Friday 7th May 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/etcse07m/se07-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.39 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcse07/se07-1239-b-uk.html

Broken convective cloud over Britain – large amounts of cloud over
Wales and SW England. Belgium mostly cloudy.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/348nuok

Castlederg, Spadeadam and Shoreham 2.9°C, Fylingdales, Wattisham and
Andrewsfield 2.7°C, Dundrennan, Prestwick and Trawsgoed 2.5°C, Glen
Ogle 1.6°C, Machrhanish 1.2°C.

Chivenor 7.6°C, Milford Haven 7.7°C, Mumbles 8.0°C, Guernsey
8.1°C, St Mary’s 9.2°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/2vzrnya

Fylingdales 9.1°C, Fair Isle 9.2°C, Loftus and Liscombe 9.5°C,
Lerwick 9.6°C.

Aultbea and Ronaldsway 14.2°C, Machrihanish and Lusa (Skye) 14.3°C,
Hawarden and Blackpool 14.4°C, Walney Island 14.5°C, Port Ellen
(Islay) 14.6°C, Crosby 14.9°C, Solent MRSC 15.0°C, West Freugh
15.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/32oz6z9


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

Some showers move SW over Wales and SW England on Friday morning and
in the early afternoon.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday http://tinyurl.com/2v3fox5

Kinloss, Charterhall, Loftus, Hereford and Chivenor 3 mm, Capel
Curig, Mumbles, Cardinham and Plymouth 4 mm, Culdrose 5 mm, Camborne
13 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels