Phil Layton writes:
Guildford 26/04/07 20:43Z
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Rain 1.0mm
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First recordable rain today between 12 & 15z.

.... here (Bracknell/Thursday/26th), we had a total of 1.3 mm in the
period 1215 to 1515Z, with a couple of 'sharp' downpours, one around
1230Z and another burst ~1430Z. The cloud-scape as the activity edged
north was quite threatening, and I said to my wife .. "don't know what
Tori was talking about on the radio (five) just now, but we'll be lucky
if it remains 'mainly dry'!" Fortunately I had decided to take the
washing in before the heavens opened.

Hasn't really helped the soil moisture deficit (which must be
considerable now), but the blackbirds have welcomed the softening up of
the soil - brought a lot of worms to the surface of the lawn and they
spent a couple of hours gorging themselves and flying in relays to the
various nests.

Brought the monthly %age for precipitation up to 4%. We were heading for
the driest April in the composite local record which began in 1971, but
looking at the latest ensemble output from the GFES, I suspect we're
going to miss out on that record (2.9mm in 1984).

Martin.