Friday 20th May 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/etcye20m/ye20-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 14.32 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcye20/ye20-1432-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

Kirkwall, Loch Glascarnoch and Drumalbin 7.3°C, Aviemore 7.2°C, Tulloch Bridge and Boulmer 7.0°C, Aboyne 6.1°C, Fair Isle 5.8°C, Baltasound 5.3°C, Lerwick 5.1°C, Glen Ogle 4.3°C..

Gravesend (Broadness) 12.7°C, Northolt and Shoeburyness 12.8°C, London St James’s Park 13.1°C, Heathrow 13.2°C.


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

Glen Ogle 9.6°C, Fair Isle 11.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch 11.5°C, Lerwick 12.1°C, Baltasound 12.8°C, Thomastown (NI), Aultbea and South Uist 13.0°C.

Farnborough and Northolt 18.8°C, Wainfleet 18.9°C, Bridlington, Wattisham, Heathrow and London St James’s Park 19.2°C, Manston 19.6°C, Shoeburyness 19.9°C, Gravesend (Broadness) 20.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/gllhsxs


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

Kirkwall and Lusa (Skye) 5 mm, Copley 5.6 mm, Lough Fea, Ballypatrick, Portglenone and Redesdale 6 mm, Glenanne, Wick and Bala 7 mm, Castlederg 9 mm, Magilligan and Charterhall 10 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels