Brief sprinkles of rain in the sunshine have maintained a
rainbow for a large chunk of the last hour. The sky looks
'tidy' to the south with blue sky and small to medium sized
Cu while the northern aspect is quite messy with Cb debris.
There's one active Cb dishing out the odd boom of thunder
in the distance, about 8 to 10 miles off. Thunder heard at
1645Z and 1650Z.

SYNOP 07/1450Z
03/// 41457 52005 10146 20079 40153 52007 71781 85900
333 81818 83925=
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SYNOP 07/1550Z
03/// 41462 52503 10136 20088 40161 53013 72999 85900
333 81818 82925 83832 93207 99010=
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SYNOP 07/1650Z (current ob)
03/// 41465 52305 10138 20090 40159 50009 71781 84963
333 81818 81925 83830 99010=

METAR
EG// 071650Z 23005KT 9999 TS FEW018 FEW025CB
SCT030 14/09 Q//// BLU=

Details:
wind... SW, force 2.
visibilty ... 15km, but 30-40km away from NW.
weather... partly cloudy with distant thunderstorm.
clouds... 1/8 Cu fra 1800ft, 2/8 Cb 2500ft, 3/8 Cu 3000ft,
2/8 Sc 6000ft, 1/8 Ac 10000ft, 1/8 Ci 22000ft.
dry bulb... +13.8C.
dew point... +9.0C.
RH... 73%.
sea level pressure... 1015.9hPa (was rising, now falling).
rainfall last hour... trace.
8 hour rainfall (0850-1650Z)... 3.0mm.

beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... bcjp,cpro,bcpro,bctloro,bctlo.
beaufort letters (1450-1550Z)... bctlo,ctlro,ctloho,ctlo,ctlor,bcjp.
beaufort letters (1550-1650Z)... bcjp,bcpro,bcjp,bcpro,bctlo.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl