"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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"Martin Rowley" wrote in
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RMK: 8Ns015/020 .. one of those rare occasions when I think I can
observe Nimbostratus and nothing else - uniform base and rain
bucketing down! It's been raining steadily here, mainly moderate,
since 1230Z: all buckets, water butts etc., nicely full ;-) =

Martin,
5mm of rain here and the butts are approx half full. I guess it takes
10mm to fill a 210litre butt.

Looks like the other half will be filled at the weekend!

.... having spent the last couple of weeks laboriously using washing-up
water to water the garden via a series of buckets strategically placed
around the garage and outside, I took great delight in drawing off water
from the butts today and now have said buckets full of rain-water all
over the place! Looking at the ENS output for the London grid-point at:-
http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/MT8_London_ens.png

I'm hoping we can eke out the collection until the beginning of July!

Martin.


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