Coldest on Wednesday night: Shoreham 2.5°C min / Mildest: Bude and Chivenor 11.1°C min / Coldest on Thursday: Lerwick 7.4°C max / Mildest: St Helier (Jersey) 14.3°C max / Wettest: Shap 46 mm

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Feb 26, 2026, 5:01:07 PMFeb 26
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Thursday 26th 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/etcaib26m/aib26-msg-1200-uk.html                          

MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.37 UTC   http://www.woksat.info/etcaib26/aib26-1037-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 Wednesday night  (at 06.00)   http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2026&mes=02&day=26&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send            

Frittenden (Kent) 5.0°C,  Lerwick 4.9°C,  Lossiemouth 4.8°C,  Stornoway 4.7°C,  Quidinish (Harris) 4.6°C,  Cassley (Sutherland), Kinbrace and Tain Range 4.5°C,  Altnaharra 4.0°C,  Aboyne 3.5°C,  Fyvie Castle 2.6°C,  Shoreham 2.5°C.

Leeming, Pershore College and Plymouth Mount Batten 10.5°C,  Cardiff Bute Park and Exeter Airport 10.6°C,  Pershore and Almondsbury (Bristol) 10.7°C,  St Mary’s Scilly 10.8°C,  Topcliffe and Ross-on-Wye 10.9°C,  Bude and Chivenor 11.1°C.

UK max. temps on Thursday   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 7.4°C,  Baltasound 7.5°C,  Dalwhinnie 7.6°C,  Loch Glascarnoch 7.9°C,  Fair Isle, Eskdalemuir and St Bees Head 8.0°C,  Elphin (Sutherland) 8.3°C,  Spadeadam 8.4°C,  Kirkwall 8.5°C,  Tulloch Bridge and Dundrennan 8.7°C.

Holbeach 13.3°C,  Wittering and Northolt 13.4°C,  Cardiff Bute Park and Writtle (Essex) 13.6°C,  Wellesbourne (Warwickshire) 13.7°C,  Bedford, Santon Downham and Jersey Airport 13.8°C,  Cambridge NIAB 13.9°C,  Monks Wood (Cambs) 14.0°C,  St Helier (Jersey) 14.3°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=26&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday   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

Tulloch Bridge 18 mm,  Aultbea and Whitechurch (Pembrokeshire) 19 mm,  Kinlochewe, Morecambe, Kielder Castle and Bainbridge (North Yorks) 22 mm,  Levens Hall (Cumbria) and Spadeadam 24 mm,  Tyndrum 26 mm,  Eskdalemuir 27 mm,  Keswick 29 mm,  Capel Curig 44 mm,  Achnagart (Glenshiel) 45 mm,  Shap 46 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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