The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales. Looking at
the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a long period
without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at least we don't
normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the north cop it
all and leave us dry.

James
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James Brown

"James Brown" wrote in message
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The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales. Looking at
the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a long period
without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at least we don't
normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the north cop it
all and leave us dry.

James

We certainly have. That rain, yesterday morning, gave us 15mm up to Noon. As
I type this, we are having frequent heavy showers although I have not
checked the rain gauge yet this morning.

My fields have remained green all summer and the sheep are looking well
(although the lambs due for the freezer do try to make themselves look thin
g). Amongst other water sources, we have a well. Although it has been low
at times, it has not run dry.

There is nothing else for it, James, you will just have to move a few miles
north. :-)


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Regards

Howard Neil
(western end of the Brecon Beacons)

In message , James Brown
writes
The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning)
amounted to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales.
Looking at the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a
long period without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at
least we don't normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the
north cop it all and leave us dry.

I'm W of Monmouth, in the rain shadow of the Brecons and only managed to
record a miserly 4.8mm yesterday and 7.9mm for the whole month. But
this seems to be the norm for this area.


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Chris

My fields have remained green all summer and the sheep are looking well
(although the lambs due for the freezer do try to make themselves look thin
g). Amongst other water sources, we have a well. Although it has been low
at times, it has not run dry.

There is nothing else for it, James, you will just have to move a few miles
north. :-)


I used to live about 30 miles north - and what a difference. We lived on
the 1000' contour and the bottom of the town was about 400' below. In
Winter we were often snowbound. but down below it was all slush or even
rain. Most springs kept going even through the worst droughts.

Must stop that sheep worrying Howard - you'll be calling out 'mint
sauce' to them before long!

The latest MSG-1 animation I am running shows a possible batch of
showers making it down here - so we might get a sprinkling.

Cheers,
James


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James Brown

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I used to live about 30 miles north - and what a difference. We lived on
the 1000' contour and the bottom of the town was about 400' below. In
Winter we were often snowbound. but down below it was all slush or even
rain. Most springs kept going even through the worst droughts.

That explains your love of snow.

Must stop that sheep worrying Howard - you'll be calling out 'mint
sauce' to them before long!

I wouldn't do that (not at the moment, anyway). They might start running
about and I want them to put on weight. :-)

The latest MSG-1 animation I am running shows a possible batch of
showers making it down here - so we might get a sprinkling.

Interesting. Our showers now seem to have finished and we mainly have blue
sky with little fluffy white clouds (I must get round to learning the names
of cloud types).


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Regards

Howard Neil

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:34:30 +0100, James Brown
wrote:

The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales. Looking at
the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a long period
without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at least we don't
normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the north cop it
all and leave us dry.

The radar imagery shows this effect clearly, there was a break in the
rain band over the Bristol Channel with some places on the coast
seeming to get patches of moderate to heavy rain and others not. The
rain band appeared to be organised and heavy to your to your south
(albeit fairly narrow) over over Exmoor and Dartmoor. All this This
was between about 10 am GMT and 1pm GMT.

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Dave

In message , Dave Ludlow
writes
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:34:30 +0100, James Brown
wrote:

The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales. Looking at
the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a long period
without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at least we don't
normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the north cop it
all and leave us dry.

The radar imagery shows this effect clearly, there was a break in the
rain band over the Bristol Channel with some places on the coast
seeming to get patches of moderate to heavy rain and others not. The
rain band appeared to be organised and heavy to your to your south
(albeit fairly narrow) over over Exmoor and Dartmoor. All this This
was between about 10 am GMT and 1pm GMT.


That's what I thought Dave. we should have got a fair bit more by the
look of the echoes but just where we are it narrowed to a thread which
broke up around us.

Cheers,
James
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James Brown

"James Brown" wrote in message
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In message , Dave Ludlow
writes
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:34:30 +0100, James Brown
wrote:

The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales.
snip

The radar imagery shows this effect clearly, there was a break in the
rain band over the Bristol Channel with some places on the coast
seeming to get patches of moderate to heavy rain and others not. The
rain band appeared to be organised and heavy to your to your south
(albeit fairly narrow) over over Exmoor and Dartmoor. All this This
was between about 10 am GMT and 1pm GMT.


That's what I thought Dave. we should have got a fair bit more by the
look of the echoes but just where we are it narrowed to a thread which
broke up around us.

All this confirms the 0.2mm at Milford Haven, 0.4mm at Mumbles,
and 1.4mm at Pembrey Sands, which I did wonder about when I
saw them.

Philip Eden

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 23 Sep 2003 at 13:32:35, Dave Ludlow wrote :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:34:30 +0100, James Brown
wrote:

The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales. Looking at
the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a long period
without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at least we don't
normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the north cop it
all and leave us dry.

The radar imagery shows this effect clearly, there was a break in the
rain band over the Bristol Channel with some places on the coast
seeming to get patches of moderate to heavy rain and others not.

Just 4mm here in Cheltenham.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England

"Vidcapper" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 23 Sep 2003 at 13:32:35, Dave Ludlow wrote :
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:34:30 +0100, James Brown
wrote:

The 'torrential' rain (quoting the BBC weather caption warning) amounted
to one short passing shower here on the coast of S. Wales. Looking at
the vegetation - including my lawn - we have now had quite a long period
without rain, and nothing more to come for some days - at least we don't
normally get stuff on northerlies - the mountains to the north cop it
all and leave us dry.

The radar imagery shows this effect clearly, there was a break in the
rain band over the Bristol Channel with some places on the coast
seeming to get patches of moderate to heavy rain and others not.

Just 4mm here in Cheltenham.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England

I managed 9mm here in Yate near Bristol Paul.

Dave.