Meteosat 8 satellite picture from Ferdinand Valk's site at 12.00 UTC
on Sunday 24th 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 Sunday 24th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcqh24m/qh24-msg-1200-uk.html

NOAA 18 satellite picture from Bernard Burton's site at 13.19 UTC on
Sunday 24th August
http://www.woksat.info/etcqh24/qh24-1319-b-uk.html

Frontal cloud over eastern England and Belgium.   Broken convective
cloud elsewhere over the British Isles.


UK min. temps on Saturday night   http://tinyurl.com/5u2afg

Tulloch Bridge, Sennybridge and Liscombe 11.8°C,  Redesdale 11.6°C,
Eskdalemuir 11.4°C,  Ballypatrick and Shap 11.3°C,  Copley 11.2°C,
Glenanne, Spadeadam and Lake Vyrnwy 11.0°C,  Portglenone 10.8°C,
Lough Fea 10.5°C,  Glen Ogle 8.9°C.

Solent MRSC and Shoeburyness 14.5°C,  St Catherine’s Point 14.7°C,
Shoreham 14.8°C,  London MO 14.9°C.


UK max. temps on Sunday   http://tinyurl.com/5qaa7k

Glen Ogle 12.1°C,  Fair Isle 16.0°C,  Capel Curig and Lake Vyrnwy
16.2°C,  Aberdaron 16.3°C.

Bridlington, Coningsby, Great Malvern and Farnborough 21.4°C,  Donna
Nook and Marham 21.6°C,  Charlwood and London MO 21.7°C,  Shoeburyness
21.8°C,  Heathrow 22.0°C,  Holbeach 22.5°C,  Gravesend 23.1°C.

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


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

Bands of rain cross central and eastern Britain on Sunday morning.
Some showers in western Britain mostly in the morning.   Outbreaks of
rain in NW Scotland in the evening.

Rainfall totals in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC on Sunday   http://tinyurl.com/62yemy

Eskdalemuir and Milford Haven 9 mm,  Glasgow Bishopton, Pembrey Sands
and St Athan 10 mm,  Capel Curig, Mumbles and Dunkeswell 11 mm,
Plymouth 12 mm,  Dundrennan 14 mm,  Liscombe 15 mm,  St Bees Head 24
mm.


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


Colin Youngs
Brussels

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 at 12:45:01, Colin Youngs 
 wrote in uk.sci.weather :
>
>UK max. temps on Sunday   http://tinyurl.com/5qaa7k
>
>Bridlington, Coningsby, Great Malvern and Farnborough 21.4°C,  Donna
>Nook and Marham 21.6°C,  Charlwood and London MO 21.7°C,  Shoeburyness
>21.8°C,  Heathrow 22.0°C,  Holbeach 22.5°C,  Gravesend 23.1°C.

Still no 20C here, for the 17th day!

Looking at the forecast though, that run should be broken pretty soon.
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)