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Old August 30th 08, 10:03 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default "Ten days rain to hit Britain tomorrow"

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Paul C writes:
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...itain-tomorrow

TEN DAYS RAIN TO HIT BRITAIN TOMORROW

By John Ingham and Fiona Bradley

MONSOON Britain will be lashed by 10 days of rain in just 24 hours
tomorrow as the miserable summer ends with a bang.

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"Ten days' rain" represents about an inch, hardly that rare a daily
fall. A cunning way to be unnecessarily alarmist.
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