Up to 1740Z, it was an uneventful day; mainly cloudy with sunny
intervals and a couple of very slight showers. Since then, in spite
of more sunshine, a pair of squalls have raced through, raising the
wind from force 4 to a brief force 7 (for a couple of minutes each
time). Squall no.1 (gusts to 37kt) was accompanied by a moderate
rain shower but the second, stronger squall of 40kt only mustered a
slight shower. Large mammatus can be seen on the back edge of
the Cb and a complete, strong double rainbow with supernumary
bows are currently observed.

SYNOP 11/1850Z (current ob)
03/// 41559 42922 10091 20067 40123 51006 78081 84960
333 84920 91040 90710 91140 99012=

METAR
EG// 111850Z 29022G40KT 9000 -SHRA SQ SCT020CB
09/07 Q//// RESHRA WHT=

Details:
wind... WNW, force 6.
visibility... 9km.
weather... partly cloudy with slight rain shower and squall.
clouds... 4/8 Cb 2000ft, 1/8 Sc 5000ft, 1/8 Ac 9000ft,
1/8 Ac 15000ft.
dry bulb... +9.1C.
dewpoint... +6.7C.
RH... 85%.
sea level pressure... 1012.3mb (rising more slowly).
rainfall last hour... 0.4mm.

beaufort letters (1750-1850Z)... cprq,bcproq,bcjp,b,
bcjp,bcproq.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl