Friday 1st April 2016


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/etcyd01m/yd01-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.45 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcyd01/yd01-1345-b-uk.html

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


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

Sennybridge and Farnborough -1.7°C, Wattisham and Exeter Airport -1.8°C, Bala and Charlwood -1.9°C, Benson and Bournemouth (Hurn) -2.1°C, Trawsgoed -2.3°C, Redesdale -3.1°C.

Portland 5.8°C, Aberdaron and St Mary's (Scilly) 6.1°C, Valley 6.4°C, Ronaldsway (IOM) 6.9°C.


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

Glen Ogle 4.8°C, Copley 5.8°C, Spadeadam 5.9°C, Eskdalemuir 6.1°C, Inverbervie and Shap 6.2°C, St Bees Head 6.6°C.

Cranwell 12.9°C, Coningsby and Weybourne 13.0°C, Heathrow 13.1°C, Odiham and St Helier (Jersey) 13.3°C, Holbeach 13.4°C, London St James's Park 13.5°C, Northolt 13.6°C, Gravesend (Broadness) 14.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/hrh79e2


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 Friday http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Portglenone, Shap and St Bees Head 11 mm, Lough Fea and Tiree 13 mm, Glenanne and Tulloch Bridge 14 mm, Thomastown (NI) 15 mm, Dundrennan 16 mm, Castlederg and South Uist 19 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 25 mm, Machrihanish 27 mm, Lusa (Skye) and Glasgow (Bishopton) 28 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels