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Old January 16th 08, 02:20 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Tudor Hughes Tudor Hughes is offline
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Default Widespread large rainfall totals - Milford Haven 47 mm

On Jan 15, 9:02 pm, Colin Youngs
wrote:
Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Tuesday 15th Januaryhttp://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.22 UTC on
Tuesday 15th Januaryhttp://www.woksat.info/etcqa15/qa15-1322-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Tuesday 15th Januaryhttp://www.woksat.info/etcqa15m/qa15-msg-1200-uk.html

Masses of frontal cloud over SW and eastern Britain and over the Low
Countries. Bright from the Irish Sea to SE England.

UK min. temps on Monday night http://tinyurl.com/2sfnvx

Edinburgh Gogarbank 0.4°C, Wick 0.2°C, Tain Range -0.1°C, Aberdeen
-0.3°C, Kinloss -0.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch -0.7°C, Lossiemouth
-0.9°C, Aviemore -1.0°C, Aboyne and Tulloch Bridge -2.6°C.

Culdrose 8.8°C, Camborne 9.1°C, Guernsey 9.3°C, St Mary's 9.5°C -
06.00 UTC synops only.

UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/2mkdse

Aviemore 2.7°C, Aberdeen 4.0°C, Lerwick 4.1°C, Eskdalemuir 4.4°C
- 18.00 UTC synops only.

Filton, Bedford and Northolt 11.9°C, Heathrow 12.0°C, Brize Norton
12.1°C, Benson 12.2°C, Gravesend 12.3°C, Yeovilton 12.5°C, London
MO 12.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/25evfx

Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL

Rain moves across Wales and England except the far north on Tuesday
morning. More rain - heavy in places - moves NE over Wales, England
and SW Scotland during the late afternoon and evening.

Rainfall totals - 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/2sc2j4

Aberporth and Thorney Island 26 mm, Dunkeswell 27 mm, Cardinham and
Mumbles 28 mm, St Mary's, Camborne and Charlwood 29 mm, Plymouth and
Herstmonceux 30 mm, Pembrey Sands and Kenley 34 mm, Sennybridge 36
mm, Milford Haven 47 mm.

Peak gusts - Plymouth and Solent MRSC 50 kn, Sheerness 52 kn,
Manston 56 kn, Langdon Bay 57 kn, Alderney 58 kn.

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

Colin Youngs
Brussels


I can confirm Kenley's 34 mm as I have just measured 31.9 mm
and it has not rained since 18Z. I am about a mile and a half E of
Kenley, same altitude. Much minor flooding.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey, 556 ft.