New Year’s Eve Tuesday 31st December 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/etcvl31m/vl31-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.47 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcvl31/vl31-1347-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

Glen Ogle, Strathallan and Redesdale 0.5°C, Leuchars 0.1°C, Tulloch Bridge and Kinloss 0.0°C, Lossiemouth -0.4°C, Tain Range -0.8°C, Aviemore -1.6°C, Aboyne -2.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch -2.8°C, Altnaharra -3.1°C.

Solent MRSC 8.2°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) and Guernsey Airport 9.0°C, Portland and St Catherine’s Point 9.3°C.


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

Glen Ogle 2.7°C, Lough Fea and Loch Glascarnoch 4.9°C, Copley 5.4°C, Tulloch Bridge 5.6°C, Thomastown (NI) 5.8°C.

St Mary’s (Scilly), Yeovilton and Solent MRSC 10.8°C, Chivenor and Heathrow 10.9°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten), Bournemouth (Hurn) and St Catherine’s Point 11.0°C, London St James’s Park and Portland 11.2°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/nkk9lf8


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

Lough Fea, Machrihanish, Valley, Aberporth and Shoreham 12 mm, Glenanne and Mona (Anglesey) 13 mm, South Uist and Aberdaron 16 mm, Capel Curig 17 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 20 mm, Tiree 21 mm, Ballypatrick 23 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels