No further obvious arboreal problems as the wind has decreased.
Onset of rain at 1325Z coincided with quite a kick in the pressure
in an upward direction.

Conditions now a

SYNOP 07/1350Z
03/// 41660 80720 10174 20101 40075 55015 76262 8118/
333 81830 86358 88463 90710 91138 91031=

METAR 07/1350Z
EG// 07020G31KT 9999 RA FEW030 BKN080 OVC130
17/10 Q//// BLU=

Details:

wind... ENE'ly force 5, gusts to 7 early in last hour.
visibility... 10km.
weather... moderate rain, intermittent.
clouds... 1 okta Cu fractus base 3000ft.
6 oktas Ac castellanus base 8000ft.
8 oktas As opacus base 13000ft.
air temp... 17.4C.
dew point... 10.1C.
RH... still quite low at 62% in spite of rain.
sea level pressure... 1007.5mb (now rising).
rainfall last hour... 0.3mm

beaufort letters... cy,croy,cr.

maybe more later,

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)


another report later (probably).

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)


ROad near me in Gravesend Kent unpassable due to the local council muppets
felling a tree which has crashed the wrong way in the high winds

Hee Hee