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Even though there is a good amount of CAPE around for the south I don't see there being any lightning due to the lack of surface heating. Any lightning activity is likely to only be reserved for the coasts and inland it will probably be just heavy showers. So I am not really getting excited about it.

Looks to me that we could well be about to see a repeat of 2009 in terms of when the cold arrives. So a wet and windy November but then overall a cold December and January.

Max of 17.8C here.Sunshine and cloud for most of the day but in the evening dark clouds came in from the southwest and since then it has been raining moderate to heavy. It has been quite windy as well with southeasterly winds and a top gust of 28mph.

It is very dark here at the moment and is raining moderately. I suspect that it won't get as bad as other places have had it though.

No, it's a hundred yards away from it actually. So it probably wouldn't have much effect on the weather station.

The distance is around 100 yards and the Ash tree is to the SW of the weather station.

Does this mean then that there would be a big difference in wind speeds from my 21ft high anomometer and the 70ft or more Ash tree by the river in the front garden?

Well the wind is probably the strongest it's been so far today now at 5:10PM. It is just starting to pick up at the moment and if you are wondering I live in Wiltshire in the Southwest so because I am inland then tonight it will probably be the usual speed of 25-30mph in gusts so nothing too exciting.

I ask this question because I have noticed that when on top of a hill the wind seems to be blowing much faster and also more constant compared to when I am on ground level or in the garden. Also I have noticed that the wind readings on observation stations seems to be much higher compared to readings on my weather station. The anomometer is up at 21ft above the ground in the garden but according to the Met Office an anomometer should be at a standard height of at least 30ft. This would explain why the tops of 70ft Ash trees move a lot more in the wind compared to trees which are only 20ft up. Basically I would just like some help on this matter because I am worrying that my wind gauge may be broken or inaccurate.

Does this mean that it is tonight when the strongest winds will be because so far today it has just been breezy.

The sky around here at the moment looks quite unusual in that it looks very hazy and I am also certain that earlier I saw a a few of those Altocumulus Castellanus clouds around which sometimes can be a sign of thunder for later.

Current conditions: Reporting later then usual today because of a lie in. Anyway currently it is gerogeous out there with lots of sunshine with not a cloud in the sky. Light to moderate Southerly winds and cool temperatures. Nightime summary: Min temp: 5.2C Max wind: 9mph Direction: SSE Rain: 0.0mm Max humidity: 93% Pressure: 1012.2hpa-Falling Slowly Tendency: Rain Cloud types: Non

Considering the Met Office have issued a weather watch for heavy rain in the Southwest next Monday then it would seem to me that sooner or later we will get our rain that we desperately need. Looking back on my records it looks like I have only managed to recieve about 17mm of rain so far this month, which is shocking especially considering that this is in the Southwest where we are supposed to get large amounts of rainfall at this time of year! Anyway the models show Atlantic based weather for next week and currently the future isn't looking good for cold or frosts into November. But of coarse this could change.

Current conditions: It was cloudy for much of the day and is currently overcast. Still feels quite cold out there to me though! Daytime summary: Max temp: 15.9C Max wind: 17mph Direction: SW Min humidity: 62% Pressure: 1020.9hpa-Falling very slowly Tendency: Rain Cloud types: Stratus, Altostratus