It seems that the forecast wind for aviation associated before and
after this front was a bit dodgy.
Airfield Tafs in the East were forecasting strong SW'lies which didn't
really happen here, but seemed to miss the especially strong NW'ly as
the front passes, and pressure rises rapidly. Lakenheath not so far
from me would seem representative to what has happened here in Mid
Suffolk A rare ocuurence to get a Gale in that area and they almost
made it.
A bit dodgy for a pilot on approach with this sort of wind.

EGUL 231621Z AUTO 28033G38KT 6000 +RA BR SCT010 BKN014 BKN022 08/08
A2975 RMK AO2 PK WND 26038/1613 WSHFT 1603 VIS 3200 RWY06 CIG 010
RWY06 PRESRR SLP077 $

NSS Mid Suffolk, East Anglia.

Fairly obvious front went through here at Ely (about 12m W of
Lakenheath) at around 1600 with the wind veering all the way round to
ENE before back to SW now and a max gust of 33mph (not ideally
exposed). Still shows quite prominently on the online trace at:

http://www.elyweather.co.uk/wdl/

(Ignore the flat-spot around noon - PC outage!)

JGD