Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Friday 24th August
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from DLR at 12.59 UTC on Friday 24th August
ftp://taurus.caf.dlr.de/put/wetterbilder/UK/image1.jpg

Extensive sunshine over the British Isles. Rather cloudy in western
Scotland. Cloudy again in East Anglia and SE England.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/2xeys9

Warcop Range 8.0°C, Spadeadam 7.7°C, Albemarle and Trawsgoed 7.6°C,
Dishforth and Leeming 7.2°C, Sennybridge 6.7°C, Eskdalemuir 6.6°C,
Redesdale 6.2°C, Shap 5.5°C.

St Mary's, Camborne and Langdon Bay 15.0°C, Guernsey and Herstmonceux
15.3°C, Solent MRSC 15.8°C - 06.00 UTC synops only.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/2u3x7c

Lerwick 14.4°C, South Uist 15.6°C, Tiree 16.5°C, Aberporth 16.9°C
- 18.00 UTC synops only.

Dishforth and Topcliffe 24.4°C, Aboyne, Linton-on-Ouse and Great
Malvern 24.6°C, Church Fenton 24.9°C, Leeming 25.0°C, Aberdeen and
Church Lawford 25.8°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/259lf2


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL

Scattered outbreaks of light rain and drizzle in NW Scotland on
Friday.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/2rz3v5

South Uist 0.8 mm, Lusa/Skye, Aultbea and Altnaharra 1 mm, Aviemore
2 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels