0900z: 18005KT 5000m Slight rain and drizzle 2ST008 8ST012 12.4/10.8 QFF 990.0 falling.
SYNOP: 31350 81805 10124 20108 49900 57040 75865 887// 333 82708 88712=
Cloudy late Wednesday afternoon and evening, with the odd spot of rain/drizzle at first. Cloudy for the first half of Wednesday night, with rain starting just before midnight - slight at first, then moderate or heavy 0130z to 0430z with a peak rate of 20 mm/hr just after 0400z, before becoming slight again thereafter. Warm front through at 0415z. Ahead of the front, winds were SSW F5 at first on Wednesday afternoon, moderating to F2-3 quickly as the evening started, then backing ESE-E by the early hours, before veering southerly F3-4 after the warm front. A damp 24 hours, with the monthly rainfall total now at 227 mm.

28/0900z to 29/0900z:
Max: 13.8 (1146z)
Min: 9.3 (0042z)
Rain: 26.4 mm

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Freddie
Ystrad
Rhondda
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
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Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/st...201811NOV.xlsx

1200z: 24022KT 3000m Moderate rain 4ST010 8SC020 9.2/7.7 QFF 996.3 rising.
SYNOP: 11430 82422 10092 20077 49963 53063 60061 76365 885// 333 84710 88620=
Cold front through at 0920z with a brief burst of heavy rain (max rate 26 mm/hr) and some very gusty winds - estimated at 45-50 knots. Temperature dropped 3 degrees after the front, and pressure started to rise rapidly. Since then there has been more or less continuous rain, moderate to heavy at times - but sustained slight between 1030z and 1150z.

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Freddie
Ystrad
Rhondda
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://twitter.com/YstradRhonddaWx for hourly reports (very few tweets getting through currently)
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/st...201811NOV.xlsx

1600z: 21015KT 20km Recent rain 5CU025 3CI250 9.8/8.1 QFF 997.5 rising.
SYNOP: 41570 62115 10098 20081 49975 53011 72162 85201 333 85825 83075=
A wet afternoon. Continuous precipitation until around 1515z - occasionally heavy (max rate 38 mm/hr at 1245z). Since then the cloud has broken up and looks very convective, with some thin cirrus above. Although the precipitation presented as showers on the radar, it was overcast and continuous on the ground. Surface winds have backed and moderated this afternoon, but still pretty lively with a F4-5 southwesterly. Visibility much improved in the past hour. 9.4 mm of rain so far today. Maximum temperature was 12.5 (0900z).

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Freddie
Ystrad
Rhondda
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://twitter.com/YstradRhonddaWx for hourly reports (very few tweets getting through currently)
Stats for the month so far: https://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/st...201811NOV.xlsx