New Year's Eve Thursday 31st 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/etcxl31m/xl31-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.20 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcxl31/xl31-1420-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

Magilligan 0.3°C, Glen Ogle 0.1°C, Kinloss 0.0°C, Aboyne -0.3°C, Lossiemouth -0.6°C, Tain Range -0.9°C, Aviemore -2.0°C, Tulloch Bridge -2.2°C, Altnaharra -2.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch -3.4°C.

Manston 8.1°C, St Catherine's Point and Langdon Bay 8.4°C, Shoeburyness 8.6°C, St Helier (Jersey) 8.7°C.


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

Glen Ogle 1.7°C, Loch Glascarnoch 2.4°C, Aviemore 3.5°C, Tulloch Bridge and Tain Range 3.8°C, Lough Fea 4.0°C.

St Athan, Exeter Airport, Heathrow and Guernsey Airport 11.5°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) and Northolt 11.6°C, Pymouth (Mountbatten) and Gravesend (Broadness) 11.7°C, St Helier (Jersey) 11.8°C, Portland 11.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/qhdjzv9


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 Thursday http://tinyurl.com/ozjvslo

Eskdalemuir, Mona (Anglesey) and Thorney Island 17 mm, Baltasound and High Wycombe 18 mm, Lerwick, Pembrey Sands and Rothamsted Park 19 mm, Rhyl 20 mm, Lake Vyrnwy 21 mm, Sennybridge 23 mm, Aberdaron and Bala 25 mm, Shap 28 mm.


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

Valley and Lake Vyrnwy 53 kn, Yeovilton 56 kn, Aberdaron, St Mary's (Scilly), Culdrose and Plymouth (Mountbatten) 57 kn, Portland 59 kn, St Catherine's Point 63 kn, Mumbles 68 kn.

High-level sites: Bealach na Bà 52 kn, Great Dun Fell 53 kn, Aonach Mòr 58 kn, Cairngorm 60 kn, Cairnwell 73 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels