Friday 17th July 2026
Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC
https://www.woksat.info/etcaig17m/aig17-msg-1200-uk.html MetopC satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.18 UTC
https://www.woksat.info/etcaig17/aig17-1018-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 Thursday night (at 06.00)
http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2026&mes=07&day=17&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send Quidnish (Harris) and Warcop 9.4°C, Braemar 9.3°C, Spadeadam 9.1°C, Capel Curig9.0°C, Port Ellen on Islay and Sennybridge 8.9°C, Dalwhinnie 8.4°C, Tulloch Bridge 8.3°C, Shap and South Newington (Oxon) 8.2°C, Bala 8.1°C, Redesdale 7.2°C.
Plymouth Mount Batten and Guernsey: Airport 15.9°C, Culdrose and Manston 16.3°C, Killowen (NI) and St Athan 16.4°C, Swanage 16.7°C, Jersey: Airport 17.0°C, St Catherine’s Point 17.3°C, Portland 17.7°C, Southampton Oceanography Centre and St Helier (Jersey)
17.8°C, St Mary’s Scilly 18.1°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=1784307600&CEL=C&SI=mph Baltasound 13.3°C, Fair Isle 13.4°C, Lerwick 13.7°C, Rosehearty (Aberdeenshire)
14.7°C, Wick 15.1°C, Kirkwall 15.2°C, Aultbea and Loftus 15.3°C, Fylingdales 15.9°C, Ballypatrick Forest 16.2°C, Giant’s Causeway, Tiree and Boulmer 16.6°C.
Pershore, Yeovilton and Farnham Alice Holt Lodge 29.7°C, Hereford Credenhill, Westonburt (Gloucs) and Bournemouth Hurn 29.8°C, Otterbourne (Hants) 30.1°C; Cardiff Bute Park and Larkhill 30.2°C, Exeter Airport 30.3°C, Merryfield (Somerset) and Boscombe Down 30.5°C, Usk (Monmouthshire) 30.8°C, Ross-on-Wye 31.3°C.
OGIMET summary
http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2026&mes=07&day=17&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=1784311200&CEL=C&SI=mph Lerwick 0.2 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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