Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 17th May
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.27 UTC on
Thursday 17th May
http://www.woksat.info/etcpe17/pe17-1327-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 17th May
http://www.woksat.info/etcpe17m/pe17-msg-1200-uk.html

Extensive frontal cloud over the British Isles but quite sunny in
eastern and southern Ireland and in SW England and SW Wales. Mostly
cloudy in Belgium but brighter towards the coast.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/27tve9

Charterhall 7.4°C, Aboyne 7.3°C, Aviemore 7.2°C, Loch Glascarnoch
and Tain Range 6.7°C, Fair Isle 6.4°C, Stornoway 6.3°C, Altnaharra
5.6°C, Lerwick 4.3°C, Baltasound 2.4°C.

Brize Norton 12.6°C, Culdrose 12.7°C, Plymouth 12.8°C, St Mary's
13.0°C, Solent MRSC 13.2°C, Yeovilton 13.6°C - 06.00 UTC synops
only.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/yopesw

Lerwick 9.9°C, Kirkwall and Wick 11.5°C, South Uist and Aberdeen
12.9°C - 18.00 UTC synops only.

Larkhill 21.5°C, Great Malvern 21.7°C, Filton, Plymouth and Boscombe
Down 21.9°C, Middle Wallop 22.1°C, Bournemouth 22.6°C, Thorney
Island 23.0°C, Solent MRSC 23.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/yoasef


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

Scattered outbreaks of rain and showers move SE over Britain on
Thursday morning after the overnight rain has cleared. Outbreaks of
rain in Scotland in the evening.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/yqwd2z

Hawarden and Woodford 10 mm, Valley, Chivenor and Cardinham 11 mm, St
Angelo, Leek Thorncliffe and Milford Haven 12 mm, Capel Curig and St
Athan 14 mm, Crosby 15 mm, Sennybridge 18 mm, Trawsgoed 27 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels