Wednesday 5th May 2010

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcse05m/se05-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.00 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcse05/se05-1300-b-uk.html

Large amounts of cloud over the British Isles but clearer in parts of
Northern Ireland and near the east coast of England. Broken
convective cloud over western Belgium; high cloud over the east.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night http://tinyurl.com/348bc46

Trawsgoed, Exeter and Shoeburyness 1.1°C, Odiham 0.6°C, Gravesend
0.5°C, Sennybridge 0.4°C, Benson -0.2°C, Charlwood -0.5°C,
Bournemouth (Hurn) -0.7°C, Farnborough -0.9°C.

Tain Range and Aberdeen (Dyce) 9.5°C, Castlederg 9.6°C, Ballykelly
and St Angelo 9.8°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/3axxhsm

Lerwick 7.4°C, Fair Isle 8.3°C, Aberporth 9.0°C, Baltasound 9.1°C..

Church Fenton, Church Lawford and Bournemouth (Hurn) 15.7°C, Belfast
Aldergrove 16.0°C, Glenanne 16.2°C, Carlisle 16.3°C, Edinburgh
Gogarbank 16.4°C, Strathallan 17.4°C, Glasgow Bishopton 18.7°C, St
James Park 19.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/34qvfo9


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

Scattered outbreaks of rain in Ireland and Wales on Wednesday
morning. Rain in western Scotland towards evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Wednesday
http://tinyurl.com/33blke8

Portglenone, Kirkwall, Tiree, Port Ellen (Islay) and Loch Glascarnoch
3 mm, Ballykelly and Rosehearty 4 mm, Wick 5 mm, Ballypatrick 7
mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels