Sunday 16th 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/etcse16m/se16-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.47 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcse16/se16-1247-b-uk.html

Frontal cloud over southern Britain; convection further north.
Rather cloudy in eastern Belgium; convection and high cloud elsewhere.


UK min. temps on Saturday night http://tinyurl.com/38qrhg7

Wick 2.2°C, Wattisham 2.1°C, Farnborough 1.9°C, Bournemouth (Hurn)
1.6°C, Andrewsfield and Yeovilton 1.5°C, Sennybridge 1.3°C, Tain
Range 0.9°C, Exeter 0.3°C, Benson -0.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch -0.7°C.

Crosby 9.1°C, Milford Haven 9.3°C, St Mary’s 9.6°C, Pembrey Sands
9.7°C.


UK max. temps on Sunday http://tinyurl.com/36gwm9g

Glen Ogle 10.1°C, Fair Isle 10.4°C, Ballypatrick 11.0°C,
Inverbervie, Drumalbin and Aberporth 11.3°C.

Bridlington, Heathrow and Shoeburyness 16.4°C, Shobdon and Wainfleet
16.6°C, Wattisham 16.7°C, Bedford 16.8°C, Hereford 16.9°C,
Holbeach 17.0°C, Pershore 17.7°C, Church Lawford 17.9°C, Marham
18.3°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/3xoepnf


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

Outbreaks of rain and showers move east over southern Britain on
Sunday – fairly heavy in places in southern and SE England in the late
afternoon and evening. Showers in western Scotland and then
elsewhere in northern Britain in the course of the afternoon.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Sunday
http://tinyurl.com/2v8t3yu

Milford Haven and Benson 5 mm, Tiree and St James Park 6 mm, Odiham,
Lyneham and Northolt 7 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 9 mm, Yeovilton and
Brize Norton 10 mm, Farnborough 13 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels