Meteosat-8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday
25 February
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...5-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite pictures from Bernard Burton's site at 13.00 UTC on
Wednesday 25 February
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...300-b-uk-n.JPG
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...300-c-uk-s.JPG

NOAA 16 VIS satellite pictures from Dundee at 13.01 UTC on Wednesday 25
February
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B2C315787

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.51 UTC on Wednesday 25 February
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...2251251.uk.jpg

Heavy showers over the North Sea and moving down over the Low Countries.
Polar Low developing off NE Scotland ? Mass of showers to the north of and
over Ireland. Large areas of southern Scotland and England are fairly
sunny.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn250204.jpg

Scotland -5 to 2°C; Northern Isles -4 to -2°C; Western Isles -2 to 0°C;
Northern England -5 to 1°C; Midlands -3 to -1°C; East Anglia -2 to 1°C;
SE England -3 to 1°C; SW England -1 to 4°C.

Leuchars -3.7°C, Aviemore -4.0°C, Copley -4.1°C, Drumalbin -4.5°C,
Redesdale -4.6°C, Leek and Redhill -4.8°C, Bingley -4.9°C,
Eskdalemuir -5.0°C, Spadeadam -6.0°C, Warcop Range -7.3°C.

Plymouth 2.4°C, Aberporth 2.5°C, Culdrose 2.6°C, St Mawgan 3.3°C,
Camborne 4.2°C, Guernsey 4.9°C, St Mary's 6.2°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx250204.jpg

Scotland 0 to 4°C; Northern Isles 0 to 3°C; Western Isles 2 to 4°C;
Northern England and the Midlands 1 to 5°C; East Anglia 2 to 3°C; SE
England 2 to 5°C; SW England 4 to 6°C.

Lerwick 0.3°C, Aviemore and Copley 1.3°C, Kinloss and Eskdalemuir 1.5°C,
Aberdeen 1.8°C, Wattisham 2.1°C, Waddington 2.2°C, Langdon Bay 2.4°C.

Jersey 5.8°C, Great Malvern 6.0°C, Chivenor and Mumbles 6.1°C, Cardiff WC
and Plymouth 6.3°C, St Athan 6.4°C, St Mary's 7.6°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

Wintry showers in eastern England on Tuesday night. Dense mass of showers
over northern Scotland and over the North Sea throughout the night. Wintry
showers continue over northern Scotland on Wednesday with some in the north
of Ireland and moving down through the Irish Sea into Wales and SW England.
Organised area of precipitation develops off eastern Scotland in the
afternoon and moves south down the North Sea. A second similar disturbance
is visible off NE Scotland in the evening.

Lusa/Skye, Camborne and St Mawgan 3 mm, Castlederg (NI), Ballykelly (NI),
Sella Ness and Barra 4 mm, Baltasound 6 mm, Fair Isle 7 mm, Lerwick 34
mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels