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Old August 20th 08, 08:37 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Not very impressive max temps for August - Heathrow 22.1°C

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Wednesday 20th August
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Wednesday 20th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcqh20m/qh20-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.23 UTC on
Wednesday 20th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcqh20/qh20-1223-b-uk.html

Large amounts of cloud over the British Isles once more. Cloud
broken but fairly extensive over Belgium.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night http://tinyurl.com/639b7z

Aviemore and Tulloch Bridge 11.2°C, Aboyne 11.0°C, Wick 10.9°C,
Lough Fea 10.7°C, Portglenone and Nottingham Watnall 10.6°C, Glen
Ogle 10.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch 10.3°C, Copley 10.2°C, Altnaharra
8.4°C.

Chivenor and Jersey 15.3°C, London MO 15.4°C, Thorney Island
15.8°C, St Catherine’s Point 16.0°C, Solent MRSC 16.2°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/6qblxm

Baltasound 14.4°C, Lerwick 14.6°C, Lake Vyrnwy 14.7°C, Lusa/Skye
14.9°C.

Wattisham 20.7°C, Farnborough 20.8°C, Scampton, Charlwood and
Manston 20.9°C, Coleshill 21.0°C, Shoeburyness 21.3°C, Coningsby
21.4°C, London MO and Gravesend 21.7°C, Heathrow 22.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/5zto9y


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Persistent rain over central Scotland on Wednesday. Outbreaks of
rain reach Wales and SW England by midday and then move east across
the Midlands and southern England.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Wednesday
http://tinyurl.com/5c9j8y

St Athan and Aberporth 8 mm, Mumbles and Milford Haven 9 mm, Pembrey
Sands 10 mm, Glasgow Bishopton and Lake Vyrnwy 11 mm, Liscombe 15
mm, Charterhall 16 mm, Edinburgh Gogarbank and Sennybridge 18 mm,
Trawsgoed 27 mm.


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


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