Within the last half hour, shallow fog has been forming to
the northwest where the sky is free of cloud. Much thick
CI in the southeast half with CB and anvils visible on the
edge of this sheet to the southwest where one bright flash
of sheet lightning was seen at 2115Z and another, fainter
discharge at 2145Z. Currently:

SYNOP 16/2150Z
03/// 41575 41902 10062 20056 40010 52010 71311
81933 333 81920 84072 96011=

METAR
EG// 162150Z 19002KT 9999 MIFG FEW020CB
SCT220 06/06 Q//// BLU=

Details:
wind... S by W, force 1.
visibility... 25km.
weather... lightning seen, and shallow fog patches.
clouds... 1/8 CB base 2000ft, SC, AC and CI.
dry bulb... +6.2C.
dewpoint... +5.6C.
RH... 96%.
sea level pressure... 1001mb (rising slowly).
rainfall since 0900Z... 2.6mm.

beaufort letters (2050-2150Z)... bc,bclfg.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:03:39 -0000, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:

Within the last half hour, shallow fog has been forming to
the northwest where the sky is free of cloud. Much thick
CI in the southeast half with CB and anvils visible on the
edge of this sheet to the southwest where one bright flash
of sheet lightning was seen at 2115Z and another, fainter
discharge at 2145Z. Currently:

Bright sheet lightning seen and short but heavy showers in the last
hour, between here Fareham and Busledon where I was a a short while
ago. I didn't actually get wet... I seemed to follow the rain around
but there was a lot of surface water so I just missed it.. at least
twice!

Dave
Fareham (West)

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:03:39 -0000, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:

Within the last half hour, shallow fog has been forming to
the northwest where the sky is free of cloud. Much thick
CI in the southeast half with CB and anvils visible on the
edge of this sheet to the southwest where one bright flash
of sheet lightning was seen at 2115Z and another, fainter
discharge at 2145Z. Currently:

Bright sheet lightning seen and short but heavy showers in the last
hour, between here Fareham and Busledon where I was a a short while
ago. I didn't actually get wet... I seemed to follow the rain around
but there was a lot of surface water so I just missed it.. at least
twice!

Dave
Fareham (West)

Activity has stepped up in our location during the past 10 hours
with thunder and lightning at 2335Z (a particularly loud and long
lasting rumble at 2340Z about 1 mile to the SE) and two blustery
hail showers (no thunder so far) since 0600Z today. Only 0.8mm
of rain fell in the storm, so I guess the core of the CB just missed
us by a fraction.

Over the past 5 years (2002 to 2006) we have experienced a
greater number of days with thunder in November than in June,
6 (so far) as opposed to 5.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)