Unfortunately my rain gauge didn't record any of last night's rain here in
Sturry, north kent, but it sure as heck tipped it down! A trip up the ladder
for me then....!

-Ben

"colin may" wrote in message
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In article
"Martin Rowley" writes:

Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at
0900Z illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last
night's system ..

Ordered roughly geographically:-

Guildford (Phil Layton): 5.3 mm
Bracknell (Roy Avis): 12.0 mm
Wokingham (Bernard Burton): 5.2 mm
Reading (Eric Belton): 18.1 mm
Charlbury (Dick Lovett): 38.8 mm
Whipsnade (Philip Eden): 3.9 mm
Chalfont St. Giles (Norman Lynagh): 25.0 mm

and a selection from WeatherOnline (12hr to 06Z this morning)

Heathrow: 26.0 mm
Charlwood: 24.0 mm
Brize Norton: 23.0 mm
Benson: 16.0 mm
Northolt: 15.0 mm
Odiham: 14.0mm
Farnborough: 12.0 mm
High Wycombe: 12.0 mm
Middle Wallop: 7.0 mm



Boughton-under-Blean North Kent.

Averaged over six rain gauges (3 manual and 3 tbr) 2.72mm.

Highest 3.2mm tbr.

Lowest 2.5 manual.

On Jul 29, 11:09*am, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at
0900Z illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last
night's system ..

Ordered roughly geographically:-

Guildford (Phil Layton): 5.3 mm
Bracknell (Roy Avis): *12.0 mm
Wokingham (Bernard Burton): 5.2 mm
Reading (Eric Belton): 18.1 mm
Charlbury (Dick Lovett): 38.8 mm
Whipsnade (Philip Eden): 3.9 mm
Chalfont St. Giles (Norman Lynagh): 25.0 mm

and a selection from WeatherOnline (12hr to 06Z this morning)

Heathrow: 26.0 mm
Charlwood: 24.0 mm
Brize Norton: 23.0 mm
Benson: 16.0 mm
Northolt: 15.0 mm
Odiham: 14.0mm
Farnborough: 12.0 mm
High Wycombe: 12.0 mm
Middle Wallop: 7.0 mm

--
Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N * Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

9.7 mm here, most of it in 25 minutes. Very little thunder.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Philip Eden wrote
"Martin Rowley" wrote :
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at 0900Z
illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last night's
system ..

Ordered roughly geographically:-

Guildford (Phil Layton): 5.3 mm
Bracknell (Roy Avis): 12.0 mm
Wokingham (Bernard Burton): 5.2 mm
Reading (Eric Belton): 18.1 mm
Charlbury (Dick Lovett): 38.8 mm
Whipsnade (Philip Eden): 3.9 mm
Chalfont St. Giles (Norman Lynagh): 25.0 mm

and a selection from WeatherOnline (12hr to 06Z this morning)

Heathrow: 26.0 mm
Charlwood: 24.0 mm
Brize Norton: 23.0 mm
Benson: 16.0 mm
Northolt: 15.0 mm
Odiham: 14.0mm
Farnborough: 12.0 mm
High Wycombe: 12.0 mm
Middle Wallop: 7.0 mm

Also just 6.8mm at Hampstead, north London.

and about 5.8mm at Blackheath (divisions of mm not marked on my rather
primitive gauge).

--
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you
want to reply personally

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:42:02 +0100, in uk.sci.weather you wrote:

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...
"Martin Rowley" wrote :
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at
0900Z illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last
night's system ..

Ordered roughly geographically:-

Guildford (Phil Layton): 5.3 mm
Bracknell (Roy Avis): 12.0 mm
Wokingham (Bernard Burton): 5.2 mm
Reading (Eric Belton): 18.1 mm
Charlbury (Dick Lovett): 38.8 mm
Whipsnade (Philip Eden): 3.9 mm
Chalfont St. Giles (Norman Lynagh): 25.0 mm

and a selection from WeatherOnline (12hr to 06Z this morning)

Heathrow: 26.0 mm
Charlwood: 24.0 mm
Brize Norton: 23.0 mm
Benson: 16.0 mm
Northolt: 15.0 mm
Odiham: 14.0mm
Farnborough: 12.0 mm
High Wycombe: 12.0 mm
Middle Wallop: 7.0 mm

Also just 6.8mm at Hampstead, north London.

pe

Even less in Epping, 4.7mm

And even less in St Albans at 3.6mm; however a fine light show from the
Chalfont St Giles direction.

Alan

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 at 06:07:21, JPG
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

On 29 Jul, 11:29, Steve J wrote:
On 29 Jul, 11:09, "Martin Rowley"

wrote:
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at
0900Z illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last
night's system ..

Add to the list 16.0mm in Coventry, Martin and 22mm at Warwick.

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UKwww.bablakeweather.co.uk

Kenilworth 5mm from last night's thunderstorms, 8mm overnight. Total
13mm.

33.7mm here in Cheltenham.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Last night 28th/29th July (21h - 09hr) - trace.
Today so far (09:00 - 18:20) 3.8 mm
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Martin Rowley" wrote :

Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at 0900Z
illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last night's
system ..


Also, I'm very reliably informed:

Pershore Ag. College 59.0mm inc 28.8 hour ending 29/0000
Bickley (near Tenbury Wells) 52.2mm inc 29.8 hour ending 29/0100
Willey (near Much Wenlock) 39.4mm

Not to mention Chris Kidd's 46.0mm at Winterbourne
(U.of B'ham campus site)

pe

Martin Rowley wrote:
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at
0900Z illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last
night's system ..

Ordered roughly geographically:-

Guildford (Phil Layton): 5.3 mm
Bracknell (Roy Avis): 12.0 mm
Wokingham (Bernard Burton): 5.2 mm
Reading (Eric Belton): 18.1 mm
Charlbury (Dick Lovett): 38.8 mm
Whipsnade (Philip Eden): 3.9 mm
Chalfont St. Giles (Norman Lynagh): 25.0 mm

and a selection from WeatherOnline (12hr to 06Z this morning)

Heathrow: 26.0 mm
Charlwood: 24.0 mm
Brize Norton: 23.0 mm
Benson: 16.0 mm
Northolt: 15.0 mm
Odiham: 14.0mm
Farnborough: 12.0 mm
High Wycombe: 12.0 mm
Middle Wallop: 7.0 mm



17mm for West Horsley, about 4 miles east of Phil Layton who recorded
5.3 mm.

In message
,
Steve J writes
On 29 Jul, 11:09, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at
0900Z illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last
night's system ..

22.6mm in less than 2 hours last night.

Lots of lightning but very little thunder.

Weston Coyney (North Staffordshire) 220 metres asl
--
Graham

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :


Also just 6.8mm at Hampstead, north London.

And just 2.8mm at Luton.

pe