Graham Easterling wrote:

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

It's now two and a half years since we moved from Chalfont St Giles in Bucks to
Tideswell. There have been no weather surprises though the weather here is very
different from the weather in Bucks. The more notable differences are the lower
temperatures (particularly day maxes), much stronger winds and much less
sunshine. It also rains more heavily and a bit more often than in Bucks.
Overall, though, it is the reduced sunshine that is the most striking
difference. For example, the first 19 days of June have produced only 81 hours
of sunshine here. That suits me fine as I'm not a sun lover - I don't tan at
all, I just burn :-( One of the great benefits of the move is that we now get
very little of the hot humid weather that I used to detest when living in
Bucks. Also, we get proper winter weather here from time to time, sufficient
for us now to have bought a 4WD vehicle :-)

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.