Boxing Day Monday 26th 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/etcyl26m/yl26-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 14.42 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcyl26/yl26-1442-b-uk.html


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

Stornoway and Copley 0.8°C, Altnaharra and Tain Range 0.6°C, Wick and Drumalbin 0.4°C, Aboyne 0.2°C, Tulloch Bridge 0.1°C, Aviemore 0.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch -0.6°C, Glen Ogle -1.9°C.

Portland and Shoreham 8.8°C, Guernsey Airport 9.0°C, Jersey Airport 9.1°C, St Helier (Jersey) 9.5°C.


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

Glen Ogle 2.3°C, Aviemore 3.1°C, Aboyne 3.7°C, Loch Glascarnoch 3.8°C, Spadeadam 3.9°C, Copley 4.3°C, Tulloch Bridge 4.9°C.

Mumbles, Camborne and London St James’s Park 9.4°C, Milford Haven and Culdrose 9.5°C, Chivenor and Portland 9.7°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 10.0°C, Jersey Airport 11.1°C, Guernsey Airport 11.6°C, St Helier (Jersey) 11.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/jts9x4e


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 Monday http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Altnaharra and Lusa (Skye) 7 mm, Lerwick, Leuchars, Edinburgh (Gogarbank) and Trawsgoed 8 mm, Fair Isle 9 mm, Glasgow (Bishopton) 10 mm, Strathallan 14 mm, Tulloch Bridge 15 mm, Aviemore 17 mm.


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

Tain Range and Machrihanish 60 kn, Altnaharra, Aultbea and Lossiemouth 61 kn, Stornoway 62 kn, Wick and Tiree 63 kn, Sule Skerry and Benbecula 64 kn, Port Ellen (Islay) 65 kn, Glen Ogle 69 kn, Scatsa (Shetland), Sumburgh and Kirkwall 71 kn, South Uist 72 kn, Baltasound 74 kn, Lerwick 76 kn, Fair Isle 77 kn.

High-level sites: Great Dun Fell 68 kn, Aonach Mòr 75 kn, Cairnwell 76 kn, Bealach na BÃ* 83 kn, Cairngorm 111 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels