Thursday 30th September 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/etcsi30m/si30-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.38 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcsi30/si30-1238-b-uk.html

Convection over northern and western Britain and Ireland. High cloud
over the southern half of England. Cold front from the North Sea
through the Netherlands and eastern Belgium to western Germany and
eastern France. Clearance has reached western Belgium.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/36j8wtw

Eskdalemuir 2.7°C, Redesdale and Hereford 2.6°C, Topcliffe 2.4°C,
Castlederg 2.3°C, West Freugh 2.1°C, Tain Range 1.8°C, Tulloch
Bridge 1.0°C, Altnaharra 0.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch 0.5°C.

Milford Haven 11.4°C, Portland 11.9°C, Aberdaron and Jersey 12.1°C,
St Mary’s (Scilly) 12.2°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2vcbcq3

Glen Ogle 10.3°C, Lerwick 11.1°C, Baltasound 11.5°C, Fair Isle
12.0°C, Inverbervie 12.5°C, Lough Fea 12.6°C.

Hawarden, Trawsgoed and Holbeach 17.2°C, Kinloss and Milford Haven
17.3°C, Church Fenton and Linton-on-Ouse 17.4°C, Yeovilton 17.5°C,
Leconfield 17.6°C, Bridlington 18.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/393g56n


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

Scattered showers over England and Wales on Thursday – mostly in the
afternoon. Rain reaches SW England in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/2wwkc9m

Baltasound, Holbeach, Marham, Charlwood and Manston 9 mm, Weybourne,
Kenley and Herstmonceux 10 mm, Andrewsfield 11 mm, Lerwick 14 mm,
Fair Isle 16 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels