As if we haven't received enough rain already, we have just
copped our first violent shower of the summer, reducing
the visibility to 700m and adding 3mm of rain in 2 minutes.
The shower began at 0910Z, quickly intensifying to violent
at 0913Z, eased slightly to heavy at 0915Z, then moderate
at 0920Z before stopping at 0923Z. Puddles were rapidly
appearing in areas where they don't usually form. It's not
easy to tell whether the current pptn is rain or showers as
I can see dark convective bases and Nimbostratus at the
same time but I shall maintain showers for now.

SYNOP 14/0950Z (current ob)
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333 82706 81912 84815 88540=

METAR
EG// 140950Z 32003KT 6000 SHRA FEW006 FEW012CB
SCT015 OVC040 15/13 Q//// RESHRA WHT=

Details:
wind... NW, force 1.
visibility... 6km.
weather... moderate rain shower (recent violent shower).
clouds... 2/8 St 600ft, 1/8 Cb 1200ft (v.dark base to SE),
4/8 Cu 1500ft, 8/8 Ns 4000ft.
dry bulb... +14.6C.
dew point... +13.2C.
RH... 91%.
sea level pressure... 1003.5mb (rising).
rainfall last hour... 4.5mm.

beaufort letters (0850-0950Z)... c,cpro,cpR2f,cpR,cpr,
c,cpro,cpr.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

Prolonged showers, some moderate over the past couple
of hours. Tiny gaps in the extensive Stratocumulus layer
allowing the briefest of sunny intervals, have done little to
affect the temperature which is struggling to reach +15C.

SYNOP 14/0950Z
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333 82706 81912 84815 88540=
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SYNOP 14/1150Z (current ob)
03/// 11358 73405 10148 20134 40047 52020 60071 78082
878// 333 83707 84815 87640=

METAR
EG// 141150Z 34005KT 8000 -SHRA SCT007 SCT015
BKN040 15/13 Q//// RESHRA GRN=

Details:
wind... NNW, force 2.
visibility... 8km.
weather... slight rain shower (recent moderate shower).
clouds... 3/8 St 700ft, 4/8 Cu 1500ft, 7/8 Sc 4000ft.
dry bulb... +14.8C.
dew point... +13.4C.
RH... 91%.
sea level pressure... 1004.7mb (rising).
rainfall last hour... 0.5mm.
6 hour rainfall (0600-1200Z)... 7.4mm.

beaufort letters (1050-1150Z)... c,cpro,cpr,cpro.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

After midday, the showers merged into a period (over 4 hours)
of rain, occasionally moderate, finally petering out at 1720Z.
Our max temp for the month is running at 4.8C below average
and not a single day has even come close to the 22C average.
Being a cloudy month so far, the min temp is holding up close
to the mean for July.

SYNOP 14/0950Z
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333 82706 81912 84815 88540=
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SYNOP 14/1150Z
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878// 333 83707 84815 87640=
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SYNOP 14/1750Z (current ob)
03/// 11470 72604 10141 20118 40084 51010 60112 72186
8487/ 333 10153 81813 84656 87359=

METAR
EG// 141750Z 26004KT 9999 FEW013 SCT060 BKN090
14/12 Q//// BLU=

Details:
wind... W by S, force 2.
visibility... 20km.
weather... cloudy (slight rain in past hour).
clouds... 1/8 Cu fra 1300ft, 1/8 Sc 3500ft, 4/8 Sc 6000ft,
7/8 Ac op 9000ft.
dry bulb... +14.1C.
dew point... +11.8C.
RH... 86%.
sea level pressure... 1008.4mb (rising more slowly).
max temp today... +15.3C.
rainfall last hour... trace.
12 hour rainfall (0600-1800Z)... 10.6mm.

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

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl