On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:12:40 +0100, Steve Jackson
wrote:

In message , JPG
writes
Not showing much on the rainfall radar, we have been affected by
persistent drizzly rain for much of the day, keeping everything
thoroughly wet and miserable but probably not adding much more than 1
or 2 mm to the rainfall figures. This drizzle seems to be coming up
the Gloucestershire Gap (as distinct from the Cheshire Gap).

Actually Martin, the drizzle/rain wasn't as innocuous as it looked
because in all it dumped 11mm on Coventry, 7mm of it after 0800hr.

I can personally vouch for its ability to soak anyone out in it however!

You'd think a rate of 1mm an hour or so would show on the radar, but
only the "heavier" busts seemed to show up.

As for the Gloucestershire gap to answer Paul, returning polar
maritimes in Winter often show a line of showers up the Severn Valley
towards the W Midlands, much like the Cheshire gap - I've even known
snow showers creep up there at times when the air is particularly
cold.

The northern Cotswolds, Lickey and Clent Hills do not seem to present
much of a barrier to weather from the SW via the Bristol Channel.

Martin