"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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A very light dampening of the ground last night, but no rain
recordable .



... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard' surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

Top one inch of soil now bone dry, next 100ft sodden.
Somehow it *still* managed to rain here this morning, though
the afternoon was pleasant enough with a max of 21.7C leading
to the aforementioned desert conditions in my garden.

Col
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