Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Saturday 2nd May
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
Saturday 2nd May http://www.woksat.info/etcre02m/re02-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.00 UTC on
Saturday 2nd May http://www.woksat.info/etcre02/re02-1300-b-uk.html

Convection over the British Isles. Band of frontal cloud over western
Belgium but sunny in the east.


UK min. temps on Friday night http://tinyurl.com/cxtuks

West Freugh 3.1°C, Castlederg, Shap, Redesdale and Boscombe Down 2.9°C,
Copley 2.6°C, Glen Ogle 2.3°C, Warcop Range 2.2°C, Glenanne and Scampton
2.0°C, Aboyne 1.9°C, Eskdalemuir 1.1°C.

Herstmonceux and Jersey 10.0°C, London MO and Guernsey 10.2°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/c227dj

Glen Ogle 8.2°C, South Uist 10.5°C, Fair Isle and Loch Glascarnoch 10.8°C.

Holbeach and Andrewsfield 17.4°C, Marham 17.5°C, Wainfleet 17.6°C,
Wattisham 17.7°C, Shoeburyness 17.9°C, Northolt 18.3°C, Heathrow 18.6°C,
Charlwood 19.3°C, Gravesend 19.5°C, London MO 20.0°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/cvz4e8


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

Showers in northern Scotland on Saturday. Band of frontal rain over
Ireland and western Scotland in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Saturday
http://tinyurl.com/car8uw

Baltasound and Lyneham 1 mm, Tiree 2 mm, South Uist, Stornoway and Tulloch
Bridge 3 mm, Loch Glascarnoch 4 mm, Aultbea 5 mm, Lusa (Skye) 10 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels