Less than a two degree rise from last night's minimum
temperature (+16.9C) to today's maximum (+18.8C).

For the first time today, there is a little pale blue to be
seen in the sky but it's far to the southeast. Generally
an overcast day (sunshine: nil) with intermittent drizzle
and occasional bursts of moderate rain and drizzle.
Surprise, surprise, it was also breezy. Current ob:

SYNOP 04/1750Z
03/// 11270 72109 10178 20165 40152 58002 60012
72152 875// 333 10188 82705 85620 87650=

METAR
EG// 041750Z 21009KT 9999 FEW005 BKN020
BKN050 18/17 Q//// RERA REDZ WHT=

Details:
wind... SW by S, force 3.
visibility... 20km (was 3000m an hour ago).
weather... cloudy (recent mod rain and drizzle).
clouds... Sc layers with decreasing amounts of St.
dry bulb... +17.8C.
dewpoint... +16.5C.
RH... 92%.
sea level pressure... 1015.2mb.
rainfall last hour... 0.2mm.
12 hour rainfall (0600-1800Z)... 1.4mm.

beaufort letters (1650-1750Z)... cdr,cido,c.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)