Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on
Monday 29th June
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
Monday 29th June http://www.woksat.info/etcrf29m/rf29-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.52 UTC on Monday
29th June http://www.woksat.info/etcrf29/rf29-1252-b-uk.html

Extensive sunshine over Britain. Strong convection over the west Midlands.
North Sea fog on parts of the east coast. Sunny in Belgium except over the
Ardennes.


UK min. temps on Sunday night http://tinyurl.com/lfbofx

Warcop Range 12.6°C, Altnaharra and Fylingdales 12.1°C, Baltasound 12.0°C,
Kirkwall 11.8°C, Cardinham 11.6°C, Glen Ogle 11.3°C, Drumalbin 11.2°C,
Shap 9.4°C.

Solent MRSC 17.5°C, St Catherine's Point 17.6°C, Heathrow 17.7°C, London
MO 18.9°C.


UK max. temps on Monday http://tinyurl.com/lhpwcb

Donna Nook 14.8°C, Inverbervie 16.3°C, Leuchars 16.6°C, Weybourne 16.8°C.

Church Lawford and Brize Norton 28.5°C, Filton 28.6°C, Pershore 28.8°C,
Benson 29.1°C, Farnborough 29.2°C, Northolt 29.5°C, Charlwood 30.4°C,
London MO 30.7°C, Heathrow 30.8°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/n7ecka


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

Thundery outbreak over the Midlands on Monday evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Monday
http://tinyurl.com/n7wkdn

Aberdeen and Yeovilton 3 mm, Hawarden and Northolt 4 mm, Prestwick 5 mm,
Filton and Mumbles 6 mm, Woodford 8 mm, Carlisle 15 mm.


Location of some UK stations
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...r_data_uk.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 at 22:54:27, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Heatwave *arrives*?

As far as I'm concerned it's been here for the last 6 days (with one
day's break) already!

UK max. temps on Monday http://tinyurl.com/lhpwcb

Donna Nook 14.8°C, Inverbervie 16.3°C, Leuchars 16.6°C, Weybourne 16.8°C.

Church Lawford and Brize Norton 28.5°C, Filton 28.6°C, Pershore 28.8°C,
Benson 29.1°C, Farnborough 29.2°C, Northolt 29.5°C, Charlwood 30.4°C,
London MO 30.7°C, Heathrow 30.8°C.

As often happens, heat-trap Cheltenham seems to be the hottest place
outside the SE : 29.4C here.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On Jun 30, 8:27*am, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 at 22:54:27, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Heatwave *arrives*?

As far as I'm concerned it's been here for the last 6 days (with one
day's break) already!



UK max. temps on Monday *http://tinyurl.com/lhpwcb

Donna Nook 14.8°C, *Inverbervie 16.3°C, *Leuchars 16.6°C, *Weybourne 16.8°C.

Church Lawford and Brize Norton 28.5°C, *Filton 28.6°C, *Pershore 28.8°C,
Benson 29.1°C, *Farnborough 29.2°C, *Northolt 29.5°C, *Charlwood 30.4°C,
London MO 30.7°C, *Heathrow 30.8°C.

As often happens, heat-trap Cheltenham seems to be the hottest place
outside the SE : 29.4C here.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Does 30-31 C at the end of June represent a "heatwave" ?

wrote:

Does 30-31 C at the end of June represent a "heatwave" ?

Don't you think that temperatures about ten degrees above the average
deserves to be called a heat-wave?

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 at 07:27:34, Paul Hyett
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 at 22:54:27, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Heatwave *arrives*?

As far as I'm concerned it's been here for the last 6 days (with one
day's break) already!

UK max. temps on Monday http://tinyurl.com/lhpwcb

Donna Nook 14.8°C, Inverbervie 16.3°C, Leuchars 16.6°C, Weybourne 16.8°C.

Church Lawford and Brize Norton 28.5°C, Filton 28.6°C, Pershore 28.8°C,
Benson 29.1°C, Farnborough 29.2°C, Northolt 29.5°C, Charlwood 30.4°C,
London MO 30.7°C, Heathrow 30.8°C.

As often happens, heat-trap Cheltenham seems to be the hottest place
outside the SE : 29.4C here.

But not today - cloudy almost all day, with temperatures only in the
low-mid 20's, though at the cost of 20C dewpoints...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 at 01:06:53, "
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Monday *http://tinyurl.com/lhpwcb

Donna Nook 14.8°C, *Inverbervie 16.3°C, *Leuchars 16.6°C, *Weybourne 16.8°C.

Church Lawford and Brize Norton 28.5°C, *Filton 28.6°C, *Pershore 28.8°C,
Benson 29.1°C, *Farnborough 29.2°C, *Northolt 29.5°C, *Charlwood 30.4°C,
London MO 30.7°C, *Heathrow 30.8°C.

As often happens, heat-trap Cheltenham seems to be the hottest place
outside the SE : 29.4C here.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Does 30-31 C at the end of June represent a "heatwave" ?

To me, even 25C is a heatwave...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 30 June, 11:00, Graham P Davis wrote:
wrote:
Does 30-31 C at the end of June represent a "heatwave" ?

Don't you think that temperatures about ten degrees above the average
deserves to be called a heat-wave?

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. *E-mail: newsman not newsboy
"I wear the cheese. It does not wear me."

No, and neither does the OED

"heatwave

• noun: a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather."