Monday 23rd February
The cloud on Sunday morning that began to thin into the early afternoon, limited the rise in temperature, however, welcome sunshine broke through in the early afternoon that resulted in a maximum of 13.1C at 14.05, which was 4.8C above average. The temperature slowly fell away until around 20.00 when it stabilised for the whole night producing a minimum of 7.7C at 04.42, being 5.8C above my long-term average.
Monday after first light revealed a bright start to the day, with weak sunshine. A warm front has been baring down on the UK and will cross the country this afternoon that will result in cloud building towards noon and thick enough late afternoon to perhaps produce a few drops of rain. But it will be mild again as the southwesterly air stream continues to feed mild and moist air across the country.
The grand over the last few days has begun to absorb some of the warmth from higher temperatures that we have enjoyed by day and night. The soil temperature at a depth of 5cm over the last four days, read at 08.00, has been 4.2C, 8.2C, 10.4C and 12.3C respectively.
New Meteosat satellite article – part 2.
One of the first images shows temperature. The instrument used a long-wave infrared channel to measure Earth’s surface temperature and the temperature at the top of the clouds.The second major image focuses on humidity, which measures moisture in the atmosphere.
The MTG or Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder, aims to tackle scientific and societal challenges by improving weather and air quality forecast over Europe. Because the satellite stays fixed over the Equator, it covers Europe every 15 minutes. It delivers new temperature and humidity data over Europe every 30 minutes. That steady stream fills gaps between traditional weather balloons, ground stations and polar-orbiting satellites.