Thursday 28th 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/etcafl28m/afl28-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.48 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcafl28/afl28-1048-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=2023&mes=12&day=28&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Lossiemouth and Shap 2.4°C, Kirkwall, Albemarle and Copley 2.0°C, Loch Glascanoch 1.9°C, Inverness Lentran 1.7°C, Fair Isle 1.4°C, Balmoral 1.3°C, Fyvie Castle 1.0°C, Baltasound and Braemar 0.7°C, Lerwick 0.5°C.

London St James’s Park 10.3°C, East Malling 10.4°C, Bournemouth Hurn 10.7°C, Culdrose, Thorney Island, Gosport and St Catherine's Point 10.8°C, Guernsey Airport 10.9°C, Plymouth Mount Batten 11.0°C, St Mary's Scilly 11.2°C, Portland and Swanage 11.3°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

Lerwick 3.8°C, Dalwhinnie 4.4°C, Braemar 5.1°C, Baltasound 5.2°C, Inverness Lentran 5.4°C, Tulloch Bridge, Kinbrace and Balmoral 5.8°C, Loch Glascanoch 5.9°C, Tain Range 6.1°C, Aviemore 6.4°C, Fair Isle 6.5°C.

Bude, Yeovilton, Gosport, Wisley, Heathrow and Shoeburyness 12.6°C, Chivenor, Bournemouth Hurn and Otterbourne (Hants) 12.7°C, St Mary's Scilly, Chertsey, Teddington and Guernsey Airport 12.8°C, London St James’s Park 12.9°C, Swanage 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=28&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

Bala 15 mm, Nottingham Watnall 16 mm, Aultbea and Eskdalemuir 17 mm, Warcop and Sennybridge 18 mm, Ravensworth (North Yorks) 19 mm, Oban and Lake Vyrnwy 23 mm, Fair Isle 25 mm, Lerwick, Tulloch Bridge and Pateley Bridge 27 mm, Morecambe 28 mm, Bainbridge (North Yorks) 33 mm, Shap 35 mm, Libanus (Powys) 37 mm, Tyndrum 40 mm, Achnagart (Glenshiel) 44 mm.

Peak gusts in knots https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/current?LANG=en&CONT=euro&LAND=UK&REGION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=24&TYP=windspitzen&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=1703786400&CEL=C&SI=kn

Crosby 55 kn, Portland 56 kn, Mona (Anglesey) 57 kn, Baltasound 58 kn, Caernarfon Airport 59 kn, Valley and Pembrey Sands 60 kn, Fair Isle, Capel Curig and Lake Vyrnwy 61 kn, Mumbles 65 kn, Aberdaron 69 kn, Lerwick 72 kn.

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