On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:59:44 +0100, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:

... or anyone with expertise on rainfall radar.

This evening it rained hard (and I mean, hard) in
Romsey. The total duration of the shower was
70 minutes (1850-2000Z) and dropped 8.2mm
of rain. The cloud responsible developed and
decayed overhead.

I drove through this line this evening: I left Bedford at 2015 and
when I got to Milton Keynes some few miles west, it was tipping it
down. Got to Tesco at Buckingham for fuel and it was virtually dry
though just started to rain as I left. Bicester was dry and nothing
down the A34,A303 and salisbury. ( A good run which took the predicted
3hrs 10mins to Dorset just west of Blandford - enlivened by a police
helicopter hovering c 200ft above BForum looking for someone with an
incredibly powerful spotlight)
I heard on Radio Solent that traffic was stopped on the M3 Surrey way
by the intensity of the rain
R