Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Friday 18
June
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.50 UTC on
Friday 18 June
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1450-b-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 10.52 UTC on Friday 18 June
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C1E125A98

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 10.47 UTC on Friday 18 June
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...6181047.uk.jpg

Widespread convective cloud over the British Isles. Extensive cloud over
northern England and the Midlands in the earlier photos. Belgium mostly
cloudy but some breaks over the Netherlands.


UK min. temps on Thursday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn180604.jpg

Scotland 4 to 10°C; Northern Isles 6 to 7°C; Western Isles 6 to 9°C;
Northern England 8 to 13°C; Midlands, East Anglia and SW England 10 to
13°C; SE England 12 to 14°C; Wales 9 to 12°C; Northern Ireland 8 to 10°C.

Stornoway 6.1°C, Inverbervie 5.9°C, Lerwick 5.8°C, Kirkwall, Aboyne and
Tain Range 5.5°C, Altnaharra 4.7°C, Wick 3.8°C, Aviemore 3.7°C, Loch
Glascarnoch 3.6°C.

Plymouth 13.1°C, Culdrose and St Mawgan 13.3°C, Langdon Bay 13.4°C,
Solent MRSC and Heathrow 14.0°C, St Mary's 14.3°C.


UK max. temps on Friday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx180604.jpg

Scotland 11 to 17°C; Northern Isles 11 to 12°C; Western Isles 12 to 15°C;
Northern England 11 to 16°C; Midlands and Wales 14 to 18°C; East Anglia 15
to 18°C; SE England 17 to 20°C; SW England 15 to 19°C; Northern Ireland
12 to 16°C.

Lerwick 10.9°C, Copley 11.2°C, Bridlington 11.7°C, Kinloss and Aviemore
12.0°C, Eskdalemuir 12.1°C, Kirkwall 12.2°C, Stornoway and Wick 12.4°C,
Leeming 12.5°C.

Redhill and Manston 18.5°C, Plymouth 18.6°C, Lyneham 18.8°C, Herstmonceux
19.0°C, Charlwood 19.1°C, Thorney Island 19.5°C, Shoreham 19.6°C, Great
Malvern and Solent MRSC 19.8°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

Widespread showers and outbreaks of rain from southern Scotland to NE
England on Thursday night with showers developing in Ireland and northern
Scotland later in the night. Rain in northern England on Friday until late
afternoon with extensive shower activity in Scotland. Showers throughout
Britain by evening.

Prestwick and Dishforth 10 mm, Albemarle 11 mm, Leeming and Topcliffe 12
mm, Copley 13.5 mm, Strathallan 15 mm, Spadeadam 16 mm, Loftus 17 mm,
Leconfield 18 mm, Bridlington 21 mm, Bishopton 27 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels