Paul Hyett wrote:

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Ian Currie
wrote :

The 17:00 rainfall radar
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather...dar/index.html showed some
bright echos moving across Penzance, but so far (at 17:35) only around
1.5mm of rain has fallen.

There was some heavy rain at around that time in St Ives too, but of
course I had no way of measuring totals. No thunder though.
--
I think quite a few observers over the years can make a fairly accurate
assessment of the amount of rain from various pointers in the vicinity.

I can indeed make that sort of estimate here in Cheltenham, but I'm not
familiar enough with how St Ives looks with various amounts of rain to
make an assessment. Graham would be the one to ask about that.

85mm of rain in St Ives (but 100mm on the moors) looks like
www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/100.html

Graham
Penzance