Weather satellite pictures of Europe/UK

For more details of the very local weather in Leicester,UK have a look at our jamcam traffic picture page.

These pictures are visible light views from Meteosat, so they may not be current (if it is dark here).

If it's dark, you could try the Infra Red picture. The full range of pictures (including infra red and cloud height data) is available at http://www.eurometeo.com/english/meteosat

More images and animated versions
... and here is what the whole planet looks like from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)

Lots more satellite images from UW-Madison

More radar/satellite links

UK Hi Res visible (3-hourly daytime) and other MSG UK images from W Che Col
MSG / Meteosat 7 / METOP (mainly hourly) for various channels from EUMETSAT
MSG and METOP (mainly hourly) derived products (e.g. fog, dust) from EUMETSAT
Infra red (6 hourly) Brit Isles & visible (6 hourly daylight hrs) Eire images from Met Éireann
Infra red & visible (hourly daytime) MSG UK images/animations from the Met Office
Infra red & visible (hourly daytime) MSG European images/animations from the Met Office
Meteosat & NOAA (6-hourly) & daily archive from R. Met Inst. Belgium
Various derived products from a range of satellites from NWCSAF, Spain
European satellite & frontal analysis from USAF Various Images from Bernard Burton
Infra red images & animation (1hr steps) from Wetter 24 (Uhr=German time)
Infra red images archive for last 10 days from Wetter.com (updated)
Dundee Satellite Receiving Station Visible (1hr steps) UK images from BBC Weather
Various images from West Cheshire College Latest visible image from WeatherOnline
Quikscat 25km & 100km winds & ERS-2 satellite wind products from KNMI
Latest SATREP (Satellite and Report) MSG images (1 month archive here) from KNMI
Experimental Geostationary Rain Estimation from US Naval Research Lab
MODIS Terra & Aqua Visible Sats to 250m resolution (UK viewed twice daily) from NASA

   RAINFALL RADAR IMAGES (* = quarter hourly data otherwise half hourly or greater)

Past 3 hrs*,6,9,24 hrs (archive) plus past 3 hrs with Google Maps overlay from Meteox
Past 2 hrs plus past 3 hrs* with Google Maps overlay from Meteogroup
Past 6 hours animation from the Met Office
Past 2 hours* animation from WNI Weathernews
Past 12 + next 24 hrs animation (with clouds) from BBC Weather UK from Sky Weather
Belgium + W Europe from R. Met Inst. Belgium North Sea* from Tele Weer
Plots of lightning strikes in UK and other areas

lots more info at Greatweather

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