David Brown wrote in message
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:Have a look at the Blitzkarten archiv in Wetterzenrale.de for 22
:August! The whole country seems to be covered by thunderstorms at
:2000z. That should help with the drought.

Despite the spectacular display of sferics no really large rainfall totals
were reported in Spain on Friday.

24 hours ending 18.00 UTC - Ciudad Real and Segovia 11 mm, Soria at 1082
m asl 12 mm, Navacerrada at 1888 m asl NW of Madrid 13 mm.
12 hours ending 06.00 UTC - Guadalajara NW of Madrid 15 mm.

Heavy storms in NE Spain on Thursday - railway line between Madrid and
Barcelona damaged by flooding and blocked. Motorway between Madrid and
Zaragoza also blocked by flooding. Cuenca in eastern Spain had 32 mm rain.
Lightning started some fires in woodland.

Sources: http://www.weather-online.net/weather.shtml ;
http://www.vwkweb.nl/ ;
http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/deutsch/...etterlage.html

Colin Youngs
Brussels