Friday 18th 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/etcva18m/va18-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.34 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcva18/va18-1234-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

Wainfleet -3.0°C, Redesdale -3.1°C, Leconfield and Manston -3.2°C, Fylingdales -3.3°C, Marham -3.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch, Aviemore and Wattisham -3.9°C, Copley -4.0°C, Langdon Bay -4.5°C, Glen Ogle -4.7°C.

Tiree 3.8°C, South Uist 3.9°C, Camborne 4.4°C, Culdrose 4.6°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 8.0°C.


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

Glen Ogle -3.6°C, Copley and Bingley -2.2°C, Leek (Thorncliffe) -1.9°C, Fylingdales and Kenley -1.7°C, Cranwell and Waddington -1.4°C, Bedford and Wittering -1.3°C, Spadeadam, Lake Vyrnwy and Nottingham (Watnall) -1.2°C.

Wick, Stornoway, Tiree, South Uist and Plymouth (Mountbatten) 4.1°C, Belfast (Aldergrove) and Fair Isle 4.2°C, Culdrose 8.4°C, Camborne 8.9°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 9.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/aromdh2


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

Ballypatrick and Chivenor 10 mm, Glenanne 12 mm, Mumbles and Pembrey Sands 14 mm, Cardinham 16 mm, Castlederg and St Mary’s (Scilly) 20 mm, Exeter Airport 21 mm, Thomastown (NI) 22 mm, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 27 mm, Milford Haven 28 mm, Camborne and Culdrose 30 mm.

List of highest rainfall totals may be incomplete because of erroneous reports of snowfall equivalent from automatic stations.

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


Colin Youngs
Brussels