Monday 18th May 2026
Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC
https://www.woksat.info/etcaie18m/aie18-msg-1200-uk.html MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 11.00 UTC
https://www.woksat.info/etcaie18/aie18-1100-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=18&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send Tain Range -0.1°C, Elphin (Sutherland) and Balmoral -0.3°C, Achnagart (Glenshiel) -0.6°C, Braemar -0.8°C, Aviemore -0.9°C, Kinbrace and Drumnadrochit -1.1°C, Dalwhinnie -1.2°C, Tulloch Bridge -1.8°C, Altnaharra -2.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch -2.5°C.
Millport (Great Cumbrae), Valley, Culdrose and St Helier (Jersey) 8.2°C, Crosby and Milford Haven 8.4°C, Swanage 8.5°C, Chivenor 8.6°C, Portland and Thorney Island 8.7°C, Bude 8.8°C, Pembrey Sands 9.0°C, St Mary’s Scilly 9.1°C, St Catherine’s Point 9.4°C.
UK max. temps on Monday
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 Libanus (Powys) 10.5°C, Fair Isle 10.7°C, Liscombe 10.8°C, Cardinham 11.1°C, Okehampton East Okement Farm 11.2°C, Ballypatrick Forest 11.6°C, Lerwick, Inverbervie Swyddffynnon (Ceredigion) and Sennybridge 11.7°C, Glenanne and Dundrennan 11.9°C.
Tibenham (Norfolk) 16.2°C, Myerscough (Lancs), Hawarden, Cranwell and Charsfield (Suffolk) 16.3°C, Shoeburyness and Frittenden (Kent) 16.4°C, Weybourne and Heathrow 16.5°C, Hull, Coningsby and Wainfleet 16.7°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=18&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®ION=0003&SORT=3&UD=1&INT=24&TYP=niederschlag&ART=kartealle&RUBRIK=akt&DATE=--&CEL=C&SI=mph Walney Island, Nottingham Watnall, Bala and Lake Vyrnwy 8 mm, Blackpool Airport, Milford Haven and Pembrey Sands 9 mm, Bude 11 mm, Levens Hall (Cumbria) 12 mm, Myerscough (Lancs) and St Mary’s Scilly 13 mm, Eskdalemuir 14 mm, Morecambe and Cardinham 15 mm, Cardiff Bute Park 18 mm, St Athan 28 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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