Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday
17 August
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...7-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 10.57 UTC on Wednesday 17
August
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B22E161AB

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 10.52 UTC on Wednesday 17 August
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...8171052.uk.jpg

Frontal cloud through Scotland and Ireland. Sunny in England and Wales -
more or less clear from the Midlands southwards. Clear and sunny in the
Low Countries except for some cloud in the north of the Netherlands.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif
or
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map_m...lang=en&map=uk

Scotland 13 to 16°C; Northern Isles 13 to 14°C; Western Isles 14 to 15°C;
Northern England 12 to 15°C; Midlands 9 to 13°C; East Anglia 10 to 14°C;
SE England 8 to 14°C; SW England 9 to 14°C; Wales 9 to 15°C; Northern
Ireland 11 to 15°C.

Trawsgoed 9.2°C, Shobdon and Pershore 9.1°C, Yeovilton 9.0°C, Benson
8.9°C, Charlwood 8.8 mm, Farnborough 8.5°C, Bournemouth 8.4°C,
Sennybridge 7.3°C, Redhill 5.8°C.

Valley 14.7°C, Wick and Guernsey 15.0°C, Aviemore 15.7°C, Kinloss 16.0°C,
Edinburgh Gogarbank 16°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 15 to 23°C; Northern Isles 14 to 17°C; Western Isles 14 to 16°C;
Northern England 19 to 26°C; Midlands 25 to 26°C; SW England and East
Anglia 22 to 25°C; SE England 22 to 27°C; Wales 19 to 25°C; Northern
Ireland 16 to 18°C.

Glen Ogle 12.3°C, Fair Isle 14.3°C, Port Ellen on Islay 14.4°C, Tiree
14.9°C, Stornoway 15.1°C, Lerwick 15.3°C.

Herstmonceux 26.2°C, Great Malvern and Bedford 26.3°C, Linton-on-Ouse,
Pershore and London MO 26.4°C, Heathrow 26.8°C, Northolt 27.3°C,
Charlwood 27.5°C.

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


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html

Broad band of rain moves slowly across Ireland and Scotland on Wednesday
afternoon and evening.

Lerwick 7 mm, Ballykelly and Kirkwall 8 mm, Stornoway 10.3 mm, Aultbea
18.4 mm, Tiree 18.6 mm, Port Ellen on Islay 24.4 mm, South Uist 29.5 mm,
Barra 33.2 mm, Lusa/Skye 37.6 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels