Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Friday 8th August
http://www.fvalk.com/images/Day_image/METEOSAT-8-1200-EUR.jpg

Meteosat MSG-2 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.00
UTC on Friday 8th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcqh08m/qh08-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 12.48 UTC on
Friday 8th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcqh08/qh08-1248-b-uk.html

Extensive cloud over Britain with the most sunshine in SW England and
west Wales.   Belgium also rather cloudy with showers.


UK min. temps on Thursday night   http://tinyurl.com/6hnf36

Lusa/Skye and Inverbervie 8.1°C,  Eskdalemuir 7.9°C,  St Angelo
7.8°C,  Castlederg 7.5°C,  Tain Range 7.0°C,  Leuchars 6.5°C,  Aultbea
6.0°C,  Wick 5.6°C,  Aboyne 4.9°C,  Loch Glascarnoch 4.4°C,
Altnaharra 4.3°C.

Jersey and St Catherine’s Point 15.7°C,  Thorney Island 15.9°C,
London MO 16.1°C,  Solent MRSC 16.3°C,  Gravesend 16.5°C.


UK max. temps on Friday   http://tinyurl.com/62azw2

Glen Ogle 12.9°C,  Stornoway 13.6°C,  Fair Isle 14.2°C,  Lerwick
14.4°C,  Ballypatrick 14.5°C.

Dunkeswell 20.5°C,  Plymouth 20.6°C,  Church Lawford 20.7°C,  Hereford
20.8°C,  Herstmonceux 21.1°C,  Shobdon 21.2°C,  Great Malvern,
Yeovilton and St Catherine’s Point 21.4°C,  Langdon Bay 21.5°C,
Solent MRSC 22.0°C,  Bournemouth 22.2°C.

OGIMET summary   http://tinyurl.com/6roep6


Rainfall radar  http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&soort=loop24uur&URL
or  http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/

Some showers in eastern England on Friday morning.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Friday   http://tinyurl.com/6psel8

Rhyl, Pershore, Coleshill, Scampton, Holbeach and Farnborough 6 mm,
Bridlington, Wattisham and High Wycombe 7 mm,  Weybourne and
Waddington 8 mm,  Shawbury 10 mm,  Dunkeswell 11 mm,  Boulmer 14 mm,
Marham 27 mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels