Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Saturday 13th May
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.59 UTC on
Saturday 13th May
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1259-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Saturday 13th May
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-1200-uk.html

Broken cloud in Scotland. Extensive cloud over England and Wales but
bright in the south Midlands and SE England. Fairly sunny in most parts of
the Low Countries.


UK min. temps on Friday night http://makeashorterlink.com/?S18F24A1D

06.00 - Aultbea and Inverbervie 1.1°C, Aviemore 0.6°C, Lusa/Skye 0.5°C.

09.00 - Glen Ogle 0.1°C, Aberdeen 0.0°C, Wick -0.2°C, Aboyne -1.4°C,
Altnaharra -3.7°C, Tulloch Bridge -3.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch -4.1°C.

06.00 - Shawbury 10.7°C, Wittering and Brize Norton 10.9°C, Heathrow
11.3°C, Solent MRSC 11.4°C, Marham 11.7°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://makeashorterlink.com/?L19F14A1D

Copley 6.3°C, Shap 7.3°C, Loftus 7.4°C, Spadeadam and Bingley 7.6°C,
Warcop Range 7.7°C, Glen Ogle 8.0°C.

Thorney Island 17.9°C, Langdon Bay 18.1°C, Heathrow 18.2°C, London MO
18.4°C, Gravesend 18.5°C, Herstmonceux 18.7°C, Wattisham 19.0°C, Manston
19.1°C, Great Malvern 19.4°C, Shoeburyness 20.0°C.

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


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon.
Thunderstorms in East Anglia in the afternoon. Heavy showers develop over
Wales in the afternoon and move into the Midlands and SE England in the
evening. Showers in the north of Scotland.

Sferics http://217.160.75.104/wz/pics/Rsfloc3.gif or
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkbeoblar.htm May 13 Intensity

Rainfall totals http://makeashorterlink.com/?K2AF42A1D

Cottesmore 8.0 mm, Topcliffe 8 mm, Leeming 8.2 mm, Loftus 10.1 mm,
Bingley 11 mm, Rhyl and Lake Vyrnwy 11.2 mm, Pershore 12.8 mm, Hawarden
15.2 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

In message , Colin Youngs
writes
Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon.
Thunderstorms in East Anglia in the afternoon. Heavy showers develop over
Wales in the afternoon and move into the Midlands and SE England in the
evening. Showers in the north of Scotland.


"Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon."
No it bloody didn't.
Woke to heavy rain 0700-0800, followed by drizzle most of the morning.
Keeping an eye on the radar suggested a dry afternoon in prospect as the
block of rain drifted away to the east. So I set to some work in Mum's
garden. Constant light drizzle, becoming periods of light rain
1500-1700. None of which showed up on the radar _at all_.

I'm just relived I took Wednesday off and went cycling the Dales.
Fantastic day.
--
steve

Weather at Scotton, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
http://www.knaresboroughweather.co.uk

Steven Briggs wrote in message ...

:In message , Colin Youngs
writes

:"Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon."

:No it bloody didn't.
:Woke to heavy rain 0700-0800, followed by drizzle most of the morning.
:Keeping an eye on the radar suggested a dry afternoon in prospect as the
:block of rain drifted away to the east. So I set to some work in Mum's
:garden. Constant light drizzle, becoming periods of light rain
:1500-1700. None of which showed up on the radar _at all_.

I spoke to my sister in Bradford earlier this evening. She said it had
been wet for much of the day. I was surprised to see that the radar showed
nothing after mid-afternoon. Cold as well - as no doubt you noticed
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGNM.html .

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Steven Briggs wrote:
In message , Colin Youngs
writes
Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon.
Thunderstorms in East Anglia in the afternoon. Heavy showers
develop over Wales in the afternoon and move into the Midlands and
SE England in the evening. Showers in the north of Scotland.


"Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon."
No it bloody didn't.
Woke to heavy rain 0700-0800, followed by drizzle most of the morning.
Keeping an eye on the radar suggested a dry afternoon in prospect as
the block of rain drifted away to the east. So I set to some work in
Mum's garden. Constant light drizzle, becoming periods of light rain
1500-1700. None of which showed up on the radar _at all_.

i had to spend the afternoon playing bowls in a persistent moderate drizzle,
which had spells of light rain interspersed. Rotten day. I expected it to
last all afternoon, so I was prepared for it...
--
Rob Overfield
Hull
http://talkingtoomuchagain.blogspot.com

"Steven Briggs" wrote in message
...



"Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon."
No it bloody didn't.
Woke to heavy rain 0700-0800, followed by drizzle most of the morning.
Keeping an eye on the radar suggested a dry afternoon in prospect as the
block of rain drifted away to the east. So I set to some work in Mum's
garden. Constant light drizzle, becoming periods of light rain
1500-1700. None of which showed up on the radar _at all_.


Same here. After the expected morning rain there was drizzle for most of
the afternoon which didn't show up on the radar.
Now this sometimes happens here in a warm sector situation, hour after
hour of drizzle but not in a cold front sceanario.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.

UK max. temps on Saturday http://makeashorterlink.com/?L19F14A1D

Copley 6.3°C, Shap 7.3°C, Loftus 7.4°C, Spadeadam and Bingley 7.6°C,
Warcop Range 7.7°C, Glen Ogle 8.0°C.

Thorney Island 17.9°C, Langdon Bay 18.1°C, Heathrow 18.2°C, London MO
18.4°C, Gravesend 18.5°C, Herstmonceux 18.7°C, Wattisham 19.0°C, Manston
19.1°C, Great Malvern 19.4°C, Shoeburyness 20.0°C.

Not particularly cold and even slightly warmer than average in the
south, but strangely it *felt* unconfortably cool sitting out. Contrast
April 22nd when temperatures were similar but it felt not just warm,
but hot. I'd imagine the main factor here is to do with adjustment to
higher temperatures, and is the downside of early warm or hot spells;
though maybe the airmass was a factor too? Relative humidity higher?

What we need now is a spell of cold but bright northerlies (like we had
in early April) with temps below 15C, so next time the max climbs above
that figure it will feel warm again!

Nick