Meteosat 8 satellite picture from F. Valk's site at 12.00 UTC on Sunday 18th
September
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_imag...8-1200-EUR.jpg

Eumetsat MSG-1 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00 UTC on
Sunday 18th September
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...g-1200-uk.html

NOAA 17 VIS satellite picture from DLR at 12.00 UTC on Sunday 18th September
http://www.dfd.dlr.de/ftp/put/wetter...9181200.uk.jpg

Extensive cloud over the British Isles but fairly sunny in NE England and
near the south coast. Sunny over much of the Low Countries but a band of
cloud covers the coast and the north of the Netherlands.


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

Scotland and Wales 9 to 13°C; Northern Isles 11 to 12°C; Western Isles 12
to 13°C; Northern England 5 to 12°C; Midlands and East Anglia 9 to 11°C;
SE England 2 to 9°C; SW England 5 to 9°C; Northern Ireland 7 to 12°C.

09.00 - Thorney Island 5.3°C, Boscombe Down 5.0°C, Middle Wallop 4.9°C,
Farnborough 4.7°C, Benson and Charlwood 4.6°C, Yeovilton 4.4°C, Larkhill
4.0°C, Redhill 3.5°C, Bournemouth 2.2°C.

06.00 - Kinloss 12.5°C, Edinburgh Gogarbank 12.7°C, Tiree and Prestwick
12.9°C, Valley 13.1°C, Machrihanish 13.3°C.


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

Scotland 12 to 19°C; Northern Isles 14 to 16°C; Western Isles 15 to 16°C;
Northern England 15 to 20°C; Midlands 16 to 18°C; East Anglia 15 to 17°C;
SE England 16 to 20°C; SW England 14 to 17°C; Northern Ireland and Wales
15 to 18°C.

Glen Ogle 12.1°C, Liscombe 13.0°C, Spadeadam, Leek and Dunkeswell 13.6°C.

Dishforth 18.8°C, Solent MRSC 18.9°C, Donna Nook 19.1°C, Linton-on-Ouse
19.2°C, Aberdeen and Leconfield 19.3°C, Herstmonceux 19.6°C, Bournemouth
19.9°C, Loftus 20.0°C, Bridlington 20.4°C.

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


Rainfall radar
http://www.metoffice.com/weather/eur...animation.html
Prestwick 1.0 mm, Lusa/Skye 1.1 mm, Woodford 1.3 mm, Keswick 1.4 mm,
Leek 1.6 mm, Lerwick 2.2 mm, St Bees Head 4.2 mm, Baltasound 5.6 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

Nice to see Aberdeen making the list of warmest places. Doesn't often
happen at this time of year.

Max today at my station 18.9°C.

Richard Slessor,
Hazlehead, Aberdeen.