Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 14
April
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...4-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.33 UTC on
Thursday 14 April
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1433-b-uk.html

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 14.34 UTC on Thursday 14 April
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V25C233EA

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 14.26 UTC on Thursday 14 April
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...4141426.uk.jpg

Frontal cloud over northern England and the North Sea with broken convective
cloud elsewhere. Large amounts of cloud over the Low Countries.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn140405.jpg

Scotland -1 to 6°C; Northern Isles 1 to 5°C; Western Isles 4 to 6°C;
Northern England, Wales and East Anglia 3 to 6°C; Midlands 3 to 7°C; SE
England 4 to 8°C; SW England 2 to 6°C; Northern Ireland 2 to 4°C.

06z Drumalbin 0.9°C, Baltasound and Eskdalemuir 0.8°C, Shap 0.3°C.
09z Leuchars 0.6°C, Edinburgh Gogarbank 0.4°C, Lossiemouth -0.3°C,
Aboyne -0.5°C, Aviemore -0.9°C.

06z Heathrow and Herstmonceux 6.7°C, Langdon Bay 7.3°C, Guernsey 7.5°C,
Solent MRSC 7.7°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx140405.jpg

Scotland 7 to 11°C; Northern Isles 6 to 7°C; Western Isles and SW England
9 to 11°C; Northern England 6 to 10°C; Midlands 11 to 14°C; East Anglia 9
to 12°C; Wales and SE England 8 to 13°C; Northern Ireland 8 to 11°C.

Shap and Copley 5.1°C, Spadeadam 5.7°C, Glen Ogle 5.9°C, Albemarle 6.0°C,
Warcop Range 6.4°C, St Bees Head 6.5°C.

Farnborough 12.5°C, Shobdon 12.6°C, Brize Norton 12.7°C, Bournemouth
12.8°C, Benson 12.9°C, Church Lawford 13.0°C, Pershore 13.1°C, Cardiff
MO 13.3°C, Coleshill 13.6°C, Great Malvern 14.0°C.

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


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

Rain moves NE over Britain on Wednesday night and continues to affect
northern England and southern Scotland on Thursday. A second rain area
crosses SE England from the SW on Thursday morning and merges with the
first during Thursday afternoon. Widespread showers over Scotland in the
afternoon with some developing in England and Wales later. Circular
movement of rain and showers around the low pressure clearly visible in the
radar picture.

Ballycastle 11 mm, Newcastle and Copley 11.2 mm, Valley 11.8 mm,
Yeovilton 12.2 mm, Leeming 12.7 mm, Albemarle 12.8 mm, Walney Island 13.8
mm, Port Ellen on Islay 14.7 mm, Ronaldsway 15.6 mm, Tiree 16.3 mm,
Bingley 21 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels