On Mar 18, 2:15 pm, "Tudor Hughes" wrote:
On Mar 18, 1:58 pm, "Martin Rowley"

m wrote:
Drizzle??!!
200703181350 METAR EGLL 181350Z 28015KT 250V320 9999 -DZ FEW019 SCT043
07/01 Q1003 TEMPO 30022G35KT=
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Martin Rowley
Bracknell

There was a very light shower here at about 1230 and the
drops were quite small, but drizzle it was not. The public make the
same mistake - confusing light rain with drizzle but it shouldn't
happen with a METAR.
We've also just had a very light shower of soft hail here
with temperature falling to 5°C (from 9°C) but it has recovered.

The quality of Met Office reporting began to go down the tubes in the
1990's:
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.sc...rizzle&rnum=3#

I gather it is still in the ****.