Friday 1st September 2023

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/etcafi01m/afi01-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopC satellite pict ure from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.43 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcafi01/afi01-1043-b-uk.html

UK min. temps on Thursday night http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2023&mes=09&day=01&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Tain Range 6.5°C, Kinloss 5.9°C, Loch Glascarnoch 5.7°C, Fyvie Castle 5.5°C, Aberdeen Dyce 4.6°C, Altnaharra 3.8°C, Dalwhinnie 3.6°C, Kinbrace 2.2°C, Aboyne 1.5°C, Balmoral 1.4°C, Aviemore 1.2°C, Braemar 0.4°C.

Guernsey Airport 15.4°C, Bossombe Down 15.5°C, Middle Wallop 15..6°C, Bude and Otterbourne 15.7°C, Portland and Thorney Island 15.8°C, Jersey Airport 16.3°C, St Catherine’s Point 16.5°C, Bournemouth Hurn 1
6.6°C, Swanage 17.0°C.

UK max. temps on Friday https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/current?LANG=en&CONT=euro&LAND=UK&REGION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=06&TYP=tmax&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph

Killylane NI 13.7°C, Lerwick 14.2°C, Copley 14.3°C, Fair Isle and High Mowthorpe 14.8°C, Inverbervie and Pateley Bridge 14.9°C, Shap and Blencathra 15.4°C, Lough Fea 15.5°C, Fylingdales 15.6°C, Loftus 15.7°C.
Thorney Island and Teddington 22.7°C, Heathrow and Goudhurst 22.9°C, Achnagart and Writtle 23.0°C, London St Hames’s Park 23.1°C, Wiggonholt 23.2°C, Frittenden 23.6°C, East Malling 23.8°C, Charlwood 24.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2023&mes=09&day=01&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hoUrs to 18.00 UTC on Friday https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/current?LANG=en&CONT=euro&LAND=UK&REGION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=06&TYP=tmax&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph

Only limited rainfall data is avauilable from climatological sites this evening.

Charsfuekd and Andrewsfield 6 mm, Ronaldsway IOM and Benson 7 mm, Rothamsted 8 mm, Cavendish and Northolt 11 mm, Wattisham and Guernsey Airoirt 12 mm, Odiham 13 mm, Mona Anglesey 14 mm, Thomastown NI 22 mm.

Sferics https://www.blitzortung.org/en/historical_maps.php?map=10 Review 24h Loop

Location of stations https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-synoptic-and-climate-stations#?tab=climateNetwork

Colin Youngs
Brussels