Coldest on Monday night: Baltasound -0.2°C min / Mildest: Chivenor 11.0°C min / Coldest on Tuesday: Lerwick 7.0°C max / Mildest: High Beech (Epping Forest) and Frittenden (Kent) 16.6°C max / Wettest: Tiree, Leeming and Topcliffe 7 mm

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Feb 24, 2026, 5:16:17 PMFeb 24
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Tuesday 24th February 2026


Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk’s site at 12.00 UTC  https://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/etcaib24m/aib24-msg-1200-uk.html                        

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.43 UTC   http://www.woksat.info/etcaib24/aib24-1043-b-uk.html                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Latest satpic animation from sat24.com   https://www.sat24.com/en-gb  


Figures from both SYNOPs and climatological sites this evening, except for rainfall (SYNOPs only).

UK min. temps on Monday night  (at 06.00)  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2026&mes=02&day=24&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send            

Fair Isle and Kinbrace 3.6°C,  Kirkwall and Lossiemouth 3.4°C,  Aboyne 3.2°C,  Balmoral and Tain Range 3.1°C,  Loch Glascarnoch 3.0°C,  Braemar 2.6°C,  Lerwick 2.4°C,  Fyvie Castle 2.2°C,  Baltasound -0.2°C.

Gogerddan (Aberystwyth), St Mary’s Scilly, Reading University and Farnham Alice Holt Lodge 10.4°C,  Bournemouth Hurn, Swanage and Wiggonholt (West Sussex) 10.5°C,  Yeovilton 10.6°C,  Trawsgoed, Exeter Airport and Otterbourne (Hants) 10.7°C,  Bude 10.8°C,  Ross-on-Wye 10.9°C,  Chivenor 11.0°C.  

UK max. temps on Tuesday   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 7.0°C,  Baltasound 7.8°C,  Fair Isle 8.0°C,  Dundrennan 8.1°C,  Eskdalemuir 8.3°C,  Inverbervie 8.6°C,  St Bees Head 8.8°C,  Spadeadam 9.2°C,  Castle Douglas 9.3°C,  Kirkwall, Quidinish (Harris) and Drumalbin 9.4°C.

Coningsby and Charlwood 15.8°C,  Chivenor 15.9°C,  Monks Wood (Cambs), Marham and Slough Cippenham Water Works 16.0°C,  Pershore College 16.1°C,  Teddington and St Helier (Jersey) 16.2°C,  Cambridge NIAB and Kew Gardens 16.3°C,  Santon Downham and Northolt 16.4°C,  Chertsey 16.5°C,  High Beech (Epping Forest) and Frittenden (Kent) 16.6°C.


OGIMET summary  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2026&mes=02&day=24&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday   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 4.4 mm,  South Uist, Port Ellen on Islay, Eskdalemuir, Spadeadam, Warcop and Leconfield 6 mm,  iree, Leeming and Topcliffe 7 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
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