Thursday 8th March 2018


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/etcaac08m/aac08-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.33 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcaac08/aac08-1033-b-uk.html

MSG Europe 24-hour cloud animation http://www.meteo.be/meteo/view/nl/12...enbeelden.html


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

Albemarle -2.2°C, Strathallan -2.3°C, Leeming -2.4°C, Spadeadam -2.5°C, West Freugh -2.6°C, Altnaharra -3.2°C, Copley -3.4°C, Tain Range -3.5°C, Redesdale and Topcliffe -4.3°C.

St Catherine’s Point 5.3°C, Guernsey Airport 5.5°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) and Portland 5.6°C, Jersey Airport 6.1°C..


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

Glen Ogle -0.1°C, Fylingdales 4.2°C, Bingley 4.3°C, Tulloch Bridge 4.8°C, Lerwick and Aviemore 5.1°C, Aboyne and Capel Curig 5.4°C.

Manston 10.3°C, Northolt 10.5°C, St Mary’s (Scilly), Chivenor, Yeovilton and Langdon Bay 10.6°C, Shoreham 10.8°C, Plymouth (Mountbatten) and Heathrow 11.0°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 11.3°C.

OGIMET summary https://tinyurl.com/y8twoxm4


Rainfall radar http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html or http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Thursday https://tinyurl.com/ybss79qa

Sennybridge 9 mm, Crosby and Leek (Thorncliffe) 10 mm, Aberporth 11 mm, Loftus 12 mm, Valley and Trawsgoed 13 mm, Mona (Anglesey) and Rhyl 14 mm, Aberdaron 19 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels