Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Friday 2
July
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...2-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.51 UTC on
Friday 2 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1351-b-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.09 UTC on Friday 2 July
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...7021209.uk.jpg

Widespread convective cloud with a marked band of showers through central
and eastern England. Band of rain followed by a line of heavy showers over
the Low Countries.


UK min. temps on Thursday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn020704.jpg

Scotland 5 to 12°C; Northern Isles 8 to 10°C; Western Isles 10 to 11°C;
Northern England 7 to 12°C; Midlands 8 to 11°C; East Anglia 9 to 13°C;
Southern England 10 to 13°C; Wales 9 to 12°C; Northern Ireland 9 to 11°C.

Inverbervie and Copley 7.7°C, Lossiemouth and Aberdeen 7.4°C, Redesdale
7.2°C, Topcliffe 7.1°C, Strathallan 7.0°C, Leuchars and Charterhall
6.7°C, Aviemore 4.6°C, Aboyne 2.1°C.

Ronaldsway, St Mawgan and Heathrow 11.9°C, Culdrose 12.0°C, Valley and St
Mary's 12.2°C, Guernsey 12.7°C, Solent MRSC 13.1°C.


UK max. temps on Friday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx020704.jpg

Scotland and Wales 14 to 18°C; Northern Isles 14 to 17°C; Western Isles 15
to 17°C; Northern England 14 to 19°C; Midlands 18 to 20°C; East Anglia 17
to 21°C; SE England 16 to 20°C; SW England 14 to 19°C; Northern Ireland
15 to 16°C.

Lerwick 14.4°C, Eskdalemuir 14.7°C, Gogarbank 15.6°C, Aberdeen and Tiree
15.7°C, St Mawgan and Dunkeswell 15.8°C.

Cranwell and Scampton 19.9°C, Donna Nook, Coningsby, Holbeach and Great
Malvern 20.0°C, Pershore and Marham 20.1°C, Benson 20.3°C, Coltishall
20.9°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

Outbreaks of rain moved from SW England and Wales through southern England
during Thursday night with thunder in places. Further showers in NW
England and in Ireland and western Scotland. Showers crossed northern
England on Friday morning and developed throughout western and northern
Britain by midday. A broad band of showers moved east through England in
the afternoon with widespread showers near the south coast. Thunder in
eastern England and East Anglia later. Widespread and often heavy showers
continued into the evening but became only scattered in the south and east.

Machrihanish, Cardiff WC, Dunkeswell and Herstmonceux 10 mm, Lake Vyrnwy
and Mumbles 11 mm, Aultbea, Capel Curig and St Athan 12 mm, Yeovilton 13
mm, Liscombe 14 mm, St Mawgan 18 mm, Cardinham 20 mm, Larkhill 21 mm,
Odiham 22 mm, Middle Wallop 28 mm, Boscombe Down 42 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 3 Jul 2004 at 14:29:22, Colin Youngs wrote :

UK max. temps on Friday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx020704.jpg

Cranwell and Scampton 19.9°C, Donna Nook, Coningsby, Holbeach and Great
Malvern 20.0°C, Pershore and Marham 20.1°C, Benson 20.3°C, Coltishall
20.9°C.

Cheltenham 20.9C - seems more likely to be genuine, since I've taken
steps to cure that over-reading problem I had during June.

Machrihanish, Cardiff WC, Dunkeswell and Herstmonceux 10 mm, Lake Vyrnwy
and Mumbles 11 mm, Aultbea, Capel Curig and St Athan 12 mm, Yeovilton 13
mm, Liscombe 14 mm, St Mawgan 18 mm, Cardinham 20 mm, Larkhill 21 mm,
Odiham 22 mm, Middle Wallop 28 mm, Boscombe Down 42 mm.

I am so jealous.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham