Thursday 5th August 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
UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcsh05m/sh05-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.14 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcsh05/sh05-1214-b-uk.html

Convection over Britain – most pronounced over eastern England.
Heavy showers over Belgium.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night http://tinyurl.com/2u4lt7d

Drumalbin, Strathallan and Albemarle 8.6°C, Shap 8.3°C, Warcop Range
8.0°C, Exeter 7.5°C, Dishforth 7.4°C, Eskdalemuir 7.3°C, Spadeadam
7.2°C, Glen Ogle and Charterhall 7.1°C, Redesdale 6.2°C, Topcliffe
5.8°C.

Jersey 14.1°C, Guernsey 14.2°C, Crosby and St Mary’s (Scilly)
14.3°C, Portland 14.5°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday http://tinyurl.com/3a8fjro

Glen Ogle 13.8°C, Lake Vyrnwy 14.6°C, Fair Isle 15.1°C,
Ballypatrick 15.2°C, Tulloch Bridge 15.3°C, Warcop Range 15.7°C.

Northolt 21.3°C, Yeovilton and Farnborough 21.5°C, Shoeburyness
21.6°C, Thorney Island 21.7°C, Gravesend 22.0°C, Bournemouth (Hurn)
22.4°C, Heathrow and St James’s Park 22.6°C, Solent MRSC 23.0°C.

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


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

Showers develop mainly over northern Britain on Thursday afternoon and
become concentrated in the NE during the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/34gjjdw

Aberdeen (Dyce), Spadeadam and Lyneham 3 mm, Capel Curig and High
Wycombe 4 mm, Keswick 5 mm, Lusa (Skye) and Inverbervie 6 mm,
Ballypatrick 8 mm, Wick 14 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels