Dull with continuous drizzle for several hours but
there are signs of an improvement as the nebulous
stratus has just broken to the south, revealing a
layer of SC, and the drizzle is easing.

Of note... yesterday became the 10th day in a row
where the shade temperature failed to reach 20C.
Current weather conditions a

SYNOP 21/0850Z
03/// 41257 82008 10155 20148 40170 57005 75155
885// 333 83704 87708 88620=

METAR
EG// 210850Z 20008KT 7000 -DZ SCT004 BKN008
OVC020 16/15 Q//// REDZ YLO2=

Details:
wind... SSW, force 3.
visibility... 7km (reduced to 3000m in past hour).
weather... continuous drizzle, slight (recently moderate).
clouds... 3/8 ST fra, base 400ft; 7/8 ST neb, base 800ft,
8/8 SC op, base 2000ft.
dry bulb... +15.5C.
dewpoint... +14.8C.
RH... 95%.
sea level pressure... 1017.0mb (falling slowly).
max temp yesterday... +17.7C.
min temp last night... +12.6C.
rainfall last hour... 0.1mm.
24 hour rainfall to 0900Z today... 2.5mm.

beaufort letters (0750-0850Z)... cdodo,cd,cdo.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

SYNOP 21/0850Z
03/// 41257 82008 10155 20148 40170 57005 75155
885// 333 83704 87708 88620=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 21/1450Z
03/// 41365 81813 10162 20145 40160 57010 76052
885// 333 81706 86709 88620=

METAR
EG// 211450Z 18013KT 9999 -RA FEW006 BKN009
OVC020 16/15 Q//// GRN=

Details:
wind... S, force 4.
visibility... 15km.
weather... intermittent rain, slight (began 1435Z) after
occasional slight drizzle.
clouds... 1/8 ST fra at 600ft; 6/8 ST neb, base 900ft,
8/8 SC op, base 2000ft.
dry bulb... +16.2C (peak of +18.3C in 2 minutes of sun).
dewpoint... +14.5C.
RH... 90% (keeping things damp).
sea level pressure... 1016.0mb (falling slowly).
rainfall last hour... trace.
rainfall since 0900Z... 0.1mm.

beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... cdo,c,cro.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:08:39 +0100, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:

SYNOP 21/0850Z
03/// 41257 82008 10155 20148 40170 57005 75155
885// 333 83704 87708 88620=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 21/1450Z
03/// 41365 81813 10162 20145 40160 57010 76052
885// 333 81706 86709 88620=

METAR
EG// 211450Z 18013KT 9999 -RA FEW006 BKN009
OVC020 16/15 Q//// GRN=

Details:
wind... S, force 4.
visibility... 15km.
weather... intermittent rain, slight (began 1435Z) after
occasional slight drizzle.
clouds... 1/8 ST fra at 600ft; 6/8 ST neb, base 900ft,
8/8 SC op, base 2000ft.
dry bulb... +16.2C (peak of +18.3C in 2 minutes of sun).
dewpoint... +14.5C.
RH... 90% (keeping things damp).
sea level pressure... 1016.0mb (falling slowly).
rainfall last hour... trace.
rainfall since 0900Z... 0.1mm.

Was at Paultons Park near you, from late morning yesterday with the
grandkids - I used your morning report to help with decision-making,
thanks! While it wasn't quite "picnic on the grass" weather, it was
absolutely fine for a day out there. The occasional spot of drizzle
did nothing to dampen spirits, the grass was firm and never worse than
damp; it was a bit too too warm at times to wear a coat.

Apart from the odd spots, there was half an hour of light drizzle in
mid afternoon (which i expected) so we had our picnic then on a bench
under a tree. Occasional light drizzle? No problem and we made the
right decision to go - barely any queues at all, excellent! The only
time we got wet was on one of the "water" rides.

--
Dave

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:08:39 +0100, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:

SYNOP 21/0850Z
03/// 41257 82008 10155 20148 40170 57005 75155
885// 333 83704 87708 88620=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 21/1450Z
03/// 41365 81813 10162 20145 40160 57010 76052
885// 333 81706 86709 88620=

METAR
EG// 211450Z 18013KT 9999 -RA FEW006 BKN009
OVC020 16/15 Q//// GRN=

Details:
wind... S, force 4.
visibility... 15km.
weather... intermittent rain, slight (began 1435Z) after
occasional slight drizzle.
clouds... 1/8 ST fra at 600ft; 6/8 ST neb, base 900ft,
8/8 SC op, base 2000ft.
dry bulb... +16.2C (peak of +18.3C in 2 minutes of sun).
dewpoint... +14.5C.
RH... 90% (keeping things damp).
sea level pressure... 1016.0mb (falling slowly).
rainfall last hour... trace.
rainfall since 0900Z... 0.1mm.

Was at Paultons Park near you, from late morning yesterday with the
grandkids - I used your morning report to help with decision-making,
thanks! While it wasn't quite "picnic on the grass" weather, it was
absolutely fine for a day out there. The occasional spot of drizzle
did nothing to dampen spirits, the grass was firm and never worse than
damp; it was a bit too too warm at times to wear a coat.

Apart from the odd spots, there was half an hour of light drizzle in
mid afternoon (which i expected) so we had our picnic then on a bench
under a tree. Occasional light drizzle? No problem and we made the
right decision to go - barely any queues at all, excellent! The only
time we got wet was on one of the "water" rides.

--
Dave

Glad to be of service, Dave. Funnily enough, I was at Paultons Park
last Sunday, contributing to a family gathering of 16 bods. Similar to
your experience, queues were almost non-existent.

Showers that were developing and decaying along the south coast
convergence line, made short period forecasting (like 15 minutes)
almost impossible. This was crucial in determining the state of the
track and therefore gain the upper hand over the competiton as to
the appropriate driving technique required to win the Go-kart race!

Nigel