Alan Gardiner wrote:

On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:37:46 GMT, Norman wrote:

Chalfont St Giles Friday 5th September 2008
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0530z ESE F2 8000 HZ 6St006 8Sc010 13.6/12.6 996.2
RMK: There's been some overnight rain but probably none in the
past couple of hours.

0900z SE F2-3 5000 -RA 6St005 8Sc020 13.6/12.5 994
RMK: Slight rain started shortly after 0600z. It has very slowly
become heavier and is now close to moderate.

24-HR STATISTICS
Max (0900-0900z): 17.8 at 1450z
Min (0900-0900z): 11.9 at 2220z
Grass min (1800-0900z): 10.8
Rain (0900-0900z): 23.5 mm

1200z SE F2 10km -RA 6St007 8Sc020 14.2/13.1 991
RMK: Only the odd spot of rain at the moment. Rain has been more
or less continuous since shortly after 0600z but mostly quite
slight. Just a couple of brief bursts of moderate. Only about 2
mm since 0900z.



Norman.

The total of 23.5mm rain is much greater than my total; the combined
total for yesteday and today up to now is 11.3mm. It illustrates
clearly how rainfall amounts can vary over a realatively small area.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
05/09/2008 14:15:43


Indeed it does. We had 2 spells of torrential rain yesterday. One
approximately 0845-0945z and the other approx 1545-1645z. The radar
showed that they were both very localised.

Norman
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Norman Lynagh
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire
85m a.s.l.
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