More
weather for the U.K. and the world is available from the
BBC Weather Centre.
Unlike
Infra red Satellite, visible spectrum satellites "see"
the images in more or less the same way we would from
a spaceship. The Meteosat 7 Geostationary Satellite is
located 36,000 km above the planet's surface. It orbits
around the earth at the same speed as the earth's spin.
UK
radar
The
pictures show computer generated radar images which use
artificial colours to show where there is a radar echo
of falling rain droplets. The brighter the colours (which
are calibrated against rain gauges) then the heavier the
rain.
Data supplied by the UK
Met Office
The BBC is not responsible for the
content of external websites.
Europe
pressure
This
is the Pressure and Precipitation chart for Europe and
the North Atlantic showing the expected situation at lunchtime
on the day shown. The white lines on the chart show areas
of equal air pressure and are known as Isobars. Weather
fronts have been added to the chart to illustrate the
movement of the weather.
