On warm June days, there is often an expression of surprise
when I say that our average max temp in June is 'only' 19C
but it's days like today that demonstrate why. With the air
temperature stuck below 11C this morning, we have yet to
attain our mean max for November! A nice hot minestrone
soup for lunch is in order.

Also mirroring November is the all pervading gloom and
persistent rain, although far away to the southwest, some
brightness has teased us for much of the morning. The
rain was slight until 0915Z when it increased to moderate
and edged into the heavy zone around 1000Z and 1130Z.
There's not too much stratus disguising the very obvious
rain bearing nimbostratus.

SYNOP 11/1150Z (current ob)
03/// 11356 83407 10103 20092 40015 51005 60081 76366
8572/ 333 81707 84710 88545=

METAR
EG// 111150Z 34007KT 6000 RA FEW007 SCT010 OVC045
10/09 Q//// RERA GRN=

Details:
wind... NNW, force 3.
visibility... 6km.
weather... continuous rain, moderate (recently heavy).
clouds... 1/8 St 700ft, 4/8 St 1000ft, 2/8 Sc 2500ft, 8/8 Ns 4500ft.
dry bulb... +10.3C.
dew point... +9.2C.
RH... 93%.
sea level pressure... 1001.5mb (slow rise levelled off in past hour).
rainfall last hour... 2.8mm.
6 hour rainfall (0600-1200Z)... 8.0mm.

beaufort letters (1050-1150Z)... cr,crr,cR,cr.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

We're certainly piling on the millimeters as the rain will not let up.
Not only have we raced past our average rainfall for the whole of
June but I can also announce that the first six months of 2012 will
be wetter than average in Romsey, having recently exceeded that
marker as well.

SYNOP 11/1150Z
03/// 11356 83407 10103 20092 40015 51005 60081 76366
8572/ 333 81707 84710 88545=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 11/1450Z (current ob)
03/// 41345 83209 10109 20100 40019 52004 76366 8772/
333 84707 87712 88540=

METAR
EG// 111450Z 32009KT 4500 RA SCT007 BKN012 OVC040
11/10 Q//// GRN=

Details:
wind... NW, force 3.
visibility... 4500m.
weather... continuous moderate rain.
clouds... 4/8 St 700ft, 7/8 St 1200ft, 8/8 Ns 4000ft.
dry bulb... +10.9C.
dew point... +10.0C.
RH... 94%.
sea level pressure... 1001.9mb (rising slowly).
rainfall last hour... 2.4mm.
6 hour rainfall (0900-1500Z)... 16.2mm.

beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... crr.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

On Jun 11, 4:06*pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
We're certainly piling on the millimeters as the rain will not let up.
Not only have we raced past our average rainfall for the whole of
June but I can also announce that the first six months of 2012 will
be wetter than average in Romsey, having recently exceeded that
marker as well.


Which may not sound that bad given that the end of June is only 19
days away, but when you consider how dry Jan-March were, and that May
was, at a guess, about average, it shows how extraordinarily wet April
and June (so far) have been.

Nick

On Jun 11, 1:10*pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
On warm June days, there is often an expression of surprise
when I say that our average max temp in June is 'only' 19C
but it's days like today that demonstrate why. *With the air
temperature stuck below 11C this morning, we have yet to
attain our mean max for November! *A nice hot minestrone
soup for lunch is in order.

Also mirroring November is the all pervading gloom and
persistent rain,

I suppose unlike November we still have another 6 of our 18 hours of
twilight left, while in November it would be dark in half an hour or
so.. :-)

Nick

I've yet to check my records but this must rank amongst one
of the coolest June days on record with a max temp on a par
with a typical November day. Of course, my recording 'day'
is 24 hours ending at 0900Z, so there's scope for the temp to
rise by 0900Z tomorrow.

The rain keeps on falling, measuring almost one inch of rain
since 0900Z and it's turned heavy again in the last 5 minutes.
I shall have a scout around this evening at the effects of the
rainfall on our patch.

SYNOP 11/1150Z
03/// 11356 83407 10103 20092 40015 51005 60081 76366
8572/ 333 81707 84710 88545=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 11/1450Z
03/// 41345 83209 10109 20100 40019 52004 76366 8772/
333 84707 87712 88540=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 11/1750Z (current ob)
03/// 11335 83509 10104 20096 40025 52006 60242 76566
8672/ 333 10109 83706 85710 88535=

METAR
EG// 111750Z 35009KT 3500 +RA SCT006 BKN010 OVC035
10/10 Q//// YLO1=

Details:
wind... N by W, force 3.
visibility... 3500m.
weather... continuous rain, heavy.
clouds... 3/8 St 600ft, 5/8 St 1000ft, 8/8 Ns 3500ft.
dry bulb... +10.4C.
dew point... +9.6C.
RH... 95%.
sea level pressure... 1002.5mb (rising slowly).
max temp today... +10.9C.
rainfall last hour... 2.5mm.
9 hour rainfall (0900-1800Z)... 24.3mm.
24 hour rainfall (10/1800-11/1800Z)... 35.2mm.

beaufort letters (1650-1750Z)... crr,cR.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

"Nick" wrote in message
...
On Jun 11, 1:10 pm, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
On warm June days, there is often an expression of surprise
when I say that our average max temp in June is 'only' 19C
but it's days like today that demonstrate why. With the air
temperature stuck below 11C this morning, we have yet to
attain our mean max for November! A nice hot minestrone
soup for lunch is in order.

Also mirroring November is the all pervading gloom and
persistent rain,

I suppose unlike November we still have another 6 of our 18 hours of
twilight left, while in November it would be dark in half an hour or
so.. :-)

Nick

Yes, at this time of year we can enjoy 18 hours of gloom
instead of only 6 hours in November :-)

Seriously though, I took advantage of the evening daylight
to mosey around the local woodland and adjacent open
parkland. There were large ponds in the park and the brook
that runs beside it was in full spate, threatening to overspill
its banks. The most awkward walking was trying to pass
under the sagging branches that have suffered from the wet
and recent strong winds.

Nigel

The heaviest rain of the day fell between 1750Z and 1850Z
dropping another 6mm. Since then, the intensity has been
easing with a rain and drizzle mix.

There's no serious flooding in the area, although the local
stream was a raging torrent and brimful when I looked at
around 1900Z.

SYNOP 11/1150Z
03/// 11356 83407 10103 20092 40015 51005 60081 76366
8572/ 333 81707 84710 88545=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 11/1450Z
03/// 41345 83209 10109 20100 40019 52004 76366 8772/
333 84707 87712 88540=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 11/1750Z
03/// 11335 83509 10104 20096 40025 52006 60242 76566
8672/ 333 10109 83706 85710 88535=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 11/2050Z (current ob)
03/// 41356 83407 10102 20093 40036 52011 75865 885//
333 84707 86710 88625=

METAR
EG// 112050Z 34007KT 6000 -RADZ SCT007 BKN010
OVC025 10/09 Q//// RERA REDZ GRN=

Details:
wind... NNW, force 3.
visibility... 6km.
weather... slight rain and drizzle (recently moderate).
clouds... 4/8 St 700ft, 6/8 St 1000ft, 8/8 Sc 2500ft.
dry bulb... +10.2C.
dew point... +9.3C.
RH... 94%.
sea level pressure... 1003.6mb (rising slowly).
max temp today... +10.9C.
rainfall last hour... 0.8mm.
12 hour rainfall (0900-2100Z)... 31.9mm.

beaufort letters (1950-2050Z)... cdr,cdrdr,cdoro.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

On 11/06/12 16:46, Nick wrote:
On Jun 11, 1:10 pm, "Nigel wrote:
On warm June days, there is often an expression of surprise
when I say that our average max temp in June is 'only' 19C
but it's days like today that demonstrate why. With the air
temperature stuck below 11C this morning, we have yet to
attain our mean max for November! A nice hot minestrone
soup for lunch is in order.

Also mirroring November is the all pervading gloom and
persistent rain,

I suppose unlike November we still have another 6 of our 18 hours of
twilight left, while in November it would be dark in half an hour or
so.. :-)

Nick

When I cycled home from work I noticed how cold it felt and I thought to
myself, what's the difference between today and a typical November day.
Answer: it's not night time, that's it.