Tuesday 30th April 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/etcvd30m/vd30-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.44 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvd30/vd30-1244-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/bas2wpv

Farnborough -0.6°C, Spadeadam and Bournemouth (Hurn) -0.7°C, Port Ellen (Islay) -0.8°C, Exeter -0.9°C, Eskdalemuir -1.4°C, Altnaharra -1.5°C, Glen Ogle and Bala -1.6°C, Trawsgoed -1.8°C, Redesdale -1.9°C, Tulloch Bridge -2.4°C, Sennybridge -2.6°C.

St Catherine’s Point and London St James’s Park 6.1°C, Crosby and Jersey Airport 6.5°C, Guernsey Airport 6.7°C, St Helier (Jersey) 7.0°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 8.1°C.


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

Lerwick and Baltasound 6.6°C, Glen Ogle 7.2°C, Fair Isle 7.3°C, Boulmer 8.7°C, Loch Glascarnoch 8.9°C, Kirkwall and Donna Nook 9.1°C.

Exeter Airport, Yeovilton and Northolt 14.5°C, Farnborough 14.6°C, Middle Wallop and Heathrow 14.7°C, Pembrey Sands, Plymouth (Mountbatten) and Thorney Island 15.2°C, London St James’s Park 15.5°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 15.7°C, Solent MRSC 17.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/cnhqmk7


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/ahsgjwh

Lerwick, Kirkwall, Aviemore and South Uist 1 mm, Altnaharra, Loch Glascarnoch and Lusa (Skye) 2 mm, Aboyne and Stornoway 3 mm, Baltasound 4 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels