On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 18:07:28 +0100, John Hall
wrote:

In message , Dave Cornwell
writes
There now appears to be a large and heavy area of rain moving north
just off the South Coast. Not mentioned on earlier forecasts but looks
like someone's in for a soaking.

Rain has reached Cranleigh within the last half hour or so, but so far
it's only been a damping.

Started in Fareham just befoe 6pm, heavy enough at times to make you
run from car park to shop, 7 mm so far and due to get heavier again
soon, we'll probably end up with half an inch or so.

This significant rain band was not in last night's forecast at all.
The problem being that the main BBC TV national and local forecasts
after the 10pm news stopped at 4pm Friday and completely ignored this
evening and tonight (leaving us to assume that it would be fine and
dry like the rest of the day). They skipped to Saturday daytime and
Sunday, so even if they'd expected this evening's drenching, you'd
never have known it from the forecast.

Little wonder the BBC/Met Office forecasters regularly come in for
stick when they get such basics wrong.

--
Dave
Fareham (W)