Saturday 24th 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/etcaac24m/aac24-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.01 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcaac24/aac24-1001-b-uk.html

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


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

Ballypatrick -1.0°C, West Freugh -1.1°C, Belfast (Aldergrove) and Lough Fea -1.4°C, Eskdalemuir -1.5°C, Machrihanish -1.9°C, Port Ellen (Islay) -2.8°C, Castlederg and Tulloch Bridge -3.0°C, Aboyne -3.1°C.

Chivenor, Plymouth (Mountbatten), Portland, London St James’s Park, Shoreham and Guernsey Airport 6.8°C, St Mary’s (Scilly) 7.0°C, Camborne and Culdrose 7.1°C.


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

Glen Ogle 4.8°C, Lake Vyrnwy 5.9°C, Liscombe 6.3°C, Fylingdales 6.7°C, Sennybridge 6.9°C, High Wycombe 7.0°C.

Lough Fea, Aboyne and Charterhall 11.1°C, Thomastown (NI), Portglenone and Inverbervie 11.2°C, Lossiemouth and Carlisle 11.3°C, Leuchars and Albemarle 11.8°C, Aberdeen (Dyce) 12.0°C, Edinburgh (Gogarbank) 12.1°C.

OGIMET summary https://tinyurl.com/ycf3xl9r


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 Saturday https://tinyurl.com/ahsgjwh

Tulloch Bridge, Filton, Hereford (Credenhill), Middle Wallop, Aberporth, St Catherine’s Point and Thorney Island 6 mm, Dunkeswell, Lyneham and Brize Norton 7 mm, Cardinham 10 mm, Plymouth (Mountbatten) 12 mm, Bournemouth (Hurn) 13 mm, Camborne 16 mm, Culdrose 18 mm.


Colin Youngs
Brussels