Saturday 18th August 2012


Meteosat MSG 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/etcuh18m/uh18-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 19 satellite picture from Bernard Burton’s site at 13.00 UTC http://www.woksat.info/etcuh18/uh18-1300-b-uk.html

Eumetsat Animation from the Norwegian Weather Service http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html


UK min. temps on Friday night http://tinyurl.com/6ws96z7

Kirkwall 10.7°C, Kinloss 10.6°C, Tiree 10.5°C, South Uist 10.3°C, Aviemore 10.0°C, Aultbea 9.8°C, Lusa (Skye) 9.7°C, Tain Range 8.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch 8.0°C, Altnaharra 4.7°C.

Manston 18.9°C, Wattisham 19.0°C, Kenley 19.1°C, Gravesend (Broadness) 19.3°C, Wainfleet 19.5°C, Shoeburyness 19.8°C, Marham and Langdon Bay 20.2°C, Weybourne 20.5°C, London St James’s Park 20.8°C.


UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/8ygebdb

Baltasound 15.6°C, Fair Isle 15.8°C, Lerwick 15.9°C, St Bees Head 16.9°C, Stornoway 17.0°C.

Wainfleet and Charlwood 29.4°C, Holbeach 29.6°C, Northolt 29.7°C, Marham 30.1°C, Heathrow and Manston 30.3°C, Weybourne 30.7°C, Wattisham, Andrewsfield, London St James’s Park and Shoeburyness 30.8°C, Gravesend (Broadness) 31.5°C.

OGIMET summary http://tinyurl.com/c8gz3xg


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

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/7lm37mw

Boulmer and Camborne 3 mm, Aberporth 4 mm, Lerwick, Kinloss, Glasgow (Bishopton) and Valley 5 mm, Albemarle and St Mary’s (Scilly) 6 mm, Copley 6.2 mm, Stornoway 11 mm, South Uist 12 mm, Mona (Anglesey) 14 mm, Eskdalemuir 22 mm.


Location of some UK stations http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/educatio...eather-data-uk


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Sat, 18 Aug 2012 at 12:53:18, Colin Youngs
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

UK max. temps on Saturday http://tinyurl.com/8ygebdb

Wainfleet and Charlwood 29.4°C, Holbeach 29.6°C, Northolt 29.7°C,
Marham 30.1°C, Heathrow and Manston 30.3°C, Weybourne 30.7°C,
Wattisham, Andrewsfield, London St James’s Park and Shoeburyness
30.8°C, Gravesend (Broadness) 31.5°C.

32.4C is the highest I've heard - but I'm glad to say 24.5C was the peak
here!
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)