Another quiet day with the distant sound of woodpeckers
drilling. Endless sunshine and quite warm by day so far this
week, not usually what one would expect late in the winter
season, and this particularly fine weather just happens to
coincide with a week's Annual Leave... perfect!

Determining the amount of Cirrus in a hazy sky is notoriously
difficult, but then I like a challenge. Since Monday, the Cirrus
has become that little bit higher and that little bit thinner but it's
still there, covering more than half of the sky. Current ob:

SYNOP 18/1450Z
03/// 41957 60805 10151 20064 40295 57020 70522
80001 333 86080=

METAR
EG// 181450Z 08005KT 7000 HZ BKN300 15/06
Q//// WHT=

Details:
wind... E by N, force 2 (no sign of a sea breeze).
visibility... 7km.
weather... sunny and hazy.
clouds... 6/8 Ci fibratus at 30000ft.
dry bulb... +15.1C.
dewpoint... +6.4C.
RH... 56%.
sea level pressure... 1029.5mb (falling).

beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... cz,czy.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)