Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Sunday 31st 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
Sunday 31st May http://www.woksat.info/etcre31m/re31-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.57 UTC on Sunday
31st May http://www.woksat.info/etcre31/re31-1257-b-uk.html

British Isles virtually cloudless. Some convection over Belgium.


UK min. temps on Saturday night http://tinyurl.com/m8x7pm

Hawarden 5.2°C, Spadeadam, Leeming and Shawbury 5.1°C, Eskdalemuir 4.6°C,
Tulloch Bridge 4.5°C, Loch Glascarnoch 3.9°C, Aboyne 3.3°C, Copley 3.2°C,
Redesdale 2.4°C, Altnaharra 1.7°C, Shap 1.6°C.

St Mary's (Scilly), Portland, Jersey and Langdon Bay 12.6°C, Mumbles
12.7°C, Aberdaron and St Catherine's Point 12.8°C.


UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/n2lypc

Stornoway 12.9°C, Fair Isle 14.8°C, Donna Nook 14.9°C, Baltasound 15.5°C.

Benson 24.5°C, Castlederg and Middle Wallop 24.6°C, Northolt 24.7°C,
London MO 24.9°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 25.2°C, Hawarden and Crosby 25.4°C,
Heathrow 25.6°C, Solent MRSC 26.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/mh7prz


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

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Sunday
http://tinyurl.com/loquye

No rain again on Sunday.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Sun, 31 May 2009 at 22:34:12, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/n2lypc

Benson 24.5°C, Castlederg and Middle Wallop 24.6°C, Northolt 24.7°C,
London MO 24.9°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 25.2°C, Hawarden and Crosby 25.4°C,
Heathrow 25.6°C, Solent MRSC 26.9°C.

Damn - they spoiled my hat-trick : 26.1C yesterday.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:39:12 GMT, Paul Hyett
wrote:

Damn - they spoiled my hat-trick : 26.1C yesterday.

Here, 27.9°C ;-)

The 'West of Scotland Walled Garden Effect'.
--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

In article ,
Paul Hyett writes:
On Sun, 31 May 2009 at 22:34:12, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/n2lypc

Benson 24.5°C, Castlederg and Middle Wallop 24.6°C, Northolt 24.7°C,
London MO 24.9°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 25.2°C, Hawarden and Crosby 25.4°C,
Heathrow 25.6°C, Solent MRSC 26.9°C.

Damn - they spoiled my hat-trick : 26.1C yesterday.

I must confession to a degree of scepticism about your readings, Paul,
so often do they seem to be the highest in the country. Are you
confident of the accuracy of your thermometer, the quality of the
screen, and that the screen is not in an exceptionally sheltered
location?
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:59:53 +0100, John Hall
wrote:

In article ,
Paul Hyett writes:
On Sun, 31 May 2009 at 22:34:12, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/n2lypc

Benson 24.5°C, Castlederg and Middle Wallop 24.6°C, Northolt 24.7°C,
London MO 24.9°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 25.2°C, Hawarden and Crosby 25.4°C,
Heathrow 25.6°C, Solent MRSC 26.9°C.

Damn - they spoiled my hat-trick : 26.1C yesterday.

I must confession to a degree of scepticism about your readings, Paul,
so often do they seem to be the highest in the country. Are you
confident of the accuracy of your thermometer, the quality of the
screen, and that the screen is not in an exceptionally sheltered
location?

In the latter case, a bit like Solent MRSC in fact

Seriously though, it's been fabulous weather down here and we could be
on for a double if the 3pm BST temperatures are anything to go by (Met
Office site):

Solent 26.3*°C E* 9*mph
Hurn 26.1*°C E* 10*mph
Strathallan 25.9*°C ESE* 5*mph
Castlederg 25.4*°C ESE* 8*mph
Glasgow Bish 25.3*°C WNW* 6*mph
Carlisle 25.2*°C *N/A
Northolt 25.1*°C NE* 16*mph
Edinburgh Gog 25.0*°C NE* 2*mph
Hawarden 24.9*°C E* 5*mph
Keswick 24.9*°C NW* 2*mph
Ballykelly 24.8*°C SE* 6*mph
Heathrow 24.8*°C NE* 10*mph
Thorney Island 24.8*°C E* 10*mph

My own readings (screen is shaded by a North Wall) are running about 1
deg C behind Solent MRSC, closer than usual as there's a reasonable
breeze. Max so far here is 25.8 deg C.

--
Dave
Fareham W.

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 at 10:59:53, John Hall
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/n2lypc

Benson 24.5°C, Castlederg and Middle Wallop 24.6°C, Northolt 24.7°C,
London MO 24.9°C, Bournemouth (Hurn) 25.2°C, Hawarden and Crosby 25.4°C,
Heathrow 25.6°C, Solent MRSC 26.9°C.

Damn - they spoiled my hat-trick : 26.1C yesterday.

I must confession to a degree of scepticism about your readings, Paul,
so often do they seem to be the highest in the country.

I wish...

Seriously though, it's only 2-3 days a year that I record the highest -
and Cheltenham does have a history of high temperatures in summer.

Are you
confident of the accuracy of your thermometer, the quality of the
screen, and that the screen is not in an exceptionally sheltered
location?

No, not at all.

I've explained the location & exposure in the past - a suburban garden,
with the thermometer on a north-facing fence, sheltered at all times
from direct sunlight. I've found this configuration actually records
temperatures closer to those forecast than the sensors in my mini-screen
record, though.

In fact, while the official station was still running, I tended to
record *lower* temperatures in hot weather than they did.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)