Thursday 8th 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/etcagb08m/agb08-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.33 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcagb08/agb08-1033-b-uk.html

UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2024&mes=02&day=08&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Aboyne -6.3°C, Fyvie Castle -7.2°C, Tyndrum -7.3°C, Drumnadrochit -7.8°C, Aviemore -8.2°C, Balmoral -8.3°C, Braemar -9.3°C, Dalwhinnie -9.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Tulloch Bridge -9.8°C, Kinbrace -11.2°C, Altnaharra -12.4°C.
Exeter Airport 5.9°C, St Catherine's Point 6.1°C, Portland 6.3°C, Cardinham and Swanage 6.5°C, Plymouth Mount Batten 6.8°C, Bude 7.0°C, Camborne 7.8°C, Culdrose 8.8°C, St Mary's Scilly 9.0°C, Jersey Airport 10.4°C, Guernsey Airport 10.6°C.

UK max. temps on Thursday 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

Altnaharra -5.9°C, Kinbrace -0.7°C, Elphin (Sutherland) -0.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch -0.2°C, Balmoral and Braemar -0.1°C, Inverness Lentran and Copley 0.1°C, Pateley Bridge 0.2°C, Dalwhinnie and Spadeadam 0.3°C, Bainbridge (North Yorks) 0.5°C, Eskdalemuir 0.6°C, Fyvie Castle 0.8°C.

Middle Wallop and Odiham 12.2°C, Lyneham 12.3°C, Bournemouth Hurn and East Malling 12.5°C, Teddington and Chertsey 12.6°C, Heathrow and Wiskey 12.7°C, Chivenor 13.0°C, Bude 13.1°C, Yeovilton 13.2°C, Exeter Airport 13.6°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=08&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Thursday 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

Ross-on-Wye, Shobdon, Little Rissington, St Athan, Dunkeswell, Liscombe, Lyneham, Shoreham and Goudhurst (Kent) 18 mm, Pembrey Sands, Bournemouth Hurn, Otterbourne (Hants), Brize Norton and South Newington (Oxon) 19 mm, Katesbridge NI, Aberdaron, Mumbles, Almondsbury (Bristol) and Charlwood 20 mm, Libanus (Powys) 21 mm, Sennybridge, Gogerddan (Aberystwyth), Swanage and Wiggonholt (West Sussex) 22 mm, Cardinham and Herstmonceux 24 mm, Usk (Monmouthshire), Newbridge-on-Wye and Plymouth Mount Batten 25 mm, Cardiff Bute Park 32 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