Meteosat-8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 10.15 UTC on Tuesday 17
February
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...7-1015-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite pictures from Bernard Burton's site at 12.50 UTC on
Tuesday 17 February
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...250-c-uk-n.JPG
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...250-b-uk-s.JPG

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.42 UTC on Tuesday 17 February
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...2171242.uk.jpg

Plenty of sunshine over Ireland, the Isle of Man, Anglesey and central
Scotland. Variable cloud over the rest of Scotland and northern England
but extensive cloud over much of England and Wales. Low Countries also
mainly cloudy.


UK min. temps on Monday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn170204.jpg

Scotland -2 to 4°C; Northern Isles and Northern England 3 to 6°C; Western
Isles 2 to 6°C; Midlands 1 to 5°C; East Anglia 2 to 5°C; Southern England
2 to 6°C.

Aboyne 0.6°C, Bishopton 0.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch, Prestwick, Leuchars and
Tulloch Bridge 0.2°C, St Angelo (NI) 0.1°C, Castlederg (NI) -0.1°C,
Pembrey Sands -0.7°C, Belfast Aldergrove (NI) -2.2°C, Altnaharra -2.4°C.

St Mawgan 5.7°C, Tiree and Solent MRSC 5.8°C, Ronaldsway, Aberporth and
Manchester 5.9°C, Guernsey 6.2°C, St Mary's 7.3°C.


UK max. temps on Tuesday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx170204.jpg

Scotland 6 to 11°C; Northern Isles 7 to 9°C; Western Isles 9 to 11°C;
Northern England 6 to 9°C; Midlands 7 to 9°C; East Anglia 6 to 8°C; SE
England 5 to 10°C; SW England 7 to 10°C.

Langdon Bay 5.3°C, Wattisham 5.8°C, Copley 6.0°C, Aviemore 6.4°C,
Dunkeswell 7.0°C, Coleshill, Brize Norton and Lyneham 7.1°C.

Guernsey 10.1°C, Jersey, Solent MRSC and Ballycastle (NI) 10.2°C, St
Angelo (NI) 10.3°C, St Mary's 10.4°C, Plymouth 10.5°C, South Uist 10.6°C,
Machrihanish 10.9°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

Band of rain from NE to SW England at midnight on Monday night with further
outbreaks of light rain over the south of Scotland and parts of NW England
and Wales. Rain soon dies out in the SW but moves into East Anglia and SE
England by morning. Outbreaks of rain confined mainly to northern and SE
England by midday. Rain in the SE eventually moves away during the
evening.

Crosby, Albemarle (near Newcastle), Topcliffe, Dishforth, Linton-on-Ouse,
Watnall, Wattisham and Kenley 4 mm, St Bees Head, Spadeadam, Leeming,
Cottesmore, Andrewsfield and Shoeburyness 5 mm, Carlisle and Loftus 6 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels