, Fylingdales 2..9°C, Bingley 3.0°C, Bedford 3.1°C, Charterhall and Shap 3.3°C, Redesdale, Warcop, Walney Island and Albemarle 3.4°C.

Solent MRSC 9.8°C, Guernsey Airport 9.9°C, Portland, St Helier (Jersey) and Jersey Airport 10.2°C, Yeovilton 10.5°C, Camborne 10.6°C, Culdrose 10.8°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 11.0°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 11.2°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/bgt9q6z


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

Aberdeen (Dyce), Lusa (Skye), Camborne, Culdrose and Bournemouth (Hurn) 4 mm, Leeming, Filton and Pembrey Sands 5 mm, Fylingdales and Hereford (Credenhill) 6 mm, Inverbervie 10 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

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Friday 11th January 2013

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

Looking at that animation there seem to be several types of cloud. For
instance to the west of the UK is the the thick cyclonic cloud but flowing
into it further west is broken cloud. West of that again is thicker cloud.
Do each of these cloud types have names? Or are they recognisable as
standard cloud types such as alto cumulus (sp.)?

Cheers, Alastair.

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"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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Friday 11th January 2013

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

Looking at that animation there seem to be several types of cloud. For
instance to the west of the UK is the the thick cyclonic cloud but flowing
into it further west is broken cloud. West of that again is thicker cloud.
Do each of these cloud types have names? Or are they recognisable as
standard cloud types such as alto cumulus (sp.)?

They are named using standard cloud types. You may also see large-scale
features named - such as rope clouds, baroclinic leafs, outflow shields,
etc. - but they are all comprised of standard cloud types.
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Freddie
Bayston Hill
Shropshire
102m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://twitter.com/#!/BaystonHillWx for hourly reports

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http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

Looking at that animation there seem to be several types of cloud. For
instance to the west of the UK is the the thick cyclonic cloud but
flowing into it further west is broken cloud. West of that again is
thicker cloud. Do each of these cloud types have names? Or are they
recognisable as standard cloud types such as alto cumulus (sp.)?

They are named using standard cloud types. You may also see large-scale
features named - such as rope clouds, baroclinic leafs, outflow shields,
etc. - but they are all comprised of standard cloud types.

Thanks for your reply.

I should have asked whether there are names for the cloud patterns seen in
satellite pictures, but you have answered that anyway with your references
to the named features, e.g. rope clouds, etc. I have looked up rope clouds
with Google and found http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?letter=number
which includes other patterns found in satellite imagery. I have not yet
found a list of these cloud patterns.

Cheers, Alastair.