Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Thursday 15
April
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...5-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.35 UTC on
Thursday 15 April
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1335-d-uk.html

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 13.26 UTC on Thursday 15 April
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...4151326.uk.jpg

Band of frontal cloud lies from Scotland through NW England and Wales to SW
England. Bright with showers behind the front over Ireland. Extensive
convective cloud over eastern England but sunny towards the south coast.
Low Countries sunny and almost clear of cloud.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 5 to 9°C; Northern Isles 8 to 9°C; Western Isles 6 to 8°C;
Northern England, Wales and East Anglia 4 to 9°C; Midlands 3 to 6°C;
Southern England 2 to 8°C; Northern Ireland 5 to 7°C.

Benson 3.3°C, Cranwell 3.1°C, Waddington and Charlwood 2.9°C, Scampton
2.8°C, Larkhill and Little Rissington 2.6°C, Redhill 2.1°C, Northolt
2.0°C, Boscombe Down 1.9°C.

Prestwick 8.5°C, Ronaldsway 8.6°C, Valley 8.8°C, Gogarbank and Boulmer
9.0°C, Leuchars 9.1°C, St Mary's 9.8°C.


UK max. temps on Thursday
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Scotland 7 to 11°C; Northern Isles 8 to 9°C; Western Isles 9 to 11°C;
Northern England 8 to 16°C; Midlands and SE England 13 to 16°C; East
Anglia 14 to 16°C; SW England 9 to 15°C; Wales 9 to 13°C; Northern
Ireland 10 to 13°C.

Eskdalemuir 7.3°C, Lerwick 8.1°C, Kirkwall 8.8°C, Aviemore 8.9°C, Wick
9.0°C, Bishopton and Aberporth 9.3°C, Gogarbank and Valley 9.6°C.

Pershore and Shoeburyness 15.7°C, Donna Nook 15.8°C, Weybourne, Coltishall
and Manston 15.9°C, Charlwood 16.0°C, Leeming 16.1°C, London Met O.
17.1°C, Gravesend 17.3°C.


Rainfall radar http://www.westwind.ch/w_0rad.php United Kingdom -30h ANIM
Rainfall radar stills http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/live/brradar.shtml

Rain band over western Scotland and eastern Ireland on Wednesday night edges
eastwards and clears Ireland by noon on Thursday. Rain area extends
through northern England and Wales to SW England by mid-evening. Showers
behind the front in Ireland in the afternoon.

Glenanne (NI), Aultbea and Dundrennan 10 mm, Portglenone (NI), Ballycastle
(NI) and Belfast Aldergrove 11 mm, Tiree and Prestwick 12 mm, Bishopton 15
mm, Tulloch Bridge 16 mm, Lusa/Skye and Eskdalemuir 17 mm.


Location of some UK stations
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/data/ukobs.html


Colin Youngs
Brussels