Boxing Day Friday 26th December 2025
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/etcahl26m/ahl26-msg-1200-uk.html MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.20 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcahl26/ahl26-1020-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 Thursday night (at 06.00)
http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2025&mes=12&day=26&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send Auchincruive (Ayrshire) -2.4°C, Magilligan and Shawbury -2.5°C, Tain Range -2.8°C, Tulloch Bridge -2.9°C, Balmoral -3.0°C, Aboyne -3.2°C, Santon Downham -3.6°C, Kinloss -4.2°C, Altnaharra -4.3°C, Lossiemouth -4.4°C, Aviemore -7.4°C.
Cromer 5.3°C, Lerwick 5.5°C, Quidinish (Harris) and Donna Nook 5.6°C, Inverbervie and Bridlington 5.7°C, Kirkwall and Boulmer 5.8°C, Wick 5.9°C, Killowen (NI) 6.0°C, Leuchars 6.7°C, Fair Isle 7.1°C.
UK max. temps on Friday
https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/observation?LANG=en&CONT=ukuk&LAND=UK®ION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=24&TYP=tmax&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph Cassley (Sutherland) -0.4°C, Kinloss 0.1°C, Inverness Lentran 0.3°C, Drumnadrochit, Aviemore and Lossiemouth 0.5°C, Tain Range 1.0°C, Okehampton East Okement Farm 1.2°C, Altnaharra 1.9°C, Balmoral 2.0°C, Braemar 2.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch, Kinbrace and Elphin (Sutherland) 2.4°C.
Baltasound, Leuchars, Boulmer, Hawarden and Leconfield 7.6°C, Gogerddan (Aberystwyth) and Coningsby 7.7°C, Levens Hall (Cumbria), Walney Island and Preston 7.8°C, Keswick and Hull 8.0°C, Bridlington 8.1°C, Glasgow Bishopton 8.2°C, Killowen (NI) 8.6°C, St Mary’s Scilly 8.9°C.
OGIMET summary
http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2025&mes=12&day=26&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send UK rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday
https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/observation?LANG=en&CONT=ukuk&LAND=UK®ION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=24&TYP=niederschlag&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph Culdrose 0.6 mm, Baltasound 1 mm, St Mary’s Scilly 2 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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