Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Thursday 2nd July
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 2nd July http://www.woksat.info/etcrg02m/rg02-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.01 UTC on
Thursday 2nd July http://www.woksat.info/etcrg02/rg02-1401-b-uk.html

Front from Ireland to SW Britain. Thunderstorms developing in NW Scotland.
Sunny in most of England. Sunshine and scattered shallow convection over
Belgium.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/l45clf

Manston 12.7°C, Holbeach 12.6°C, Marham, Bedford and Charlwood 12.4°C,
Cranwell 12.3°C, Leconfield and Wainfleet 12.1°C, Shoeburyness 11.7°C,
Andrewsfield 11.0°C.

Valley and Hawarden 17.3°C, Jersey 17.6°C, Shawbury 18.1°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/l2lmok

Fair Isle 17.2°C, Lerwick 17.3°C, Baltasound and Tiree 17.7°C.

Brize Norton and Middle Wallop 29.3°C, Edinburgh Gogarbank and Carlisle
29.4°C, London MO 29.5°C, Farnborough 29.6°C, Benson and Northolt 29.7°C,
Herstmonceux 30.1°C, Charlwood 30.5°C, Heathrow 30.6°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/nbyaxy


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

Outbreaks of rain move north over western Britain and Ireland on Thursday
with thunder in places. Thunderstorms in NW and N Scotland in the
afternoon.

Sferics http://tinyurl.com/mm2h78

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

Ballypatrick, Loch Glascarnoch and St Mary's (Scilly) 10 mm, Portglenone 11
mm, Milford Haven 14 mm, Glenanne 15 mm, Tain Range 16 mm, Camborne and
Culdrose 21 mm, Belfast Aldergrove 22 mm.


Location of some UK stations
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...r_data_uk.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels