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Old October 3rd 10, 08:18 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Hugh Newbury Hugh Newbury is offline
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Default [WR]West Moors/E.Dorset ... 3 day rainfall

On 02/10/10 18:24, Robin Nicholson wrote:
On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 12:16:17 +0100, "Martin Rowley"
wrote:

... from the latest output I've just seen, you could get much more
than us; unblock those drains!!


Off down the natural drains of the Mendips tomorrow....
a decent amount of water improves the air quality in some of the areas
close to the streamway I am in.
Steady rain is OK but convective stuff in the summer is the one to
watch.
Anyone any idea what MIGHT be up with my AWS collector at work apart
from the obvious summat in the collector?


Sometimes strong wind can blow the ppn horizontally across the top of
the collector, that is if the collector is at head height, like mine.

But they always seem to underread even in the best of conditions. See my
website for a comparison between AWS and standard 5in:

http://www.evershot-weather.org/rain.html#comp

Hugh

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