Interesting looking clouds upwind (and some time on my
hands), so a series of obs starts he

SYNOP 09/1350Z
03/// 41680 43407 10115 20009 40140 58005 71500
84960 333 81935 84840=

METAR
EG// 091350Z 34007KT 9999 FEW035CB SCT040TCU
12/01 Q//// BLU=

Details:
wind... NNW, force 3.
visibility... 30km.
weather... partly cloudy (showers to NW and N).
clouds... 1/8 CB cap to NW, base 3500ft.
4/8 CU med/con, base 4000ft.
1/8 AC at 10000ft.
dry bulb... +11.5C.
dewpoint... +0.9C.
RH... 48%.
sea level pressure... 1014.0mb (was steady, now falling).
rainfall since 0900Z... 0.0mm.

beaufort letters (1250-1350Z)... bcy,bcjpy.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

SYNOP 09/1350Z
03/// 41680 43407 10115 20009 40140 58005 71500
84960 333 81935 84840=
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SYNOP 09/1450Z
03/// 41457 73309 10053 20015 40145 55000 78081
8596/ 333 81818 82930 83835 85359 93208 96490=

METAR
EG// 091450Z 33009KT 7000 -SHRA FEW018
FEW030CB SCT035 BKN090 05/02 Q//// RESHGR
RESHRA WHT=

Details at 1450Z:
wind... NW by N, force 3.
visibility... 7km.
weather... slight rain shower (slight hail shower 1415Z,
moderate shower of rain and hail 1420Z,
moderate rain shower 1428-1445Z).
clouds... a mess: 1/8 CU fra, base 1800ft,
2/8 CB cap, base 3000ft,
3/8 CU med, base 3500ft,
1/8 SC, base 6000ft,
5/8 AC cbgen, base 9000ft.
dry bulb... +5.3C, a plunge of 6.2C in the last hour.
dewpoint... +1.5C.
RH... 76%.
sea level pressure... 1014.5mb (was falling, now rising).
rainfall last hour... 2.1mm.

beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... bcjpy,cphoy,cphr,cpr,cpro.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

SYNOP 09/1350Z
03/// 41680 43407 10115 20009 40140 58005 71500
84960 333 81935 84840=
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SYNOP 09/1450Z
03/// 41457 73309 10053 20015 40145 55000 78081
8596/ 333 81818 82930 83835 85359 93208 96490=
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SYNOP 09/1850Z
03/// 41445 73606 10047 20017 40155 52010 78882
879// 333 81712 84920 85825 93203=

METAR
EG// 091850Z 36006KT 4500 SHGS FEW012
SCT020CB BKN025 05/02 Q//// GRN=

Another hail shower in the fading light of day, the darkness
brought on more quickly due to heavy cloud cover.

Details at 1850Z:
wind... N, force 2.
visibility... 4500m.
weather... moderate shower of rain and hail (mostly rain;
hailstones clear and small... max diameter 3mm).
clouds... 1/8 ST fra, base 1200ft,
4/8 CB cap, base 2000ft,
5/8 CU med, base 2500ft.
dry bulb... +4.7C.
dewpoint... +1.7C.
RH... 81%.
sea level pressure... 1015.5mb (rising slowly).
rainfall last hour... 1.3mm.
rainfall since 0900Z... 3.6mm.

beaufort letters (1750-1850Z)... cjp,cpro,cphr.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)