Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday 6
July
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...6-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.47 UTC on
Wednesday 6 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1347-b-uk.html

Eumetsat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Wednesday 6 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-1200-uk.html

Extensive frontal cloud over Scotland and northern England except the far
west with broken cloud elsewhere over Britain. Bands of frontal cloud also
in the North Sea around a low centre. Bands of showers over the Low
Countries.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map_m...lang=en&map=uk blue figures

Scotland 9 to 12°C; Northern Isles 9 to 10°C; Western Isles 8 to 11°C;
Northern England, Wales, the Midlands and East Anglia 11 to 13°C; Southern
England 12 to 14°C; Northern Ireland 10 to 12°C.

Glenanne and Wick 9.6°C, Kirkwall and Aviemore 9.5°C, Drumalbin 9.3°C,
Boltshope Park 9.1°C, Lerwick and Altnaharra 8.8°C, Baltasound 8.7°C,
Loch Glascarnoch 8.6°C, Stornoway 8.2°C, Glen Ogle 7.4°C.

St Athan and Plymouth 13.5°C, Culdrose 13.6°C, St Mawgan 13.8°C, Solent
MRSC 13.9°C, St Mary's 14.3°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map_m...lang=en&map=uk red figures

Scotland 13 to 19°C; Northern Isles 13 to 16°C; Western Isles 15 to 16°C;
Northern England 13 to 17°C; Midlands 16 to 18°C; East Anglia 17 to 19°C;
SE England 17 to 22°C; SW England 14 to 18°C; Wales 13 to 16°C; Northern
Ireland 14 to 16°C.

Redesdale, Copley and Loftus 12.5°C, Spadeadam and Newcastle 12.6°C,
Albemarle 12.7°C, Lake Vyrnwy 12.8°C, Warcop Range 13.2°C, Rosehearty
13.4°C.

Northolt and Shoeburyness 19.5°C, Charlwood 19.6°C, Redhill 19.8°C,
Heathrow 19.9°C, Herstmonceux 20.0°C, Gravesend 20.2°C, Shoreham 21.0°C,
Solent MRSC 21.6°C, Thorney Island 21.7°C.

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


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html

Areas of rain and showers circle anticlockwise over east Scotland and north
and east England on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Area of general rain
in the east Midlands and Norfolk by mid-evening.

Leuchars 15.4 mm, Charterhall 15.6 mm, Coltishall 16.2 mm, Leconfield
18.2 mm, Bridlington 20.0 mm, Albemarle 24.7 mm, Aberdeen 25.2 mm,
Newcastle 33.6 mm, Loftus 41 mm, Boulmer 48.1 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels