Getting slightly warmer - Marham / Heathrow 17.9°C
 

Saturday 15th May 2010

Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/MSG-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
http://www.woksat.info/etcse15m/se15-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.57 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcse15/se15-1257-b-uk.html

Broken convective cloud over the British Isles. Sunny on the Belgian
coast – some convection inland.


UK min. temps on Friday night http://tinyurl.com/2c36xoy

Trawsgoed 1.3°C, Sennybridge 1.0°C, Hawarden 0.6°C, Benson 0.5°C,
Topcliffe 0.2°C, Capel Curig 0.1°C, Pembrey Sands -0.5°C,
Eskdalemuir -0.9°C, Aboyne and Shap -1.0°C.

St Catherine’s Point, Shoeburyness and Guernsey 8.0°C, Gravesend
8.2°C, Portland 8.5°C, St Mary’s 9.1°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/24esk9r

Glen Ogle 8.8°C, Loch Glascarnoch 9.2C, Aultbea 10.9°C, South Uist
and Aberporth 11.4°C, Lerwick 11.5°C.

Brize Norton, Bournemouth (Hurn) and St James Park 17.0°C, Pershore
and Farnborough 17.2°C, Northolt 17.5°C, Church Lawford 17.6°C,
Charlwood 17.7°C, Marham and Heathrow 17.9°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2ag89m5


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

Showers mostly in western and northern Scotland on Saturday. Rain
approaches from the west over Ireland in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Saturday
http://tinyurl.com/28aqavh

Eskdalemuir 1.0 mm, Machrihanish 1 mm, South Uist 1.6 mm, Wick,
Stornoway, Lusa (Skye) and Prestwick 2 mm, Altnaharra 3 mm, Loch
Glascarnoch 4 mm, Aultbea 6 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels