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

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Friday 24th April http://www.woksat.info/etcrd24m/rd24-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.44 UTC on Friday
24th April http://www.woksat.info/etcrd24/rd24-1244-b-uk.html

Frontal cloud moving gradually into the British Isles from the west, leaving
only eastern England still clear. Sunny in Belgium and large areas of
continental Europe.


UK min. temps on Thursday night http://tinyurl.com/c7pvdr

Tulloch Bridge, Spadeadam, Coningsby, Andrewsfield, Weybourne and Bedford
6.5°C, Eskdalemuir and Wittering 6.4°C, Scampton 6.2°C, Cranwell 6.1°C,
Donna Nook 6.0°C, Loch Glascarnoch 5.8°C, Redesdale 5.2°C, Charlwood
5.0°C.

St Mary's (Scilly) 10.4°C, London MO 10.8°C, Crosby 10.9°C, Solent MRSC
11.1°C.


UK max. temps on Friday http://tinyurl.com/c8glpy

Stornoway 8.9°C, Aultbea 9.0°C, Lerwick, Tiree and Port Ellen (Islay)
9.1°C.

Scampton 18.8°C, Linton-on-Ouse and Northolt 18.9°C, Church Fenton and
Holbeach 19.0°C, Nottingham Watnall 19.2°C, Coningsby and Heathrow 19.3°C,
Leconfield 19.6°C, London MO 20.1°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/dhqjlj


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

Outbreaks of rain over Ireland and western Scotland on Friday morning become
lighter and more scattered in the afternoon. Outbreaks of fairly heavy
rain reach SW England late in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday
http://tinyurl.com/dj2c5x

Stornoway, Machrihanish and St Mary's (Scilly) 9 mm, Portglenone 11 mm,
Ballykelly, Lough Fea, Tiree and Port Ellen (Islay) 14 mm, St Angelo and
Lusa (Skye) 19 mm, Castlederg 20 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels