Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Thursday 30th August
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.47 UTC on
Thursday 30th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcph30/ph30-1347-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Thursday 30th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcph30m/ph30-msg-1200-uk.html

Extensive cloud over the south and west of Britain. More broken
cloud over Scotland and the north and east of England.


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

Topcliffe 8.1°C, Lyneham 8.0°C, Middle Wallop 7.7°C, Baltasound
7.6°C, Boscombe Down 7.3°C, Farnborough 7.0°C, Yeovilton 6.9°C,
Sennybridge 6.5°C, Bournemouth 5.5°C, Benson 4.8°C.

Ronaldsway 14.0°C, Prestwick 14.1°C, Kinloss 14.2°C, Valley 14.8°C
- 06.00 UTC synops only.


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

Lerwick 12.0°C, Kirkwall 14.5°C, Wick 15.4°C, Stornoway 15.9°C -
18.00 UTC synops only.

Church Fenton 22.3°C, Cranwell and Donna Nook 22.5°C, Scampton
22.6°C, Leconfield, Linton-on-Ouse and Wainfleet 22.7°C, Coningsby
23.0°C, Holbeach 23.2°C, Dishforth 23.3°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/yvkd3a


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

Scattered outbreaks of light rain in northern Britain on Thursday -
mostly in the morning. Rain in northern Scotland in the evening.

Rainfall totals http://tinyurl.com/2gtb3h

Ballypatrick, Lusa/Skye, Altnaharra and Trawsgoed 2 mm, Fair Isle,
Kirkwall, Stornoway, Rosehearty and Leek Thorncliffe 3 mm, Capel
Curig 4 mm, Lerwick 6 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 36 mm*.

*Is this correct ?


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels