Thursday 26th August 2010

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk’s site at 12.00 UTC
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.00
UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcsh26m/sh26-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.38 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcsh26/sh26-1338-b-uk.html

Frontal cloud covers Wales and the whole of England except the
north. Broken cloud over Scotland, northern England and Ireland.
Frontal cloud from northern France through the Low Countries to
Germany.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/3abeo7y

Drumalbin 4.7°C, Machrihanish 4.6°C, Ballykelly 4.4°C, Shap 4.3°C,
Port Ellen (Islay) 3.7°C, Aviemore 3.6°C, Wick 3.4°C, Castlederg
3.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch 2.3°C, Tulloch Bridge 1.1°C, Altnaharra
-1.3°C.

Plymouth and Solent MRSC 15.5°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 15.9°C, Portland
16.6°C, St Catherine’s Point 17.6°C, Guernsey 17.7°C, Jersey
18.4°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/32bk7n4

Lake Vyrnwy 11.6°C, Glen Ogle 11.7°C, Sennybridge 12.7°C, Lerwick
13.0°C, Cottesmore 13.2°C, Fair Isle 13.3°C

Prestwick and Blackpool 19.8°C, Farnborough, Charlwood and Northolt
20.0°C, St James’s Park 20.5°C, Shoeburyness 20.9°C, Heathrow
21.3°C, Manston 21.9°C, Gravesend 22.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/3a9jkva


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Rain moves away from eastern England early on Thursday afternoon.
Some outbreaks of rain across southern England in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/2vsx65u

Weybourne, Andrewsfield, Charlwood and Herstmonceux 24 mm, Manston 25
mm, Coleshill 26 mm, Church Lawford 27 mm, Holbeach 28 mm,
Hereford and Bedford 30 mm, Cottesmore 33 mm, Wittering 42 mm,
Mumbles 43 mm, Wattisham 49 mm.


Location of some UK stations http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...r_data_uk.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels

In article
,
Colin Youngs writes:
UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/3abeo7y

Drumalbin 4.7°C, Machrihanish 4.6°C, Ballykelly 4.4°C, Shap 4.3°C,
Port Ellen (Islay) 3.7°C, Aviemore 3.6°C, Wick 3.4°C, Castlederg
3.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch 2.3°C, Tulloch Bridge 1.1°C, Altnaharra
-1.3°C.

Wow! That Altnaharra minimum is arguably even more impressive than the
rainfall further south.
--
John Hall

"I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking."
Katherine Cebrian

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: ,
: Colin Youngs writes:
: UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/3abeo7y
: ... Altnaharra
: -1.3°C.
:
: Wow! That Altnaharra minimum is arguably even more impressive than the
: rainfall further south.

Indeed. I considered trying to put a reference to both in the header,
along the lines of: "Cold night in the north, wet in the east ... " but it
would have been too long.

Colin Youngs
Brussels