Tuesday 19th December 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/etcafl19m/afl19-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.34 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcafl19/afl19-1034-b-uk.html

UK min. temps on Monday night http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2023&mes=12&day=19&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Wick 2.5°C, Lossiemouth 2.4°C, Loch Glascanoch 2.2°C, Kinbrace 1.9°C, Tyndrum 1.4°C, Aviemore 1.3°C, Tulloch Bridge 1.1°C, Braemar 0.2°C, Balmoral -0.1°C, Aboyne -0.2°C, Drumnadrochit -0.4°C, Fyvie Castle -0.5°C.

Culdrose, Camborne, Bude, Plymouth Mount Batten, Swanage, Otterbourne (Hants), Slough (Cippenham Water Works), Northolt, Heathrow and London St James’s Park 12.0°C, Cardiff Bute Park, Chivenor and Benson 12.1°C, Yeovilton and Bournemouth Hurn 12.2°C, St Mary's Scilly 12.4°C, Exeter Airport 12.5°C.

UK max. temps on Tuesday 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

Dalwhinnie 4.9°C, Balmoral 5.2°C, Aviemore and Braemar 5.3°C, Loch Glascanoch 5.6°C, Altnahinch Filters NI and Tulloch Bridge 5.7°C, Killylane NI 5.8°C, Inverness Lentran, Inverbervie and Salsburgh (North Lanarkshire) 6.0°C.
Camborne, Thorney Island and Wiggonholt (West Sussex) 12.4°C, Slough (Cippenham Water Works), Heathrow, London St James’s Park and Jersey Airport 12.5°C, St Mary's Scilly and Swanage 12.6°C, Otterbourne (Hants) and Guernsey Airport 12.7°C, Yeovilton and Bournemouth Hurn 12.9°C, Exeter Airport 13.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2023&mes=12&day=19&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours to 18.00 UTC on Tuesday 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

Northolt, Heathrow, London St James's Park and Farnham (Alice Holt Lodge) 15 mm, Weybourne and Marham 16 mm, Libanus (Powys) and Cardinham 17 mm, Wattisham and St Athan 18 mm, Milford Haven and Tibenham (Norfolk) 19 mm, Chivenor and Houghton Hall (Norfolk) 20 mm, Almondsbury (Bristol) 22 mm, Aberporth 23 mm, Swyddffynnon (Ceredigion), Pembrey Sands and Santon Downham 24 mm, Liscombe 25 mm, Trawsgoed, Haverfordwest and Mumbles 26 mm, Sennybridge 28 mm, Gogerddan (Aberystwyth) 40 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