.. that they were promising for the SE last night on the weather forcast.
Looking at the latest radar data on the BBC site there isn't any substantial
rain within 100 miles of london.

Can't the met office even get their predictions correct 12 hours in advance
now?

B2003

wrote in message
...
. that they were promising for the SE last night on the weather
forcast.
Looking at the latest radar data on the BBC site there isn't any
substantial
rain within 100 miles of london.

Can't the met office even get their predictions correct 12 hours in
advance
now?

B2003



.... it's a very interesting developing situation - some lively colours
now approaching west London! Whether any one place gets an inch I'm
not sure, but there will be a short period of moderate/heavy rain for
many across the Home Counties.

Martin.


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

wrote in message
...
. that they were promising for the SE last night on the weather
forcast.
Looking at the latest radar data on the BBC site there isn't any
substantial
rain within 100 miles of london.

Can't the met office even get their predictions correct 12 hours in
advance
now?

B2003



Probably why they said there was 'some uncertainty' rather than making a
promise.

Tom

On 4 Aug, 11:18, "Tom Allen" wrote:
wrote in message

...

. that they were promising for the SE last night on the weather
forcast.
Looking at the latest radar data on the BBC site there isn't any
substantial
rain within 100 miles of london.

Can't the met office even get their predictions correct 12 hours in
advance
now?

B2003

Probably why they said there was 'some uncertainty' rather than making a
promise.

Tom

Greetings from Marlow (Bucks) Tom, first pulse of rain cleared area at
1105Z, with short burst of mod rain, skies
brightening now, with CU Con quickly developing to W-NW+Chilterns, on
TS watch next couple of hours

Regards Richard bailey

"Ricardo" wrote ...
snip
Greetings from Marlow (Bucks) Tom, first pulse of rain cleared area
at
1105Z, with short burst of mod rain, skies
brightening now, with CU Con quickly developing to W-NW+Chilterns,
on
TS watch next couple of hours

Regards Richard bailey


.... yes Richard - I see that at 1130Z onwards, a couple of sferics
have turned up to the rearward of the 'hook' of PPN crossing central
southern England.

We've actually had some 'useful' rain here for once: as at 1155Z, 3mm+
in just over half-an-hour.

Martin.


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

On 04/08/2010 12:54, Martin Rowley wrote:
"Ricardo" wrote ...
snip
Greetings from Marlow (Bucks) Tom, first pulse of rain cleared area
at
1105Z, with short burst of mod rain, skies
brightening now, with CU Con quickly developing to W-NW+Chilterns,
on
TS watch next couple of hours

Regards Richard bailey


... yes Richard - I see that at 1130Z onwards, a couple of sferics
have turned up to the rearward of the 'hook' of PPN crossing central
southern England.

We've actually had some 'useful' rain here for once: as at 1155Z, 3mm+
in just over half-an-hour.

Martin.



Moderate rain and thunder in Poole @ 1.05pm!!!

On Aug 4, 11:23*am, wrote:
. that they were promising for the SE last night on the weather forcast.
Looking at the latest radar data on the BBC site there isn't any substantial
rain within 100 miles of london.

Can't the met office even get their predictions correct 12 hours in advance
now?

B2003

There's presently two lines of intense radar echoes to the north and
to the south of london. I would think some areas are getting very
heavy rain and an inch in a few places would not be out of the
question. Seems like it will prove to be a pretty good forecast to
me.

Was the forecast you saw only for the morning? I doubt it; I think
they will have bee tlking about during the day and it is always worth
waiting until the outcome time to judge a forecast.*))

In article
,
Dawlish writes:
There's presently two lines of intense radar echoes to the north and
to the south of london. I would think some areas are getting very
heavy rain and an inch in a few places would not be out of the
question. Seems like it will prove to be a pretty good forecast to
me.

Torrential rain here in Cranleigh, Surrey around 3pm BST. It didn't last
long enough to give an inch, but for ten or fifteen minutes it was hard
enough to turn the footpath outside my garden into a stream an inch or
so deep. (At least, that's what I estimated looking from my front
window. I had too much sense to go out in it!)
--
John Hall

"I don't even butter my bread; I consider that cooking."
Katherine Cebrian

On 4 Aug, 18:11, John Hall wrote:

Torrential rain here in Cranleigh, Surrey around 3pm BST. It didn't last
long enough to give an inch, but for ten or fifteen minutes it was hard
enough to turn the footpath outside my garden into a stream an inch or
so deep. (At least, that's what I estimated looking from my front
window. I had too much sense to go out in it!)

I hear "from a source" of 38mm in an hour in Haywards Heath.

So much for an inch of rain !

Richard

On 04/08/2010 18:11, John Hall wrote:
In article
,
writes:
There's presently two lines of intense radar echoes to the north and
to the south of london. I would think some areas are getting very
heavy rain and an inch in a few places would not be out of the
question. Seems like it will prove to be a pretty good forecast to
me.

Torrential rain here in Cranleigh, Surrey around 3pm BST. It didn't last
long enough to give an inch, but for ten or fifteen minutes it was hard
enough to turn the footpath outside my garden into a stream an inch or
so deep. (At least, that's what I estimated looking from my front
window. I had too much sense to go out in it!)

It was interesting tracking it on the Met Office radar, a long, very
narrow line of intense rainfall moving N-S. Would it be classed as a
squall line?

It seemed to weaken considerably when it reached the south downs.