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

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.28 UTC on
Sunday 4 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1328-c-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 11.29 UTC on Sunday 4 July
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M255328B8

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 11.23 UTC on Sunday 4 July
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...7041123.uk.jpg

Variable convective cloud over Britain - quite sunny in much of Wales.
Heavy showers in central Scotland in the afternoon picture. Low pressure
system in the Channel with cloud extending over SE England, Belgium and most
of the Netherlands.


UK min. temps on Saturday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn040704.jpg

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

Shawbury 8.2°C, Loch Glascarnoch and Shobdon 8.0°C, Redesdale and Redhill
7.9°C, Aboyne and Aviemore 7.3°C, Wick 7.2°C, Tulloch Bridge 7.1°C,
Sella Ness 6.4°C.

Heathrow 11.7°C, Culdrose 11.9°C, Guernsey 12.0°C, Plymouth 12.3°C, St
Mary's 13.0°C, St Athan 13.2°C, Solent MRSC 14.1°C.


UK max. temps on Sunday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx040704.jpg

Scotland and Northern England 14 to 18°C; Northern Isles 12 to 14°C;
Western Isles 14 to 15°C; Midlands 19 to 21°C; East Anglia 18 to 20°C; SE
England 15 to 20°C; SW England 16 to 19°C; Wales 15 to 19°C; Northern
Ireland 13 to 16°C.

Lerwick 12.9°C, Kirkwall 13.6°C, Aviemore 13.7°C, Stornoway and Aberdeen
14.1°C, Wick 14.2°C, Herstmonceux 14.3°C, South Uist 14.7°C.

Shobdon 19.8°C, Hereford, Pembrey Sands, Cranwell and Weybourne 19.9°C,
Coningsby 20.1°C, Wittering and Coltishall 20.4°C, Great Malvern 20.6°C,
Church Lawford 20.9°C.


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM
Rainfall radar stills http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar.shtml

Scattered showers in northern Britain on Saturday night. Outbreaks of rain
move into the Channel and SW England early on Sunday morning and move east
into extreme SE England by mid-morning. Outbreaks of rain and showers
develop over northern England in the morning. Showers become widespread in
south and east Scotland and also in NE England by mid-afternoon with thunder
in places. Meanwhile further outbreaks of rain move east through the far
south of England during the afternoon and evening.

Inverbervie, Strathallan and Herstmonceux 9 mm, Charterhall and Redesdale
10 mm, Copley 10.7 mm, Topcliffe and Leek 11 mm, Dishforth 12 mm, Loftus
14 mm, Guernsey 15 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels