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Old September 18th 08, 09:33 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Colin Youngs Colin Youngs is offline
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Default Sunny in England but rain in NW Scotland - South Uist 16 mm

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 18th September
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 Thursday 18th September
http://www.woksat.info/etcqi18m/qi18-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.19 UTC on
Thursday 18th September
http://www.woksat.info/etcqi18/qi18-1219-b-uk.html

Frontal cloud over Scotland and Ireland but fairly sunny over most of
England and Wales. Mostly clear sky over Belgium except in the
extreme SE.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/4hvrgz

Marham 5.1°C, Woodford and Pembrey Sands 4.8°C, Benson 4.6°C,
Hawarden 3.9°C, Sennybridge and Shawbury 3.7°C, Trawsgoed 3.6°C,
Capel Curig and Yeovilton 3.5°C.

Kirkwall 12.1°C, South Uist 12.2°C, Aultbea 12.3°C, Aberdaron
12.5°C, London MO 12.9°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/3mte2b

Glen Ogle 9.6°C, Loch Glascarnoch 11.6°C, Tulloch Bridge 11.8°C,
Lusa/Skye 12.3°C, Aviemore 12.4°C.

Crosby, Leconfield, Nottingham Watnall, Cranwell, Filton and Chivenor
19.1°C, Hereford 19.2°C, Church Lawford and Northolt 19.4°C,
Trawsgoed and Pershore 19.6°C, Coningsby 19.9°C, London MO 20.1°C,
*Hawarden 20.6°C.

*Hawarden figure seems a bit high in view of hourly readings on Met
Office website http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...er_graphs.html

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/4koxgh


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

Rain moves across Northern Ireland and Scotland during Thursday,

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/47mlxr

Ballykelly, Altnaharra, Aultbea and Strathallan 3 mm, Stornoway 4
mm, Aviemore 5 mm, Castlederg and Tulloch Bridge 6 mm, Loch
Glascarnoch 9 mm, Lusa/Skye 11 mm, Tiree 13 mm, South Uist 16 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
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