In uk.sci.weather on Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Martin Rowley
m wrote :

... now (1252Z) 'heaving it down' and has been for at least 5-10
minutes! Don't think we're going to have to worry about the lack of
precipitation his month for much longer.

We had an hour of it here, totalling 22mm.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)