Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.15 UTC on Tuesday 12
October
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...2-1215-eur.jpg

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 14.33 UTC on
Tuesday 12 October
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1433-b-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 11.53 UTC on Tuesday 12 October
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V26D52289

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 11.48 UTC on Tuesday 12 October
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...0121148.uk.jpg

Britain almost entirely covered by cloud but large areas of Ireland are
quite sunny. Some patchy cloud over Belgium but much of the Netherlands is
sunny.


UK min. temps on Monday night
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mn121004.jpg

Scotland 2 to 10°C; Northern Isles 9 to 11°C; Western Isles 5 to 9°C;
Northern and SE England 6 to 11°C; Midlands 7 to 9°C; East Anglia 8 to
11°C; SW England 7 to 10°C; Wales and Northern Ireland 6 to 9°C.

Topcliffe 4.3°C, Bishopton 4.2°C, Aviemore and Drumalbin 3.8°C,
Strathallan 3.7°C, Aultbea 3.6°C, Prestwick 3.3°C, Kinloss 2.8°C, Shap
2.4°C, Loch Glascarnoch 2.1°C.

Wick and Plymouth 10.1°C, Boulmer and Langdon Bay 10.2°C, Ronaldsway
10.4°C, Bridlington 10.8°C, Heathrow 10.9°C, Guernsey 11.1°C.


UK max. temps on Tuesday
http://www.medvale.demon.co.uk/weath...s/mx121004.jpg

Scotland and Northern England 9 to 12°C; Northern Isles 10 to 11°C;
Western Isles 11 to 13°C; Midlands 10 to 13°C; East Anglia 12 to 15°C; SE
England 12 to 16°C; SW England and Northern Ireland 9 to 13°C; Wales 8 to
14°C.

Dunkeswell 9.1°C, Copley 9.4°C, Eskdalemuir 10.1°C, Shawbury 10.5°C,
Lerwick, Kirkwall and Bishopton 10.7°C, Aberdeen 10.8°C.

Solent MRSC 14.7°C, Herstmonceux and Thorney Island 14.9°C, Shoreham
15.1°C, St Catherine's Point 15.2°C, Langdon Bay, London MO and Shoreham
15.3°C, Gravesend and Manston 16.1°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 in the Channel Islands throughout Monday night and Tuesday. Outbreaks
of rain reach the south coast of England before dawn on Tuesday and spread
slowly north into parts of southern England. More widespread outbreaks of
light rain in central and western England and east Wales later in the
afternoon with some rain in places in eastern England and SE Scotland in the
evening.

Middle Wallop, Farnborough and Kenley 5 mm, Little Rissington and Charlwood
6 mm, Boscombe Down 7 mm, Brize Norton and Odiham 8 mm, St Catherine's
Point 9 mm, Shoreham and Herstmonceux 10 mm, Guernsey 56 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

Hi Colin

Yes, 56 mm indeed. Not exceptional but it fell from a rain band that was not
particularly intense and never more than 50 miles wide by my reckoning
(having studied the radar at intervals yesterday).

Thanks for your regular reports which are much appreciated.

Martin
Guernsey
- where the rain continues to fall.
10C, 210/30 gusting 38 kts

Rain in the Channel Islands throughout Monday night and Tuesday.
Outbreaks
of rain reach the south coast of England before dawn on Tuesday and spread
slowly north into parts of southern England. More widespread outbreaks
of
light rain in central and western England and east Wales later in the
afternoon with some rain in places in eastern England and SE Scotland in
the
evening.

Middle Wallop, Farnborough and Kenley 5 mm, Little Rissington and
Charlwood
6 mm, Boscombe Down 7 mm, Brize Norton and Odiham 8 mm, St Catherine's
Point 9 mm, Shoreham and Herstmonceux 10 mm, Guernsey 56 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels