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Old June 13th 06, 12:05 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:05:00 +0100, Trevor Harley wrote in
news:2006061311050016807-taharley@dundeeacuk

If not an absolute drought, then is it a relative drought, or am I
misremembering the existence of such a thing?

I had to check the idea of a partial (relative) drought. It seems in the
UK it is a period of 29 days when the average rainfall doesn't exceed 0.01
inches. See:

http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/gl...rtial-drought1

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Mike Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 13/06/2006 11:05:02 GMT
Where there must be an absolute drought now
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