Spring Championships part 2: no chance to dodge the rain

SYNOPTIC SITUATION
 Low pressure sits to the SSW of the UK and through the course of the day is expected to deepen and track NE.
The associated occluded front will remain slow moving over the southern half of the UK providing wet conditions
The result is a strong NE airflow will dominate the Solent building mid afternoon.

Air temperature: 12-13 Celsius

Weather: Overcast cloud with outbreaks of slight to moderate rain and drizzle through out

Portsmouth    
LW 0928      HW 1642




KEY POINTS
- A small directional trend LEFT in the surface wind conditions with the increasing breeze
- Offshore with cold sea and land- relatively stable
- Shift range increasing towards the shore 10 deg increasing to 20 deg
- marked increase in surface wind from 1400

Time	Wind direction	Wind Speed (KNOTS)	Comments
0900-1100	040-060	12-14 building 14-18	Increasing in surface as temperature increase and mixing establishes
1100-1300	040-060	14-18	Little change
1300-1500	040-060 backing 020-050	14-18 building 20-24	Gradient increasing and potentially slight backing – could see gusts to 28 KT
1500-1700	020-050	20-24 building 30-35	Max speed 40 KT