In message , Bernard Burton
writes
A graph of the rain rate at Wokingham during today's rainfall event (00 to
15z) can be found at
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...rate061116.gif
The graph is generated from a 0.1mm TBR sampled once per second.

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html

I can't do a direct comparison as I have a Davis tipping bucket gauge,
with the data being logged at 5-minute intervals. One bucket tip
represents 0.254 mm.

In the 5-minute period 0440-0445z there was a total of 1.27 mm measured
i.e. 5 bucket tips. This gives a 5-minute rate of about 15 mm/hr.

The maximum rate indicated, presumably based on the minimum time between
bucket tips, was 63 mm/hr. If my arithmetic is correct this means that
the 63 mm/hr was the max rate over about 15 seconds.

These figures seem reasonably consistent with your max 1-min rate of 27
mm/hr, Bernard.

The noise of the rain woke me up.

Norman.
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Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England