Chalfont St Giles - Thursday 18th January 2007
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0630z SW F5-6 5000 -RADZ 8StSc 11.4/10.0 988
RMK: A windy morning but nothing out of the ordinary yet.
Pressure fall 6.6 mb in past 3 hours.

0900z SW F5-6 2500 -RADZ 6St005 8St007 12.3/10.9 986
RMK: Max gust so far (at 6m) only 33 kn at 0740z. Wind has
decreased a little during the past hour. Ppn continuous
since
last ob. Pressure levelling out. Down 2.1 mb in past 3
hours.
24-HR STATISTICS: Max (0900-0900z): 12.3 at 0900z today
Min (0900-0900z): 6.4 at 1815z
Grass min (1500-0900z): 5.9
Rain (0900-0900z): 9.1 mm

1200z WSW F6-7 10km -SHRA 4Cu010 7Sc015 13.0/09.6 987
RMK: Wind dropped to F5 by 1000z then veered a little to WSW and has
been steadily increasing since then. There's been a couple
of gusts
to 36 kn (at 6m) in the past 10 minutes. That's the
strongest so far
but it looks as if we'll soon have stronger.


Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England