Christmas Day Sunday 25th 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/etcyl25m/yl25-msg-1200-uk.html


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

Loch Glascarnoch 3.4°C, Kirkwall 3.3°C, Aviemore and Inverbervie 3.2°C, Wick 2.5°C, Tain Range and Lossiemouth 2.4°C, Glen Ogle 2.0°C, Aberdeen (Dyce) 1.9°C, Aboyne 1.8°C.

Plymouth (Mountbatten), Chivenor and St Catherine’s Point 10.6°C, Portland 10.7°C, Milford Haven 10.8°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 10.9°C.


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

Copley and Sennybridge 10.1°C, Glen Ogle and Lake Vyrnwy 10.4°C, Eskdalemuir 10.5°C, Lough Fea and Liscombe 10.6°C.

Hawarden, Rostherne (Cheshire) and Scampton 14.1°C, Kinloss, Lossiemouth and Bridlington 14.3°C, Hereford (Credenhill) 14.4°C, Pershore 14.5°C, Tain Range and Coleshill 14.9°C, Aboyne 15.0°C, Aberdeen (Dyce) 15.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/jhhd8vu


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 Sunday http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Kirkwall and Stornoway 9 mm, Altnaharra, Aultbea and Glasgow (Bishopton) 12 mm, Tulloch Bridge 13 mm, Eskdalemuir 15 mm, Shap 17 mm, Capel Curig 23 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 29 mm, Lusa (Skye) 36 mm.


Map of Peak Gusts in knots http://tinyurl.com/z9qdhnt

Kinloss 60 kn, Sule Skerry, Stornoway and South Uist 62 kn, Benbecula, Loch Glascarnoch and Tain Range 63 kn, Scatsa (Shetland) 64 kn, Fair Isle 67 kn, Sumburgh 68 kn, Glen Ogle 69 kn, Baltasound 70 kn, Lerwick 75 kn.

High-level sites: Great Dun Fell 65 kn, Bealach na BÃ* 81 kn, Cairnwell 95 kn, Aonach Mòr 99 kn, Cairngorm 129 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels