Thursday 20th 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/etcse20m/se20-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.46 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcse20/se20-1346-b-uk.html

Broken convective cloud over Britain. Clear sky over Belgium but
misty along the coast.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/35uan4t

Bournemouth (Hurn) and Herstmonceux 7.5°C, Farnborough 7.2°C,
Lerwick and Tain Range 7.0°C, Tulloch Bridge 6.7°C, Loch Glascarnoch
5.6°C, Shoreham 5.5°C, Baltasound 5.4°C, Altnaharra 4.5°C.

Belfast Aldergrove and Benson 13.9°C, Cottesmore 14.2°C, Nottingham
(Watnall) and Waddington 14.5°C, Cranwell 14.6°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/3yuu35x

Dundrennan 12.7°C, Lerwick 13.0°C, Fair Isle and Aberdaron 13.2°C,
South Uist 13.3°C.

Shawbury and Bedford 23.0°C, Dishforth and Coleshill 23.1°C,
Topcliffe, Church Lawford and Cranwell 23.3°C, Wittering 23.4°C,
Waddington and Marham 23.5°C, Leeming 23.6°C, Hereford 23.7°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/36dq4pr


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

Scattered outbreaks of light rain in Northern Ireland and NW Scotland
on Thursday.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/2v2c4ot

Ballypatrick, Lusa (Skye), Aberdaron, Pembrey Sands and Milford Haven
0.6 mm, Castlederg 0.8 mm, Portglenone, South Uist and Machrihanish
1 mm, Lough Fea and Tiree 2 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels