Coldest on Sunday night: Benson -3.2°C min / Mildest: St Mary’s Scilly 9.7°C min / Coldest on Monday: Lerwick and Fair Isle 6.3°C max / Warmest: Exeter Airport 16.1°C max / Wettest: Aviemore 5 mm

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Colin Youngs

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May 11, 2026, 5:24:59 PM (9 days ago) May 11
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Monday 11th May 2026


Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC   https://www.woksat.info/etcaie11m/aie11-msg-1200-uk.html          

MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.05 UTC   https://www.woksat.info/etcaie11/aie11-1005-b-uk.html                                    

Latest satpic animation from sat24.com   https://www.sat24.com/en-gb  


Figures from both SYNOPs and climatological sites this evening.

UK min. temps on Sunday night  (at 06.00)  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2026&mes=05&day=11&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Tibenham (Norfolk) -0.8°C,  Monks Wood (Cambs) -0.9°C,  Wisley -1.1°C,  Marham and South Newington (Oxon) -1.3°C,  Houghton Hall (Norfolk) -1.4°C,  Writtle (Essex) -1.7°C,  Sennybridge -2.0°C,  Cavendish (Suffolk) -2.1°C,  Woburn -2.2°C,  Santon Downham -2.4°C,  Benson -3.2°C.

Magilligan, Derrylin (NI) and Belfast Stormont 7.9°C,  Murlough (NI) and Aberporth 8.0°C,  Ronaldsway (IOM) 8.6°C,  Killowen (NI) and Jersey Airport 8.7°C,  Camborne and St Helier (Jersey) 8.8°C,  Crosby 9.0°C,  St Mary’s Scilly 9.7°C.  

UK max. temps on Monday  https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/observation?LANG=en&CONT=ukuk&LAND=UK&REGION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=24&TYP=tmax&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph

Lerwick and Fair Isle 6.3°C,  Baltasound 7.3°C,  Loftus 7.7°C,  Kirkwall and Copley 7.8°C,  Morpeth Cockle Park and Fylingdales 8.0°C,  Shap 8.1°C,  Scarborough 8.8°C,  Balmoral, Redesdale, Durham and Emley Moor 8.9°C.

Derrylin (NI), Chivenor and Plymouth Mount Batten 15.0°C,  Pershore and St Helier (Jersey) 15.2°C,  Swanage 15.3°C,  Usk (Monmouthshire) and Bournemouth Hurn 15.5°C,  St Athan 15.6°C,  Cardiff Bute Park 15.7°C,  Killowen (NI) 15.9°C,  Exeter Airport 16.1°C.

OGIMET summary  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2026&mes=05&day=11&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
   
UK rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Monday   https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/observation?LANG=en&CONT=ukuk&LAND=UK&REGION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=24&TYP=niederschlag&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph

Copley 2.0 mm,  Magilligan, Baltasound, Kinloss, Edinburgh Gogarbank, Shap, Bridgefoot (Cumbria), Redesdale, Myerscough (Lancs), Fylingdales, Capel Curig, Blackpool Airport, Kenley, Shoreham and St Helier (Jersey)  2 mm,  Loch Glascarnoch, Drumalbin, Durham, Preston, Leek Thorncliffe, Rostherne (Cheshire), Keele University and Jersey Airport 3 mm,  Nantwich 4 mm,  Aviemore 5 mm.  
 
Rainfall radar  https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar    

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

Colin Youngs
Brussels

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May 12, 2026, 2:52:27 AM (9 days ago) May 12
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Tomasz Schafernake on the news yesterday called the lowest min as from Wallingford. No way was Wallingford that cold! They nearly always mention the station name, even if obscure, rather than somewhere nearby that's a bit bigger, mentioning where it is. Naughty  Tomasz.
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