A damp and very mild day with continuous rain, drizzle, or both
but entirely within the slight category barring a moderate burst a
little before midday. Few dry interludes. It's also a windy day,
especially this afternoon with a peak gust of 41kt at 1614Z.

The fields used for maize crops in summer have lakes that take
up about one quarter of the area, as much as I've seen in recent
times, although the river and its tributaries are slightly lower than
they were in the Christmas period. The threat of flooding on the
main country lane is ever present as a result of the saturated fields.

SYNOP 29/1750Z (current ob)
03/// 11350 82319 10125 20113 40036 57006 60012 75865 887//
333 10129 85707 88710 91031 90710 91134=

METAR
EG// 291750Z 23019G31KT 5000 -RADZ BKN007 OVC010
13/11 Q//// GRN=

Details:
wind... SW, force 5.
visibility... 5000m.
weather... continuous slight rain and drizzle.
clouds... 5/8 St 700ft, 8/8 St 1000ft.
dry bulb... +12.5C.
dew point... +11.3C.
RH... 92%.
sea level pressure... 1003.6mb (irregular, slow fall).
max temp today... +12.9C.
rainfall last hour... 0.1mm.
12 hour rainfall (0600-1800Z)... 1.0mm.

beaufort letters (1650-1750Z)... cdoro,cdorodoro.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl