Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Thursday 9th March
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.19 UTC on
Thursday 9th March
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1219-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Thursday 9th March
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-1200-uk.html

Occluded front over Britain. Few breaks in the cloud except in the SW and
in NE Scotland. Low Countries mostly cloudy.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://makeashorterlink.com/?R152225CC
or
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

06.00 - Port Ellen on Islay -0.5°C, Lusa/Skye -0.7°C,
Strathallan -1.1°C, Eskdalemuir -1.2°C.
09.00 - Lossiemouth -1.3°C, Kinloss -1.5°C, Aboyne -2.3°C,
Glenlivet -2.5°C, Aviemore -2.8°C, Tulloch Bridge -3.2°C,
Altnaharra -3.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch -4.7°C.

06.00 - St Mawgan 7.2°C, Camborne 7.4°C, Culdrose 7.8°C, Heathrow
8.2°C, St Mary's 8.7°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://makeashorterlink.com/?L282235CC or
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Glen Ogle 2.2°C, Loch Glascarnoch 5.6°C, Tulloch Bridge and Inverbervie
5.8°C, Altnaharra 6.2°C.

Yeovilton, Marham and Farnborough 11.5°C, Shoeburyness, Heathrow, London MO
and Bournemouth 11.6°C, Manston 11.7°C, Hereford 11.8°C, Gravesend
12.1°C.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...yesterday.html


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Band of rain moves NE over north and east England and southern Scotland on
Thursday afternoon and evening. Widespread showers follow.

Rainfall totals http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q392545CC

Ballycastle 6 mm, Ballypatrick 6.4 mm, Lough Fea 6.8 mm, Boscombe Down
7.4 mm, Odiham 7.6 mm, Baltasound 8.0 mm, Capel Curig 8.4 mm,
Farnborough 8.6 mm, Middle Wallop 11.3 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels