NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.54 UTC on
Thursday
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...-1254-e-uk.JPG

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 12.56 UTC on Thursday
http://makeashorterlink.com/?P10C53795

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.45 UTC on Thursday
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...8141245.uk.jpg

Cumulus cloud in NW flow decreasing in size and amount from Scotland to the
Midlands and from north to south in Ireland. Southern Ireland and south
Wales and southern England almost cloudless. Still areas of cloud in the
east of Belgium but in the west it is sunny. Small cumulus in the NW half
of the Netherlands and in the SE but a clear area between.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn140803.jpg

Scotland 8 to 14°C; Northern Isles 12 to 13°C; Western Isles 10 to 14°C;
Northern England 9 to 14°C; Midlands 9 to 12°C; East Anglia 9 to 15°C; SE
England 11 to 16°C; SW England 11 to 17°C.

Shawbury 8.5°C, Great Dun Fell (847 m) 6.5°C, Trawsgoed 6.2°C, Cairnwell
(933 m) 5.8°C, Sennybridge 4.4°C.

Heathrow 15.5°C, Herstmonceux 16.0°C, St Mary's and Solent MRSC 16.1°C,
Plymouth 16.6°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx140803.jpg

Scotland 17 to 25°C; Northern Isles 16 to 18°C; Western Isles 17 to 18°C;
Northern England 17 to 22°C; Midlands 19 to 24°C; East Anglia 20 to 24°C;
SE England 21 to 27°C; SW England 19 to 24°C.

Lerwick 16.2°C, Kirkwall 16.8°C, South Uist 17.1°C, Tiree 17.3°C,
Aberporth 17.7°C, Wick 17.8°C, Stornoway 17.9°C.

Cardiff WC and Northolt 24.7°C, Gravesend 24.8°C, Heathrow 25.1°C,
Farnborough 25.3°C, Thorney Island 25.4°C, Tain Range 25.5°C, Bournemouth
26.0°C, Solent MRSC 27.2°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

Showers move away from northern Scotland on Wednesday night but a few more
reach the Western Isles early on Thursday morning.

Port Ellen on Islay 1.5 mm, Tulloch Bridge 1.8 mm, Sella Ness 1.9 mm,
Wick 2.0 mm, South Uist 2.1 mm, Barra 2.2 mm, Lerwick 3.1 mm, Kirkwall
5.6 mm, Altnaharra 5.8 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 6.8 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:20:50 +0200, "Colin Youngs"
wrote:

Cardiff WC and Northolt 24.7°C, Gravesend 24.8°C, Heathrow 25.1°C,
Farnborough 25.3°C, Thorney Island 25.4°C, Tain Range 25.5°C, Bournemouth
26.0°C, Solent MRSC 27.2°C.

Yes, 27.2 it was!

It often surprises me to see large temperature variations in small
areas, when they are in favour of a coastal site like Solent MRSC.
Highest SYNOP at Southampton Airport on Wednesday that day was 24, my
own maximum was 25.1 (12 and 4 miles inland from Solent MRSC,
respectively). Usually, 2 degree differences are in favour of the
inland sites but at least twice during this hot spell it's been the
other way round. Going down to the beach to isn't always cooler!

Twelfth consecutive day over 25 here and beat Gravesend

--
Dave
Fareham (West)