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Old May 13th 06, 10:18 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Colin Youngs Colin Youngs is offline
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Default Cold in N England - Copley 6.3°C max !

Steven Briggs wrote in message ...

:In message , Colin Youngs
writes

:"Rain moves away from northern England early on Saturday afternoon."

:No it bloody didn't.
:Woke to heavy rain 0700-0800, followed by drizzle most of the morning.
:Keeping an eye on the radar suggested a dry afternoon in prospect as the
:block of rain drifted away to the east. So I set to some work in Mum's
:garden. Constant light drizzle, becoming periods of light rain
:1500-1700. None of which showed up on the radar _at all_.

I spoke to my sister in Bradford earlier this evening. She said it had
been wet for much of the day. I was surprised to see that the radar showed
nothing after mid-afternoon. Cold as well - as no doubt you noticed
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/EGNM.html .

Colin Youngs
Brussels