Meteosat 7 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 08.00 UTC on Thursday 2
June
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...2-0800-eur.jpg

NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.49 UTC on
Thursday 2 June
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1249-b-uk.html

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from Dundee at 13.33 UTC on Thursday 2 June
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B2A81203B

NOAA 16 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 13.22 UTC on Thursday 2 June
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...6021322.uk.jpg

Extensive cloud over the British Isles but bright in parts of the Midlands
and SE England. Mostly cloudy over the Netherlands but somewhat more
broken cloud to the south in Belgium with a bright slot in the centre.


UK min. temps on Wednesday night and max. temps on Thursday
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map_m...lang=en&map=uk


Minimum temperatures

Scotland 7 to 12°C; Northern Isles 5 to 6°C; Western Isles 10 to 11°C;
Northern and SE England 11 to 14°C; Midlands and East Anglia 13 to 14°C;
SW England, Wales and Northern Ireland 11 to 13°C.

Altnaharra 8.9°C, Lossiemouth 8.7°C, Aberdeen 8.5°C, Rosehearty 8.4°C,
Aboyne 7.6°C, Glen Ogle 7.3°C, Wick 7.2°C, Baltasound 6.4°C, Kirkwall
6.3°C, Lerwick 5.9°C, Fair Isle 5.2°C.

Wattisham 13.3°C, Waddington 13.4°C, Brize Norton 13.5°C, Leeming 13.7°C,
Shawbury 13.9°C, Heathrow 14.0°C.


Maximum temperatures

Scotland 9 to 19°C; Northern Isles 9 to 10°C; Western Isles 11 to 14°C;
Northern and SE England 13 to 20°C; Midlands 17 to 20°C; East Anglia 18 to
21°C; SW England 13 to 15°C; Wales 13 to 17°C; Northern Ireland 15 to
18°C.

Kirkwall 8.6°C, Fair Isle 8.9°C, Wick 9.0°C, Lerwick 9.4°C, Altnaharra
10.0°C, Rosehearty 10.2°C.

Weybourne 19.9°C, Church Fenton and Holbeach 20.0°C, Marham, Shoeburyness
and London MO 20.1°C, Andrewsfield and Gravesend 20.3°C, Wattisham 20.8°C,
Coltishall 21.0°C.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...yesterday.html


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Rain moves over Ireland and west and north Scotland on Thursday evening
reaching central and SW Scotland by mid-evening.

Machrihanish 11 mm, Aultbea 14 mm, Stornoway and Spadeadam 17.2 mm, Port
Ellen on Islay 18.7 mm, Tiree 18.8 mm, Barra 20.0 mm, Capel Curig 21.6
mm, Lusa/Skye 24.9 mm, South Uist 25.1 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels