At 0600Z today, the air temperature stood at +15.5C,
the highest of the month so far and would be quite high
at 0600Z on a July morning. At 0600Z yesterday, we
had a ground frost with the air temperature at +2.8C.

Stepping outside, the relative warmth is palpable as
ex-T/S "Laura" passes close by. Current weather:

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41230 82115 10154 20147 49940 57030 76566
8772/ 333 84705 87708 88530 90710 91128=

METAR
EG// 050850Z 21015KT 3000 +RA SCT005 BKN008
OVC030 15/15 Q//// YLO1=

Details:
wind... SW by S, force 4 (slight decrease in past hour).
visibility... 3000m.
weather... continuous rain, heavy.
clouds... lowest at 500ft with NS through the ST gaps.
dry bulb... +15.4C.
dewpoint... +14.7C.
RH... 96%.
sea level pressure... 994.0mb (falling).
rainfall last hour... 4.2mm.
24-hour rainfall (04/0900-05/0900Z)... 19.7mm.

beaufort letters (0750-0850Z)... cr,cR,cr,cR.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

Rain turned to rain/drizzle mix around 1040Z, stopping
altogether at 1130Z. A little sunshine and the temp is
responding. Stratus at an assortment of heights but
simplified for the ob. Wind veering into the west.

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41230 82115 10154 20147 49940 57030 76566
8772/ 333 84705 87708 88530 90710 91128=
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SYNOP 05/1150Z (current ob)
03/// 11262 72807 10163 20151 49940 55000 60111
72165 875// 333 82705 85710 87635=

METAR
EG// 051150Z 28007KT 9999 FEW005 BKN010
BKN035 16/15 Q//// GRN=

Details:
wind... W by N, force 3.
visibility... 12km.
weather... cloudy.
clouds... lowest at 500ft with SC above.
dry bulb... +16.3C.
dewpoint... +15.1C.
RH... 92%.
sea level pressure... 994.0mb (falling, then rising).
rainfall last hour... 0.1mm.
6-hour rainfall (0600-1200Z)... 11.4mm.

beaufort letters (1050-1150Z)... cdoro,c.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

For an hour or so around 1230-1330Z, the sky looked
fairly unstable with quite large CU, probably due to the
temp briefly exceeding +17C. Since then, it has been
overcast and progressively cooler in the north wind.

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41230 82115 10154 20147 49940 57030 76566
8772/ 333 84705 87708 88530 90710 91128=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 05/1150Z
03/// 11262 72807 10163 20151 49940 55000 60111
72165 875// 333 82705 85710 87635=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 05/1750Z (current ob)
03/// 12480 80211 10107 20077 40030 52050 60112
885// 333 10172 86615 88625=

METAR
EG// 051750Z 02011KT 9999 BKN015 OVC025
11/08 Q//// WHT=

Details:
wind... NNE, force 4.
visibility... 30km.
weather... overcast.
clouds... SC opacus duplicatus at 1500ft and 2500ft.
dry bulb... +10.7C.
dewpoint... +7.7C.
RH... 82%.
sea level pressure... 1003.0mb (rising quickly).
max temp today... +17.2C.
rainfall last hour... 0.0mm.
12-hour rainfall (0600-1800Z)... 11.4mm.

beaufort letters (1650-1750Z)... c.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)