MSG-1 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on January 8th
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.43 UTC on
January 8th
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...-1343-b-uk.JPG

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 13.44 UTC on January 8th
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M28E15107

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 13.34 UTC on January 8th
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...1081334.uk.jpg

Cloudy over Scotland. Heavy showers over England and Wales behind the cold
front lying down the North Sea. Low Countries cloudy with just a hint of
some breaks in western Belgium.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn080104.jpg

Scotland 1 to 9°C; Northern Isles 2 to 8°C; Western Isles 7 to 9°C;
Northern England, the Midlands and SE England 6 to 9°C; East Anglia 6 to
7°C; SW England 7 to 11°C.

Loftus 5.8°C, Cranwell and Donna Nook 5.7°C, Charterhall and Waddington
5.6°C, Coltishall 5.5°C, Redesdale 5.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch 5.1°C, Copley
4.4°C, Coningsby 2.4°C.

Ronaldsway 9.5°C, Guernsey and Yeovilton 9.6°C, Camborne 10.2°C, St
Mawgan and Plymouth 10.6°C, Culdrose 10.7°C, St Mary's 11.1°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx080104.jpg

Scotland 7 to 10°C; Scottish islands 8 to 9°C; Northern England 8 to 11°C;
Midlands and East Anglia 10 to 11°C; SE England 9 to 12°C; SW England 10
to 12°C.

Copley 7.4°C, Lerwick 8.2°C, Kirkwall, South Uist and Aberdeen 8.4°C,
Wick, Eskdalemuir and Bishopton 8.5°C, Leuchars 8.7°C.

Brize Norton 11.7°C, Guernsey, Gravesend and Thorney Island 11.8°C,
Heathrow, Northolt and Benson 11.9°C, Pershore, Yeovilton and Jersey
12.0°C, Chivenor and London WC 12.2°C.


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM
Rainfall radar stills http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar.shtml

Large rain area reaches southern Ireland and SW Britain during Wednesday
night and moves NE to cover most of England and Wales and southern Scotland
by mid-morning on Thursday. Brighter with heavy showers in the south and
west before midday and through the afternoon. Rain continues in much of
Scotland into the evening.

Prestwick 23 mm, Lusa/Skye and Middle Wallop 24 mm, Eskdalemuir and
Sennybridge 25 mm, Cardinham 27 mm, Yeovilton and Kenley 28 mm, Bishopton
29 mm, Dunkeswell 30 mm, Keswick 31 mm, Machrihanish, Liscombe and
Charlwood 33 mm, West Freugh 43 mm, Tulloch Bridge 47 mm.

Strongest gusts - Culdrose, Mumbles, Portland, Llanbedr and Bridlington 50
kn, Fair Isle 53 kn, Langdon Bay 55 kn, Solent MRSC 56 kn, Muckle Holm
58 kn, Alderney 61 kn.


Location of some UK stations
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/data/ukobs.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels