Coldest on Monday night: Dalwhinnie 5.3°C min / Mildest: Magilligan 11.0°C min / Coldest on Tuesday: Eskdalemuir 8.3°C max / Warmest: Ross-on-Wye 18.3°C max / Wettest: Achnagart (Glenshiel) 60 mm

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Colin Youngs

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Mar 17, 2026, 5:51:44 PM (5 days ago) Mar 17
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Tuesday 17th March 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/etcaic17m/aic17-msg-1200-uk.html

MetopB satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 10.09 UTC  http://www.woksat.info/etcaic17/aic17-1009-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 Monday night  (at 06.00)  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynop?lang=en&zona=uk&base=bluem&proy=orto&ano=2026&mes=03&day=17&hora=18&vtn=Tn&Send=send

Baltasound, Fair Isle and Wick 6.5°C,  Kirkwall 6.4°C,  Kinbrace 6.3°C,  Inverbervie 6.1°C,  Lerwick and Braemar 6.0°C,  Okehampton East Okement Farm 5.8°C,  Aviemore 5.7°C,  Liscombe 5.6°C,  Cassley (Sutherland) 5.5°C,  Dalwhinnie 5.3°C.  

Portglenone, Kinlochewe, Achnagart (Glenshiel), Keswick, Rhyl, Hawarden and St Mary’s Scilly 10.0°C,  Helen’s Bay (NI) 10.1°C,  Thomastown (NI), Katesbridge (NI) and Derrylin (NI) 10.2°C,  Giant’s Causeway 10.3°C,  Killowen (NI) and Belfast Aldergrove 10.5°C,  Armagh Observatory 10.8°C,  Magilligan 11.0°C.  

UK max. temps on Tuesday  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

Eskdalemuir 8.3°C,  Salsburgh (North Lanarkshire) 9.3°C,  Quidinish (Harris) 9.4°C,  Drumalbin 9.5°C,  Dundrennan and St Bees Head 9.7°C,  Braemar and Tyndrum 9.8°C,  Fair Isle and South Uist 9.9°C,  Lerwick 10.1°C,  Tulloch Bridge 10.2°C.

Nottingham Watnall 16.5°C,  Hawarden and Leconfield 16.7°C,  Durham and Bala 16.9°C,  Preston, Crosby and Bradford 17.0°C,  Blackpool Airport 17.1°C,  Bramham (West Yorks) 17.3°C,  Hull 17.4°C,  Albemarle 17.5°C,  Rhyl 17.7°C,  Leeming and Topcliffe 18.0°C,  Ross-on-Wye 18.3°C.

OGIMET summary  http://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&state=United+K&osum=no&fmt=html&ord=REV&ano=2026&mes=03&day=17&hora=18&ndays=1&Send=send

UK rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday 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

Lerwick, Tyndrum and Eskdalemuir 5 mm,  Kirkwall, Tulloch Bridge and Shap 6 mm,  Tirree 7 mm,  Elphin (Sutherland), Loch Glascarnoch and Capel Curig 10 mm,  Cassley (Sutherland) 11 mm,  Oban 13 mm,  South Uist 15 mm,  Quidinish (Harris), Stornoway and Aultbea 20 mm,  Kinlochewe 30 mm,  Achnagart (Glenshiel) 60 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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