Saturday 29th February 2020


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 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcacb29m/acb29-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.27 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcacb29/acb29-1027-b-uk.html


UK min. temps on Friday night https://tinyurl.com/y6czn5oy

Dalwhinnie, Drumnadrochit and Strathallan 0.9°C, Lentran (Inverness) 0.7°C, Tyndrum 0.6°C, Lough Fea 0.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Copley 0.2°C, Braemar 0.0°C, Aviemore -0.1°C, Aboyne -0.4°C, Balmoral -1.0°C, Glen Ogle -1.7°C.

Cranwell, Wittering and Cambridge (NIAB) 9.6°C, Waddington, Monks Wood (Cambs) and Shoeburyness 9.7°C, Cavendish (Suffolk) and Frittenden (Kent) 9.8°C, East Malling 9.9°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday https://tinyurl.com/yyeho8j6

Glen Ogle -0.1°C, Altnahinch Filters (NI) 2.0°C, Dalwhinnie 2.5°C, Tulloch Bridge 3.4°C, Ballypatrick 3.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Tredegar 3.8°C, Okehampton (East Okement Farm) 3.9°C, Salsburgh (North Lanarks), Drumalbin and Lake Vyrnwy 4.0°C.

Leconfield, Scampton and Donna Nook 10.1°C, Coningsby, Cavendish (Suffolk) and Shoeburyness 10.2°C, Tibenham (Norfolk) 10.3°C, Cromer, Marham and Manston 10.4°C, Weybourne 10.5°C, Santon Downham 10.8°C.

OGIMET summary https://tinyurl.com/s2ybmpl


Rainfall radar http://www.weathercast.co.uk/radar/united-kingdom.html or https://en.meteox.com/en-gb/?fc=0&im...ropa24uurwsg84

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Saturday https://tinyurl.com/y2cjgp5a

Shap, Bala and Cardinham 20 mm, Lake Vyrnwy 21 mm, Liscombe 25 mm, Eskdalemuir 27 mm, Keswick 28 mm, Usk (Monmouthshire) and Okehampton (East Okement Farm) 29 mm, Libanus (Powys) 30 mm, Lerwick and Cardiff (Bute Park) 35 mm, Tredegar 37 mm.


Peak gusts in knots in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Saturday https://tinyurl.com/qncmq6r

Baltasound 57 kn, Capel Curig 58 kn, Scatsa (Shetland) 59 kn, Fair Isle, Pembrey Sands and Mumbles 60 kn, Valley 61 kn, Mona (Anglesey) and St Mary’s (Scilly) 62 kn, Portland 63 kn, Lerwick 65 kn, Aberdaron 76 kn.

High-level sites: Cairnwell 61 kn, Great Dun Fell 72 kn.


Colin Youngs
Brussels