All,
Yeap 'Winterbourne' is the University site - and yes, the rain on
Friday was pretty torrential, so the 32.6mm is about right. On Saturday a
cell developed over Birmingham itself (UHI-induced?) and dirfted only slowly
WNW before decaying - so the 37.6 appears correct. At present three gauges
operate at the site - one the 'official' met office TBR gauge, one the
university TBR gauge (which also used to provide the MO data) and a standard
5" gauge used to keep an eye on the other two!

It is expected in the near future that the site will need to be moved ~300m
to the NW due to some local 'development' interferring with the site...

Chris


"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...
"Martin Rowley" wrote:

... I see from the 24hr data published on the Met O site he-

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...t_weather.html

(data up to 2100Z on the day of issue), that for the second day running,
Winterbourne has topped the rainfall list.

I assume this 'Winterbourne' is the one associated with the University of
Birmingham (Edgbaston) - there are others.

On the 26th (period 24hr up to 2100Z) .. rainfall 32.6mm
On the 27th (period 24hr up to 2100Z) .. rainfall 37.6mm
Total for those 48 hours = 70.2mm

Anyone got any thoughts/corroborating data? I've had a look back at the
MeteoX archive (15min), and there certainly was mod/heavy rain in the
vicinity 26/13Z - 26/15Z, 26/1730-1745Z & possibly around 27/16Z.

Martin, yes, Winterbourne is the site on the periphery of the
university campus at Edgbaston. The old Edgbaston Observatory
site, confusingly nearer to Ladywood than Edgbaston, some
4-5km away (from memory), recorded 51.4mm and 24.2mm on
the two respective dates. I believe the site is the same, on the
covered reservoir at the waterworks, though it is now run by one of
utilities (perhaps someone at Exeter or in Birmingham might like
to confirm this).

Philip