fireballxl5

Sunny in Cullompton, Devon after a rather cloudy start to the day. Odd patch of thin Stratocumulus floating about around 2000-2500 feet with the first signs of warmer air advancing in from the southwest as thin high cirrus starts to invade! Poor low level visibility beneath a 2500 footish! well marked inversion but reasonably pleasant compared withe the last few days with an outside air temperature of +6c!.. 1400 synop................. 03/// 41557 10804 10060 21002 30225 40286 51005 70500 81501 333 81622= :lol:

Sheet of Stratocumulus still overhead Cullompton, Devon although the odd chink appearing between the elements, temperature still holding up well at 1.5c......2230 synop..... 03/// 41557 70707 10015 21024 30176 40264 50000 70522 875// 333 87622=

8/8ths stratocumulus still in Cullompton, Devon, air temperature holding at 1.8c under the blanket! 1800 synop.................. 03/// 31556 80807 10018 21024 30177 40256 55004 70522 885// 333 88620=

8/8ths Stratocumulus in Cullompton, Devon and very little diurnal change of temperature as a result, keen north-easterly too! Rolls of cloud look particularly pleasing on the eye! although difficult to photograph in the increasingly hazy lower atmosphere. 1400 synop................ 03/// 41557 80509 10024 21015 30178 40257 55000 70522 885// 333 88620=

After nearly a week with clear blue skies,cloudy this morning in Cullompton, Devon with 7-8/8ths stratocumulus base around 2200-2500feet......0900 synop............... 03/// 41558 70609 10008 21023 30177 40256 56004 875// 333 87622= .....ontop,probably looks something like this......

Clear blue skies in Cullompton,Devon today but layer of maritime stratocumulus around 1500 feet near the coast which stretched the length of the English Channel... 1800 synop from Cullompton..... 03/// 42462 10610 10002 21020 30192 40287 56006 81500 333 81615=

Mostly clear in Cullompton, Devon this morning at 0920....patches of stratus/low stratocumulus to the north-east with the occasional patch coming close to the overhead. Penetrating frost overnight,overnight min -1.5c but moderate north-east to easterly to go with it!.......0900 synop...... 03/// 42462 10510 11004 21020 30190 40285 58008 81600 333 81712= :lol:

FAIR WEATHER CUMULUS SEEN FROM THE AIR! LAKE TAHOE SNOWS!

still drizzly bits in the wind in Cully, Devon, .. ..2100 synop..... 03/// 41458 80902 10087 20077 30267 40358 57004 75052 887// 333 88710= :lol:

Camborne 1200 ascent today typifies conditions across the southwest corner of the UK today with a strong inversion ontop of a fairly shallow layer of stratus/stratocumulus cloud...+3 in the tops at around 2000feet and +10c a short distance above. Freezing level of 10,000 feet in the warm,subsided airmass above...... http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/sounding?r...&STNM=03808

cloudy and occasionally drizzly today in Cullompton,Devon,moister airmass than yesterday with main stratus base around 1000 feet amsl and fog on the nearby Blackdown hills...... 1500 synop................. 03/// 41362 83003 10100 20087 30288 40372 53005 72052 887// 333 81707 88711=

A few breaks over Cullompton after a very short spell of light rain/drizzle out of a lowering cloudbase.Now rising again and 7/8ths total,12.4c..... 03/// 41575 72710 10124 20080 30277 40339 50000 72162 875// 333 83622 87630= tops around 4500 feet!

Boring anticyclonic gloom in Cullompton,Devon this morning....heres the synop! 03/// 42570 82607 10100 20077 30266 40338 58002 885// 333 88625= a probable view from above the layer today! B)

Doesnt seem like 20 years ago does it?