"Philip Eden" wrote
... I'm now going to try to apportion it with the help
of a TSR chart with nine days of traces on it (which will
probably take all morning).
.... and "Martin Rowley" wrote :
... there will be a goodly number of people on this newsgroup who
won't appreciate what that statement implies: all I can say is "good
luck" & don't go too boggle-eyed in the process ;-)
.... and "Philip Eden" wrote:-
I finished with an aggregate of 52.5mm from the TSR chart against
53.0mm from the rain-gauge -- appreciably closer than I sometimes
get! If anyone's interested:

snip various

.... An _excellent_ result I would say! Most I've had to do was 4
days-worth after an extended 'stand-down' (probably a Bank Holiday), and
that was fairly straightforward as there wasn't too much rain about! The
worst ones (both single-day and multi-day) are those involving
snow/melting snow! In my day, all offices tended to have light slopes
(or light boxes), and I found that putting the chart (reversed) on one
of these and using the bright light shining through would aid following
the overlapping traces where 'conflict' occurred - still a tricky
operation though.

Martin.

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