On Jul 8, 8:31*am, "Will Hand" wrote:
"Seany McD" wrote in message

Hi Jim just 1.6mm here in the evening, giving 2 mm for the day. *I
could see the heavy showers passing just to the North West of me which
would account the large Pitsford total.
I have recorded just 6.4 mm for July so far. Annual total is at
186.9mm. It is very frustrating to see the showers passing all
around.
The rainfall total for June was 35.2mm, in contrast to many areas
nearby which saw above average rainfall.
A quick glance at the radar this morning sees the next band weakening
as it approaches the Northampton area.

Sean
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I did a study a while back looking into the climatology of airmass showers
over the UK using radar data at 5km resolution and neural network processed
satellite data. It's been published in a back issue of Weather magazine (Vol
60 No 6 2005). Northamptonshire was the least showery area IIRC of the whole
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland!

Will
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Thanks for that Will, the findings are certainly in line with my own
experiences.
As a contrast to my annual total so far this year (189mm), June 2007
produced 176mm at nearby Pitsford!


Sean