Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 26th April
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.43 UTC on
Thursday 26th April
http://www.woksat.info/etcpd26/pd26-1343-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 26th April
http://www.woksat.info/etcpd26m/pd26-msg-1200-uk.html

Some well-developed convective cloud with showers over the Channel and
parts of southern England. Areas of shallow Cu elsewhere but most
areas quite sunny.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/2fou8t

Tulloch Bridge and Loch Glascarnoch 1.7°C, Ballykelly, St Angelo and
Eskdalemuir 1.5°C, Port Ellen on Islay 1.3°C, West Freugh 0.8°C,
Lough Fea 0.6°C, Shap 0.1°C, Castlederg -0.5°C.

Guernsey and Herstmonceux 9.6°C, Solent MRSC 9.9°C, Langdon Bay
10.3°C, Heathrow 10.7°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2gl34u

Lerwick 11.3°C, South Uist and Camborne 12.3°C, Tiree 12.4°C,
Aberporth and Boulmer 12.6°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

Pershore 18.1°C, Pembrey Sands 18.2°C, St Athan 18.3°C, St
Catherine's Point and Shoeburyness 18.4°C, Thorney Island 18.5°C,
Yeovilton 18.9°C, Great Malvern 19.4°C, Bournemouth 19.6°C, Solent
MRSC 19.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/yr5pwz


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or
http://www.meteo24.com/uk/index.php?q=radar

Outbreaks of rain and showers move north from France into southern
England on Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/yvjmcn

Andrewsfield 1.0 mm, Plymouth, Middle Wallop, Bedford and Northolt 1
mm, Loch Glascarnoch, Kenley, Heathrow, London MO, Bournemouth and
Shoreham 2 mm, Herstmonceux 4 mm, Charlwood 5 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

In uk.sci.weather on Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Colin Youngs
wrote :

UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/2gl34u

Pershore 18.1°C, Pembrey Sands 18.2°C, St Athan 18.3°C, St
Catherine's Point and Shoeburyness 18.4°C, Thorney Island 18.5°C,
Yeovilton 18.9°C, Great Malvern 19.4°C, Bournemouth 19.6°C, Solent
MRSC 19.9°C.

So close - 19.7C here.
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