Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Wednesday
27 July
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...7-1200-eur.jpg

NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.36 UTC on
Wednesday 27 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1336-b-uk.html

Eumetsat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Wednesday 27 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-1200-uk.html

Broad band of frontal cloud over the southern half of Britain. Much cloud
also further north but sunny towards the coast of NE England and in SW
Scotland. Cloud advancing over the Netherlands and western Belgium but
still quite sunny in eastern Belgium.


UK min. temps on Tuesday night
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif
or
http://meteocentre.com/analyse/map_m...lang=en&map=uk blue figures

Northern Isles 9 to 10°C; Northern Ireland and Western Isles 5 to 12°C;
Scotland 3 to 12°C; Northern England 6 to 12°C; Midlands and East Anglia
10 to 13°C; Southern England 12 to 14°C; Wales 8 to 13°C.

Loch Glascarnoch 6.9°C, Charterhall and Tulloch Bridge 6.1°C, Eskdalemuir
5.8°C, Machrihanish and Redesdale 5.5°C, Ballypatrick and Port Ellen on
Islay 5.4°C, Drumalbin 4.7°C, West Freugh and Fife Ness 2.8°C,
Fylingdales 2.0°C.

Camborne and Culdrose 14.0°C, St Mawgan 14.2°C, Plymouth 14.4°C, St
Mary's 14.5°C, Guernsey 16.5°C.


UK max. temps on Wednesday
http://www.uni-koeln.de/math-nat-fak...europazoom.gif

Northern Isles 13 to 15°C; Western Isles and the Midlands 14 to 18°C;
Scotland and SW England 13 to 19°C; Northern England 17 to 21°C; East
Anglia 14 to 17°C; Wales and SE England 14 to 20°C; Northern Ireland 16 to
20°C.

Glen Ogle 9.2°C, Aviemore and Leuchars 12.6°C, Strathallan 12.7°C,
Liscombe 12.9°C, Tulloch Bridge 13.1°C.

Hawarden 20.1°C, Rhyl and Dishforth 20.4°C, Leeming and Topcliffe 20.6°C,
Linton-on-Ouse 20.7°C, Woodford 20.8°C, Crosby 21.2°C, Guernsey 21.8°C,
Jersey 22.9°C.

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


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

Areas of rain move slowly north and east over Wales, southern England and
the Midlands on Wednesday afternoon and evening - heaviest and most
persistent rain in SW England and Wales.

Chivenor 9.4 mm, St Catherine's Point 9.8 mm, Mumbles and Kenley 10.6 mm,
Dunkeswell 10.9 mm, Guernsey 11 mm, Manston 13.5 mm, Thorney Island 13.8
mm, Herstmonceux 14.8 mm, Charlwood 16.0 mm, Plymouth 18.4 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels