Yep but they were building up to what we have today at La Rochelle:
LFBH 100800Z AUTO 04012KT 9999 -RA NSC 23/19 Q1012 TEMPO VRB15G25KT 4000 -TSRA SCT010 BKN100CB
And that famous BKN100CB.
Yes those are pretty big
Has anyone noticed how the summer thunderstorm belt is creeping north each year.
I met 3 people from the UK whose speciality was to repair small dents in modern cars using a technique based on metal memory so that the dent was repaired without the need for repainting.
Most of their work came from repairing dents caused by hail stones. They basically followed this storm belt around the world eg France in June, Australia in November, southern USA in spring etc. For years they had been coming to France, usually the south, Nice and the Cote d’Azur. But over the last few years the work has been creeping further North and has now become just North of La Rochelle.
gallois wrote:
But over the last few years the work has been creeping further North and has now become just North of La Rochelle.
Lack of covered parking space due to real estate price boom going up north 
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I certainly see gradually increasing “ISA plus XX” numbers. This significantly affects the TB20 ceiling.
