Tuesday 17th 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

British Isles rather cloudy – especially southern and SE England.
Frontal cloud still covers Belgium.


UK min. temps on Monday night http://tinyurl.com/39ljxdp

Capel Curig, Lake Vyrnwy and Marham 11.3°C, Castlederg 11.2°C,
Aberdeen (Dyce) and Copley 11.1°C, Kirkwall 11.0°C, Inverbervie
10.9°C, Fair Isle 10.8°C, Albemarle 10.7°C, Rosehearty 10.3°C,
Glen Ogle and Loftus 10.0°C, Fylingdales 9.5°C.

Jersey 15.4°C, St Mary’s (Scilly), Thorney Island and Gravesend
15.5°C, Solent MRSC 15.8°C, St Catherine’s Point 15.9°C.


UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/26weowc

Glen Ogle 13.9°C, Lerwick 14.1°C, Baltasound and Fair Isle 14.5°C,
Ballypatrick and Lough Fea 15.0°C.

Scampton and Bedford 22.6°C, Church Lawford and Wainfleet 22.7°C,
Leeming 22.9°C, Brize Norton 23.4°C, Coleshill 23.6°C, Pershore and
Shobdon 23.8°C, Hereford 24.4°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/2cbf2wg


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

Overnight rain clears eastwards during Tuesday morning. Scattered
showers in the afternoon – a line of heavy showers with thunder moves
SE from the west Midlands to East Anglia and SE England.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/2cm99oc

Altnaharra, Aviemore, Tiree, Machrihanish and Glasgow Bishopton 13
mm, Ballypatrick 14 mm, Port Ellen (Islay) 15 mm, Tulloch Bridge
and Loch Glascarnoch 16 mm, Stornoway and Lusa (Skye) 18 mm, Aultbea
29 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 at 12:54:53, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Tuesday http://tinyurl.com/26weowc

Scampton and Bedford 22.6°C, Church Lawford and Wainfleet 22.7°C,
Leeming 22.9°C, Brize Norton 23.4°C, Coleshill 23.6°C, Pershore and
Shobdon 23.8°C, Hereford 24.4°C.

24.0C here.
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