Tuesday 20th December 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/etcyl20m/yl20-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 14.10 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcyl20/yl20-1410-b-uk.html


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

Eskdalemuir -1.8°C, Belfast (Aldergrove) -2.1°C, Glasgow (Bishopton) -2.3°C, Tulloch Bridge -2.6°C, Drumalbin -3.0°C, Castlederg and Aviemore -3.7°C, Strathallan -3.9°C, Aboyne -4.2°C, West Freugh -4.5°C.

Mumbles and Camborne 6.7°C, Aberdaron 7.1°C, Milford Haven 7.3°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 8.6°C.


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

Fylingdales 3.4°C, Glen Ogle 3.7°C, Leek (Thorncliffe) 4.1°C, Lough Fea, Copley and Emley Moor 4.2°C, Liscombe 4.8°C, Spadeadam 4.9°C.

Aultbea and Milford Haven 8.8°C, Tiree and Plymouth (Mountbatten) 8.9°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 9.1°C, Ronaldsway (IOM) 9.2°C, Altnaharra 9.3°C, Lossiemouth and Kinloss 9.4°C, South Uist 9.6°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/z6domkx


Rainfall radar http://www.weathercast. co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html or http://nl.meteox.com/nl-nl?fc=0&imag...ropa24uurwsg84

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

Magilligan, Castlederg, Aultbea and Tulloch Bridge 9 mm, Glenanne and Lough Fea 10 mm, Ballypatrick 11 mm, Lusa (Skye) 13 mm, Machrihanish 14 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 15 mm, South Uist 16 mm, Tiree 21 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels