Thursday 19th January 2017


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/etcza19m/za19-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 15.09 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcza19/za19-1509-b-uk.html


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

Boscombe Down -3.3°C, Aboyne -3.4°C, Gravesend (Broadness) -4.4°C, Charlwood -4.5°C, Northolt -4.6°C, Yeovilton -4.8°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) -5.2°C, Benson -5.9°C, Odiham -6.1°C, Farnborough -6.2°C.

Fair Isle and Tiree 8.3°C, Baltasound and Stornoway 8.4°C, Aultbea and South Uist 8.5°C.


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

Glen Ogle 4.1°C, Kenley 4.8°C, Lake Vyrnwy and Dunkeswell 4.9°C, Holbeach and Langdon Bay 5.1°C.

Aultbea 9.5°C, Baltasound and Leuchars 9.7°C, Aberdeen (Dyce) 9..8°C, Kirkwall, Tain Range and Stornoway 10.0°C, Altnaharra 10.2°C, Kinloss and Lossiemouth 10.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/hlhxe7b


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 Thursday http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Tiree and Wittering 0.4 mm, Baltasound, Aberdaron and Coningsby 0.6 mm, Valley 1 mm, Lusa (Skye) and Mona (Anglesey) 2 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels

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Colin Youngs writes
UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Tiree and Wittering 0.4 mm, Baltasound, Aberdaron and Coningsby 0.6
mm, Valley 1 mm, Lusa (Skye) and Mona (Anglesey) 2 mm.

I was wondering. Can even the most accurate technology really measure
rainfall to a tenth of a millimetre? I know that was what the sites
reported, but I can't help being sceptical. But I suppose that, for
amounts of less than a millimetre, rounding up or down could be just as
misleading.
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)