In message , Dave Cornwell
writes
No measurable rainfall for two weeks now and today's forecast of rain
this afternoon seems to be fading away rapidly with the radar showing
it diminishing by the time it gets to the east of London.

This was a good thing, as it's enabled Surrey to have enough time on the
field to beat Essex.
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I'm not paid to implement the recognition of irony.
(Taken, with the author's permission, from a LiveJournal post)