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Old July 29th 08, 10:11 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Philip Eden Philip Eden is offline
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Default Some rainfall totals from last night's 'event' (28/29 July 08)

"Martin Rowley" wrote :
Cobbling together some rainfall totals from the newsgroup entries at 0900Z
illustrates the high degree of variability of rainfall from last night's
system ..

Ordered roughly geographically:-

Guildford (Phil Layton): 5.3 mm
Bracknell (Roy Avis): 12.0 mm
Wokingham (Bernard Burton): 5.2 mm
Reading (Eric Belton): 18.1 mm
Charlbury (Dick Lovett): 38.8 mm
Whipsnade (Philip Eden): 3.9 mm
Chalfont St. Giles (Norman Lynagh): 25.0 mm

and a selection from WeatherOnline (12hr to 06Z this morning)

Heathrow: 26.0 mm
Charlwood: 24.0 mm
Brize Norton: 23.0 mm
Benson: 16.0 mm
Northolt: 15.0 mm
Odiham: 14.0mm
Farnborough: 12.0 mm
High Wycombe: 12.0 mm
Middle Wallop: 7.0 mm

Also just 6.8mm at Hampstead, north London.

pe