Thursday 21st March 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-3 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvc21m/vc21-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.12 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvc21/vc21-1312-b-uk.html

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


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/bas2wpv

Glen Ogle and Eskdalemuir -4.6°C, Copley and Leeming -4.7°C, Spadeadam and Fylingdales -4.8°C, Lossiemouth -5.1°C, Redesdale and Topcliffe -5.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch -6.1°C, Altnaharra -6.9°C, Shap -7.5°C, Aboyne -7.7°C, Aviemore -8.1°C.

St Helier (Jersey) 4.5°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten), Chivenor and Guernsey Airport 4.7°C, Portland 4.8°C, Camborne 4.9°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 6.4°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/b68do2b

Glen Ogle -1.9°C, Aboyne 1.1°C, Fylingdales 1.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch 1.9°C, Copley and Lake Vyrnwy 2.1°C, Spadeadam 2.2°C, Charterhall 2.5°C, Baltasound, Eskdalemuir and Bingley 2.7°C, Lough Fea, Drumalbin, Inverbervie and Loftus 2.8°C.

Cardinham, Chivenor, Exeter Airport, Northolt and London St James’s Park 6.9°C, Lusa (Skye) 7.0°C, Heathrow 7.1°C, Jersey Airport and Guernsey Airport 7.4°C, St Helier (Jersey) 7.7°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 7..9°C, Camborne 8.8°C, Culdrose 9.1°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 10.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/c4r2y9g


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 Thursday http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Portland and Bournemouth (Hurn) 9 mm, St Athan 10 mm, Liscombe and Dunkeswell 11 mm, Cardinham 12 mm, Guernsey Airport 14 mm, St Helier (Jersey) 15 mm, Exeter Airport 19 mm, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 25 mm, Camborne 26 mm, St Mary’s (Scilly) 28 mm, Culdrose 37 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels