"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
0850z NE F3 5km HZ 1Ac080 19.5/15.5 1016.3
RMK: 8St and BR until just after 08z ... a welcome and
decidedly cool wind blowing through the bedroom window
when I got up this morning. Now a Tr of Ac fl, a Tr of
Ac cas, and 1 okta of Ci.

1150z NE F3 15km 1Ac080 5Ci300 25.8/16.8 1015.4
RMK: A little Cu developed around 1030-1100z but it
has gone again; now a few scraps of Ac fl, much more Ci again.
Temperature 3degC lower than this time on Monday, but
dew-point higher.
1450z SSE F4-5 12km -TS 5Cb050 6Ac090 27.5/17.5 1014.0
RMK: Big bruise-coloured cloud coming up fast from the SE;
distant flashes and low rumbles for last 10 minutes
1520z NE F6 1000m +TSRA 8Cb040 17.9/17.0
RMK: Much electrical activity, very heavy rain (large drops);
report of marble-sized hail from Luton
1550z NNE F3 20km TSRA 3Cb040 7Ac080 17.9/17.5
RMK: Cells which travelled either side of us now moving
away northwestwards. Practically stopped raining. During
the last 15 mins there were c-g strikes about one per minute
within 2km to the NE of here (Kensworth and southern
outskirts of Dunstable) from the back edge of the easternmost
of those two cells. Several short power failures. Much
lying water in the garden, but no hail here.

Philip Eden (off to measure the rainfall now; back in a mo ...)
Whipsnade 214m