Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Friday 18th August
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 13.04 UTC on Friday 18th
August
http://www.wetteronline.de/daten/sat...jpg?1155906240

Large area of frontal cloud from Wales through the Irish Sea and across
southern Scotland and northern England. Area of showers and
thunderstorms from the Bristol Channel to the Wash with broken
convective cloud to the south.


UK min. temps on Thursday night
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2D71249D

09.00
Keswick and Shawbury 10.1°C, Rhyl 10.0°C, Hawarden 9.9°C,
Sennybridge 9.6°C, Crosby 9.4°C, Tulloch Bridge 8.7°C, Altnaharra
7.0°C, Shap 6.4°C, Capel Curig 6.1°C.

06.00
Machrihanish and Herstmonceux 14.4°C, Aberdeen and Leuchars 14.6°C,
Heathrow 15.0°C, Solent MRSC 16.6°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2CF3149D

Lake Vyrnwy 13.6°C, Glen Ogle 14.4°C, Hawarden 14.9°C,
Eskdalemuir and Rhyl 15.1°C.

Andrewsfield and Boscombe Down 21.1°C, St Angelo and Ballykelly
21.2°C, Yeovilton and Wattisham 21.4°C, Coningsby and London MO
21.5°C, Lusa/Skye 21.6°C, Castlederg and Gravesend 21.9°C, Marham
22.1°C, Weybourne 23.6°C.

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

OGIMET synops summary http://makeashorterlink.com/?O2DF5649D


Rainfall radar
http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=holid...oort=loop24uur or
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html

Broad band of rain moves north and anti-clockwise from north Wales
through northern England and southern Scotland on Friday. Showers and
thunderstorms move NE across the southern half of England.

Rainfall totals http://makeashorterlink.com/?V1FF3249D

Strathallan 21 mm, Linton-on-Ouse and Coleshill 22 mm, Leeming 23 mm,
Bingley and High Wycombe 24 mm, Edinburgh Gogarbank 25.5 mm, Filton
27.4 mm, Lake Vyrnwy 27.8 mm, Church Fenton 28.9 mm, Yeovilton 31.6
mm, Drumalbin 34.2 mm, Prestwick 38.2 mm, Boulmer 38.9 mm.

Sferics http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rsfloc3.gif or
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkbeoblar.htm August 18
Intensity


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels