Meteosat 7 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 3
February
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...3-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.33 UTC on
Thursday 3 February
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1433-b-uk.html

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 14.35 UTC on Thursday 3
February
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D6982256A

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 11.48 UTC on Thursday 3 February
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...2031148.uk.jpg

Extensive cloud over the British Isles. Sunny in part of eastern Scotland
and in SW Wales and bright in NE England, east Lincolnshire and north Wales.
Low Countries also fairly cloudy with a brighter strip running through the
centre of Belgium.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 0 to 9°C; Northern Isles 6 to 7°C; Western Isles 6 to 9°C;
Northern England 3 to 8°C; Midlands 1 to 6°C; East Anglia 3 to 6°C; SE
England -1 to 5°C; SW England 3 to 7°C; Wales 4 to 9°C; Northern Ireland
7 to 8°C.

Marham 2.9°C, Wittering and Boscombe Down 2.8°C, Aviemore 2.5°C, Leuchars
2.1°C, Aberdeen -0.4°C.

St Mary's 7.7°C, Belfast Aldergrove 7.9°C, Valley 8.2°C, Prestwick and
Ronaldsway 8.5°C, Machrihanish 9.0°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 8 to 12°C; Northern Isles 8 to 9°C; Western Isles 9 to 10°C;
Northern England 8 to 13°C; Midlands and SE England 8 to 11°C; East
Anglia, SW England and Wales 9 to 11°C; Northern Ireland 7 to 9°C.

Lerwick 7.7°C, Belfast Aldergrove 7.9°C, Solent MRSC 8.0°C, Kirkwall
8.6°C, Wick and Aberporth 8.9°C.

Leuchars 11.0°C, Copley 11.2°C, Coltishall 11.3°C, Aberdeen 12.0°C,
Leeming 12.6°C, Bridlington 12.8°C, Boulmer 12.9°C.


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM

Rainfall radar stills http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar.shtml

Band of light rain from the Wash to the Bristol Channel on Wednesday night
moves slowly SE. Showers in NW Scotland overnight. Rain in NW Scotland
on Thursday evening.

Tiree, Rhyl, Shawbury, Filton, Yeovilton, Lyneham and Manston 2 mm, Fair
Isle and Lusa/Skye 3 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels