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

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.24 UTC on
Wednesday 30th April
http://www.woksat.info/etcqd30/qd30-1324-b-uk.html

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Wednesday 30th April
http://www.woksat.info/etcqd30m/qd30-msg-1200-uk.html

Frontal cloud down the western side of Britain and cloud associated
with the depression centre over central and eastern England. Frontal
cloud over eastern Belgium but cloud is more broken to the west.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night http://tinyurl.com/5d8amm

Hereford and Great Malvern 2.1°C, Dunkeswell 1.9°C, Tulloch Bridge
and Chivenor 1.7°C, Kinloss 1.4°C, Stornoway 1.3°C, Lossiemouth and
Sennybridge 1.0°C, Aviemore, Liscombe and Haytor 0.6°C.

London MO, Manston and Thorney Island 7.5°C, Baltasound, Leuchars and
Bridlington 7.6°C, Langdon Bay 8.1°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/6aw8ow

Glen Ogle 5.2°C, Aberdaron 7.4°C, Valley and Capel Curig 7.9°C,
Ronaldsway 8.3°C, Aberporth 8.4°C.

Edinburgh Gogarbank and Crosby 13.0°C, Carlisle, Leeming, Topcliffe
and Knaresborough Scotton 13.2°C, Hereford 13.3°C, Hawarden 13.4°C,
St Angelo and Woodford 13.6°C, Great Malvern 14.2°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/6o7uve


Rainfall radar http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Band of frontal rain moves slowly NW and then W over northern Britain
with its southern end affecting west Wales and SW England on Wednesday
morning. Outbreaks of rain and showers move into SE England from the
south in the morning and extend northwards during the afternoon and
evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Wednesday
http://tinyurl.com/68pazd

Aberporth, Church Fenton, Waddington, Manston and Thorney Island 18
mm, Aberdeen, Linton-on-Ouse, Scampton, Northolt and Heathrow 19 mm,
Valley 21 mm, Cranwell 22 mm, Knaresborough Scotton 22.1 mm,
Dishforth, Capel Curig and Milford Haven 23 mm, Lake Vyrnwy 24 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 at 14:24:24, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Wednesday http://tinyurl.com/6aw8ow

Edinburgh Gogarbank and Crosby 13.0°C, Carlisle, Leeming, Topcliffe
and Knaresborough Scotton 13.2°C, Hereford 13.3°C, Hawarden 13.4°C,
St Angelo and Woodford 13.6°C, Great Malvern 14.2°C.

Not far from GM, but just 9.7C here.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)