NOAA 18 VIS satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.25 UTC on
Thursday 28 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1325-b-uk.html

Eumetsat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Thursday 28 July
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-1200-uk.html

Frontal cloud covers much of the British Isles. Thunderstorms over the
west Midlands. Cloud is more broken over central southern England. Quite
sunny in much of the Low Countries but convective cloud over France is
moving into Belgium.


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

Northern Isles 10 to 11°C; Western Isles 9 to 12°C; Scotland 5 to 12°C;
Northern England 7 to 14°C; Midlands 11 to 14°C; East Anglia 12 to 14°C;
SE England 13 to 17°C; SW England 13 to 16°C; Wales 10 to 13°C; Northern
Ireland 6 to 10°C.

Ballypatrick 8.2°C, Ballycastle 8.1°C, St Angelo 7.7°C, Spadeadam 7.4°C,
Ballykelly 7.1°C, Redesdale 6.6°C, Boltshope Park 6.4°C, Castlederg
6.1°C, Aviemore 5.5°C, Aboyne 5.0°C, Glenlivet 4.7°C, Shap 4.2°C.

Herstmonceux 15.8°C, Plymouth 15.9°C, St Mawgan 16.2°C, Camborne 16.3°C,
Culdrose 16.5°C, Guernsey 16.8°C, Solent MRSC 17.3°C.


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

Northern Isles 14 to 15°C; Western Isles 14 to 18°C; Scotland 12 to 17°C;
Northern England 12 to 15°C; Midlands and East Anglia 17 to 24°C; SE
England 21 to 25°C; SW England 17 to 23°C; Wales 15 to 21°C; Northern
Ireland 13 to 17°C.

Shap 11.1°C, St Bees Head 11.6°C, Glen Ogle 11.8°C, Copley 11.9°C,
Spadeadam and Bingley 12.0°C, Eskdalemuir 12.1°C.

Church Lawford 24.1°C, Andrewsfield 24.2°C, Shoeburyness 24.7°C, Bedford
24.8°C, Northolt and London MO 24.9°C, Benson and Charlwood 25.0°C,
Heathrow 25.3°C, Gravesend 25.9°C.

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


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Areas of rain and showers move north over eastern Ireland, Wales, the
Midlands, northern England and much of Scotland on Thursday afternoon and
evening. Thunderstorms move from the west Midlands to NE England.

Bingley, Valley and Cottesmore 23 mm, Capel Curig and Leeming 24 mm, Capel
Curig 25.2 mm, Church Fenton 26.0 mm, Topcliffe 27.2 mm, Dishforth 31.1
mm, Aberdaron 32.6 mm, Linton-on-Ouse 38.3 mm, Aberporth 44.8 mm,
Milford Haven 65.1 mm.

Sferics http://217.160.75.104/wz/pics/Rsfloc3.gif or
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkbeoblar.htm July 28 Intensity


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
...

Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Areas of rain and showers move north over eastern Ireland, Wales, the
Midlands, northern England and much of Scotland on Thursday afternoon
and
evening. Thunderstorms move from the west Midlands to NE England.

Bingley, Valley and Cottesmore 23 mm, Capel Curig and Leeming 24 mm,
Capel
Curig 25.2 mm, Church Fenton 26.0 mm, Topcliffe 27.2 mm, Dishforth
31.1
mm, Aberdaron 32.6 mm, Linton-on-Ouse 38.3 mm, Aberporth 44.8 mm,
Milford Haven 65.1 mm.

.... surprised to hear, yet again, the comment by one of the weather
presenters to the effect that 'we needed the rain' etc., etc. The rain
has affected areas that, afaik, don't actually need a great deal, whilst
we here in the southeast (where there is an acknowledged problem) have
largely missed out on the higher totals.

Martin.


--
Martin Rowley: data via -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/metindex.htm
Bracknell (Wooden Hill/Tawfield), Berkshire
NGR: SU 854 667 Elev: 80m
Lat: 51DEG23MIN30SEC(N): Long: 00DEG46MIN28SEC(W)

--
Martin Rowley m wrote in
message ...
... surprised to hear, yet again, the comment by one of the weather
presenters to the effect that 'we needed the rain' etc., etc. The rain
has affected areas that, afaik, don't actually need a great deal, whilst
we here in the southeast (where there is an acknowledged problem) have
largely missed out on the higher totals.

Martin.

Hi, Martin,

You are quite right. Currently 102% average for the year in Copley, so no
problems here. We get used to the southern England bias and tend not to
listen.

Best wishes,

--
Ken Cook
Copley (253m, 830ft) & Copley Lead Mill (218m, 715ft)
5 miles north of Barnard Castle, County Durham.
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

"Ken Cook" wrote in message
Martin Rowley m wrote
in
message ...
... surprised to hear, yet again, the comment by one of the weather
presenters to the effect that 'we needed the rain' etc., etc. The
rain
has affected areas that, afaik, don't actually need a great deal,
whilst
we here in the southeast (where there is an acknowledged problem)
have
largely missed out on the higher totals.
Hi, Martin,

You are quite right. Currently 102% average for the year in Copley, so
no
problems here. We get used to the southern England bias and tend not
to
listen.

.... unfortunately, it is even worse that 'bias'; it's not knowing what
is going on & keeping up to date with the 'real' weather!

Martin.