0900z: 18001KT 50km 1CU035 (2CI250) 20.7/11.1 QFF 1018.9 falling.
SYNOP: 42684 21801 10207 20111 40189 58005 81101 333 81835=
Tuesday evening was cloudy at first, but there was a rapid clearance around sunset. The cloud was back before midnight, accompanied by some light rain showers in the early hours of Wednesday. It remained cloudy for the rest of Tuesday night with further showers Wednesday morning. The cloud broke Wednesday lunchtime to leave a sunny afternoon and evening, followed by a clear night. Large amounts of high cloud present at dawn on Thursday morning, which has cleared from the south west over the past hour. Local convection has just started - relatively high based clouds showing that the low-level air is quite dry. Excellent visibility over the past two days, and mainly light and variable winds.

17/0900z to 18/0900z:
Max: 21.8 (1337z)
Min: 14.2 (2203z)
Rain: 1.0 mm

18/0900z to 19/0900z:
Max: 23.1 (1432z)
Min: 10.8 (0431z)
Rain: Trace

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Freddie
Ystrad
Rhondda
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://twitter.com/YstradRhonddaWx for hourly reports (no wind measurement currently)

1500z: 27005KT 30km 1CU050 3CI250 25.4/11.9 QFF 1017.3 falling.
SYNOP: 42780 32705 10254 20119 40173 57010 81101 333 81850 83075=
Convective clouds exceeded half cover for a time around lunchtime, but amounts have steadily decreased since. Variable amounts of very thin cirrus above. Visibility not as crystal clear as this morning, but nevertheless still very good. Light westerly breeze. Maximum temperature so far today is 25..4 (1359z).

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Freddie
Ystrad
Rhondda
148m AMSL
http://www.hosiene.co.uk/weather/
https://twitter.com/YstradRhonddaWx for hourly reports (no wind measurement currently)