Saturday 5th December 2015


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/etcxl05m/xl05-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.12 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcxl05/xl05-1412-b-uk.html

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


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

Aultbea and South Uist 6.4°C, Kirkwall 6.1°C, Altnaharra and Loch Glascarnoch 5.8°C, Fair Isle and Glen Ogle 5.3°C, Baltasound and Stornoway 4.9°C, Lerwick 4.6°C.

Milford Haven, St Mary's (Scilly) and Portland 11.8°C, St Catherine's Point 11.9°C, Pembrey Sands 12.1°C.


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

Stornoway 5.9°C, Baltasound 6.4°C, Lerwick, Wick and Loch Glascarnoch 6.6°C, Altnaharra 6.7°C.

Machrihanish, Rostherne (Cheshire), Linton-on-Ouse, Northolt and Portland 12.8°C, Hawarden, Yeovilton and St Catherine's Point 13.0°C, Heathrow and London St James's Park 13.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/nzuntcu


Rainfall radar http://europa.buienradar.nl/24-uur or http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/oo83mc8

Aultbea 26 mm, Magilligan 27 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 29 mm, Drumalbin and Mona (Anglesey) 31 mm, Walney Island 33 mm, Copley 34.0 mm, Lough Fea 37 mm, Aviemore 40 mm, Carlisle 47 mm, Loch Glascarnoch and Redesdale 48 mm.

Strathallan 50 mm, Castlederg 55 mm, Spadeadam 62 mm, Tulloch Bridge 77 mm, Glasgow (Bishopton) 84 mm, Capel Curig 111 mm, Eskdalemuir 113 mm, Keswick 156 mm, Shap 171 mm.


Map of Peak Gusts in knots http://tinyurl.com/qbzshna

Charterhall, Ronaldsway (IOM) and Fylingdales 59 kn, Valley and Loftus 60 kn, Lerwick and Redesdale 63 kn, Inverbervie and Lake Vyrnwy 66 kn, Aberdaron 67 kn, Glen Ogle 68 kn, Capel Curig 78 kn.

High-level sites: Cairnwell 75 kn, Bealach na Bà 81 kn, Great Dun Fell 82 kn, Aonach Mòr 94 kn, Cairngorm 97 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels