Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Saturday 11
December
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...1-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.09 UTC on
Saturday 11 December
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1309-b-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 10.46 UTC on Saturday 11
December
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2D76500A

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.20 UTC on Saturday 11 December
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...2111220.uk.jpg

Extensive cloud over the northern half of Britain. Low cloud over Wales
and SW England and over the Channel and extreme SE England. Some fog in
central southern England. Low Countries almost entirely under low cloud
and mist or fog.


UK min. temps on Friday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn111204.jpg

Scotland -3 to 6°C; Northern Isles 5 to 7°C; Western Isles 3 to 6°C;
Northern England -1 to 8°C; Midlands 1 to 3°C; East Anglia -1 to 4°C; SE
England -4 to 3°C; SW England 2 to 11°C; Wales 6 to 10°C; Northern
Ireland 0 to 4°C.

Bournemouth and Gravesend -1.8°C, Leuchars -2.1°C, Strathallan -2.2°C,
Benson and Northolt -2.4°C, Charlwood -2.9°C, Aboyne -3.1°C,
Farnborough -3.4°C, Redhill -4.2°C.

Aberporth 8.2°C, Guernsey 8.5°C, Plymouth 8.7°C, Camborne 9.2°C, St
Mawgan 9.4°C, Culdrose 9.5°C, Valley 9.7°C, St Mary's 11.2°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx111204.jpg

Scotland 4 to 12°C; Northern Isles 7 to 9°C; Western Isles 10 to 12°C;
Northern England and Midlands 8 to 12°C; East Anglia 7 to 12°C; SE England
4 to 10°C; SW England 9 to 11°C; Wales 9 to 12°C; Northern Ireland 8 to
11°C.

Gogarbank 5.1°C, Aberdeen 5.2°C, Leuchars 5.3°C, Bishopton 5.5°C, Wick
6.3°C, Boscombe Down 6.7°C, Kirkwall and Herstmonceux 6.9°C, Kinloss
7.0°C.

Barra 11.6°C, Machrihanish, Pershore and Wittering 11.7°C, Ronaldsway
11.8°C, Keswick, Coleshill and Weybourne 11.9°C, Church Lawford 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

Some showers in NW England, north Wales and the north of Ireland on Friday
night and Saturday morning. A few showers also in SW Scotland on Saturday
and in central and NW Scotland in the evening.

Lerwick, Altnaharra and Valley 2 mm, Lusa/Skye and Spadeadam 3 mm, St Bees
Head 4 mm, Walney Island and Capel Curig 5 mm, Kirkwall 6 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels