Sunday 4th February 2024

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/etcagb04m/agb04-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.15 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcagb04/agb04-1015-b-uk.html

UK min. temps on Saturday night http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2024&mes=02&day=04&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Kinbrace 4.5°C, Braemar 4.4°C, Aviemore 4.3°C, Kirkwall 4..2°C, Loch Glascarnoch 4.1°C, Aberdeen Dyce 3.8°C, Coningsby 3.6°C, Fair Isle 3.4°C, Drumnadrochit 3.1°C, Fylingdales 2.4°C, Lerwick 2.1°C, Baltasound 2.0°C.

Hereford Credenhill, St Mary's Scilly, Bournemouth Hurn, Kew Gardens and Shoeburyness 10.7°C, Heathrow and Chertsey 10.8°C, Exeter Airport 10.9°C, Yeovilton, London St James’s Park and Frittenden (Kent) 11.0°C, East Malling 11.2°C.

UK max. temps on Sunday 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

Baltasound 5.0°C, Lerwick 5.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch 5.7°C, Wick 6.1°C, Fair Isle and Braemar 6.5°C, Kirkwall and Inverness Lentran 6.7°C, Cassley (Sutherland) 6.9°C, Altnaharra and Elphin (Sutherland) 7.0°C, Aviemore 7.1°C.

Rostherne (Cheshire), Hereford Credenhill, Santon Downham and East Malling 13.9°C, Murlough NI, Nantwich, Ross-on-Wye, Cambridge NIAB and Shoeburyness 14.0°C, Rhyl 14.5°C, Pershore College 14.7°C, Pershore 14.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2024&mes=02&day=04&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Sunday https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/current?LANG=en&CONT=euro&LAND=UK&REGION=0003&SORT=3&UD=0&INT=24&TYP=niederschlag&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph

Machrihanish 10 mm, Altnaharra 11 mm, Kirkwall 12 mm, Port Ellen on Islay 13 mm, Oban and Glasgow Bishopton 14 mm, Elphin (Sutherland) 17 mm, Tulloch Bridge and Millport (Great Cumbrae) 18 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 23 mm, Kinlochewe 24 mm, Cassley (Sutherland) 26 mm, Achnagart (Glenshiel) 27 mm..

Sferics https://www.blitzortung.org/en/historical_maps.php?map=10Review24hLoop

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

Colin Youngs
Brussels