The cold front went through here in good fashion. Heavy, verging on
torrential, rain accompanied by squally winds and a noticeable amount of low
level shear. I was thinking line convection -

http://www.avbrief.co.uk/newcharts//...0_lradar_0.gif
http://www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather/visiblezoom.asp - looks rearward
sloping over Biscay with cold, convective tops indicating some sort of line
convection

East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire (sorry Nottingham East Midlands
Airport, not in Nottingham) recorded a wind veer, but nothing very fruity -

EGNX 061150Z 22018KT 9999 -RA FEW007 SCT012 BKN040 13/11 Q1008=
EGNX 061120Z 19021KT 9999 -RA SCT018 BKN025 14/12 Q1008=

Joe