On Jun 20, 6:13*am, Col wrote:
On Jun 19, 7:17*pm, Graham Easterling wrote:





On Jun 17, 7:05*pm, "Col" wrote:

"Adam Lea" wrote in message

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On 17/06/11 17:45, Col wrote:
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That looks like a pretty big gap in the forecast rain over England
coming
up,
just like the big snowstorm forecasts we often get...

http://premium.raintoday.co.uk/

I was expecting rain from about 11 this morning.
Nothing yet....

Looks like it is all to the south of you. Pretty nasty in W Sussex at the
moment.

I know it's been raining in the south, the newsreaders on the BBC
were asking when is it going to stop raining?
A little bit of rain and they think they're hard done by, those BBC
employees who re-locate to Media City in Salford are going to get
a nasty weather surprise I can tell you
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

I believe Manchester's annual rainfall is 820mm per annum. This
compares with 1219.6mm in Penzance (1981-2010 average).

Just thought it was time to expose the urban myth of Manchester being
very wet.

I am aware of this but Bolton is wetter than Manchester, I've
lived in both so I know
See my reply to Tudor but I think it rains longer but with less
intensity up here which probably helps perpeptuate this myth.

Col

Sorry, I missed Tudor's post, didn't mean to be repetitive.

It is certainly far cloudier up in Manchester than down here which
makes a big difference. At least we normally get the sun between the
rain, though not this moring.

Graham
Penzance