Coldest on Friday night: Tulloch Bridge 5.4°C min / MiSt Mary’s Scilly 17.9°C min / Coolest on Saturday: Fair Isle 13.7°C max / Warmest: Exeter Airport 27.4°C max / Wettest: Rosehearty (Aberdeenshire) 2 mm

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Colin Youngs

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Jul 18, 2026, 4:50:08 PM (19 hours ago) Jul 18
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Saturday 18th July 2026


Meteosat MSG satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00 UTC  https://www.woksat.info/etcaig18m/aig18-msg-1200-uk.html      

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 09.31 UTC   https://www.woksat.info/etcaig18/aig18-0931-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 Friday night  (at 06.00)  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2026&mes=07&day=18&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send  

Warcop, Swyddffynnon (Ceredigion) and Trawsgoed 7.8°C,  Edinburgh Gogarbank 7.6°C,  Capel Curig 7.4°C,  Leuchars 7.2°C,  Kielder Castle, Redesdale and Bala 6.7°C,  Shap 6.3°C,  Strathallan 6.1°C,  Dalwhinnie 6.0°C,   Tulloch Bridge 5.4°C.

Kew Gardens, Chertsey and Farnham Alice Holt Lodge 16.2°C,  Camborne and Gosport 16.3°C,  Teddington 16.5°C,  Cardiff Bute Park 16.6°C,  Southampton Oceanography Centre 16.9°C,  St Catherine’s Point 17.0°C,  Portland 17.3°C,  Swanage 17.5°C,  St Mary’s Scilly 17.9°C.

UK max. temps on Saturday  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=1784394000&CEL=C&SI=mph

Fair Isle 13.7°C,  Lerwick 13.8°C,  Baltasound 13.9°C,  Rosehearty (Aberdeenshire) 14.3°C,  Ballypatrick Forest and Kirkwall 15.5°C,  Stornoway 15.6°C,  Fylingdales 15.7°C,  Banagher (NI), Wick 16.0°C,  Lough Fea and Altnaharra 16.1°C.

Hereford Credenhill and Cardinham 25.6°C,  Westonbirt (Gloucs) and Thorney Island 25.7°C,  Pershore 25.8°C,  Almondsbury (Bristol) 26.1°C,  North Wyke (Devon) 26.2°C,  St Helier (Jersey) 26.4°C,  Wiggonholt (West Sussex) 26.7°C,  Usk (Monmouthshire) 26.8°C,  Bournemouth Hurn 27.0°C,  Yeovilton 27.2°C,  Exeter Airport 27.4°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=18&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
   
UK rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Saturday  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=1784397600&CEL=C&SI=mph

Lerwick, Wick, Loftus and St Athan 0.4 mm,  Stornoway, Albemarle and Boulmer 0.6 mm,  Aultbea and Lossiemouth 1 mm,  Rosehearty (Aberdeenshire) 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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