On Jun 28, 6:09*pm, Michael Di Bernardo
wrote:
On Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:39:29 PM UTC+1, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 at 05:14:10, Michael Di Bernardo
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Absolutely awful conditions across the area, flash flooding in many
areas. *Checking my records, 2 new ones have been set. *Highest rain
rate was recorded with 1080mm /hr

That's 42.5 inches an hour - really??
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Yeah, typo. 180mm /hr

Mike

www.dudleyweather.co.uk

Phew!

That's a relief.

On a 0.2mm tipping bucket 1080mm/hour would be one tip every 0.67
seconds (approx).