Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday
13 April
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...3-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.04 UTC on
Wednesday 13 April
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1304-d-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.13 UTC on Wednesday 13 April
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...4131213.uk.jpg

Large amounts of cloud over Britain - a bit brighter in Wales and SW England
and in northern England. Low Countries mostly under frontal cloud.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn130405.jpg

Scotland -4 to 4°C; Northern Isles 3 to 4°C; Western Isles 3 to 6°C;
Northern England 1 to 6°C; Midlands and East Anglia 6 to 7°C; SE England 4
to 8°C; SW England 5 to 8°C; Wales 4 to 7°C; Northern Ireland 1 to 3°C.

06z Lough Fea and Lossiemouth 0.8°C, Inverbervie 0.4°C, Charterhall
0.2°C.
09z Strathallan 0.1°C, West Freugh -0.3°C, Leuchars -0.5°C,
Eskdalemuir -0.8°C, Redesdale -1.9°C, Aboyne -3.9°C.

06z St Mawgan and St Athan 7.0°C, Wattisham and Heathrow 7.1°C,
Herstmonceux 7.3°C, Solent MRSC 7.6°C, Plymouth 7.7°C, Guernsey 9.3°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx130405.jpg

Scotland 6 to 12°C; Northern Isles 6 to 8°C; Western Isles 7 to 10°C;
Northern England 8 to 12°C; Midlands and SW England 10 to 14°C; East
Anglia 9 to 11°C; SE England 9 to 14°C; Wales 8 to 14°C; Northern Ireland
8 to 10°C.

Glen Ogle 5.4°C, Lerwick 6.7°C, Stornoway 7.1°C, Kirkwall and Loch
Glascarnoch 7.4°C, Aultbea 7.6°C, Tulloch Bridge 7.8°C.

Pershore, Church Lawford and Brize Norton 13.2°C, Shobdon and Gravesend
13.3°C, Camborne 13.6°C, Hereford 13.8°C, Great Malvern 14.0°C, Cardiff
MO and London MO 14.1°C.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...yesterday.html


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM

Rain area crosses Wales and England on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning -
very little rain in the Midlands. Widespread showers in western Scotland
throughout the period. Some showers in northern England, the Midlands and
Wales in the afternoon and evening. Another band of rain moves through
Ireland later.

Lough Fea, Dunkeswell and Leeming 8 mm, Castlederg 9 mm, Altnaharra 9.2
mm, Capel Curig 9.6 mm, Andrewsfield 10.6 mm, Port Ellen on Islay 14.9
mm, Lusa/Skye 15.9 mm, Aultbea 17.6 mm.


Location of some UK stations
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/data/ukobs.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels