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Old November 5th 05, 04:02 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Howard Neil Howard Neil is offline
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Default What rain ?

Keith (Southend) wrote:
Yesterday there was all this fuss about heavy rain and warnings for the
SW, yet looking at the radar there doesn't seem to be much showing up at
all.


I think it is a Met Office experiment. It's called stealth rain and
falls in such a way as to be invisible to radar. :-)

I have had 11mm in the last 4 hours or so and my WS currently shows 5mm
per hour. On a visual check, this sounds about right.

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Howard Neil
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