Monday 20th September 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/etcsi20m/si20-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 12.41 UTC
http://www.woksat.info/etcsi20/si20-1241-b-uk.html

Convection over the British Isles. Some cloud over NW Belgium but
much of the country is sunny.


UK min. temps on Sunday night http://tinyurl.com/363s9qj

Wick and Aviemore 10.0°C, Tulloch Bridge 9.8°C, Altnaharra 9.6°C,
Kirkwall and Loch Glascarnoch 8.8°C, Aboyne 8.6°C, Glen Ogle 8.5°C,
Fair Isle 8.3°C, Lerwick 6.2°C, Baltasound 1.5°C.

Pembrey Sands, Shoeburyness and Shoreham 15.2°C, Heathrow 15.3°C,
Solent MRSC 15.4°C, St Catherine’s Point 15.5°C.


UK max. temps on Monday http://tinyurl.com/29nfz9z

Baltasound 11.3°C, Loch Glascarnoch 11.5°C, Lerwick 11.8°C, Glen
Ogle 11.9°C, Altnaharra 12.0°C.

Shoeburyness 21.4°C, Yeovilton and Northolt 21.5°C, Bournemouth
(Hurn), Charlwood and Gravesend 21.6°C, Marham 21.7°C, Exeter
21.8°C, St James’s Park 22.2°C, Heathrow 22.8°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/32bz74h


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

Outbreaks of rain in the northern half of Scotland die out during
Monday morning. Some showers remain in parts of Scotland, northern
England and north Wales later in the day.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Monday http://tinyurl.com/22sb7qz

Lusa (Skye) and Keswick 11 mm, Altnaharra, Kinloss and Lake Vyrnwy 12
mm, Kirkwall and Spadeadam 13 mm, Stornoway 14 mm, Wick 17 mm,
Aultbea 21 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 at 12:38:30, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK min. temps on Sunday night http://tinyurl.com/363s9qj

Lerwick 6.2°C, Baltasound 1.5°C.

That much difference in a relatively short distance?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)