On Friday, June 10, 2016 at 7:46:55 PM UTC+1, Nick Gardner wrote:
On 10/06/2016 10:07, Len Wood wrote:
The rain is here Graham.

I wish the rain was here Len.

The forecast led me to believe I would wake up to the 'glorious' stuff
falling and my garden sighing with relief. But alas, not a drop.

And the sun even managed to shine hazily for a while making it feel warm
and humid as there was no wind.

A maximum 20.8C with a DP of 18C for most of the afternoon.

Still, the toms in the garden have loved this weather and their first
flowers have appeared. The chillies and cucumbers have done well too and
are well ahead of their normal size for this time in June. The runners
are not doing so well and have only just reached the top of their canes.

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Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalleyweather.me.uk

On the local news from the Royal Cornwall Show, when questioned about the absence of the forecast persistent rain, our local BBC forecaster (DB) stated that it had been going either side, they'd been 'blessed'. In practice he could have spent an hour driving down to Land's End without putting the wipers on.

Really, the only rain worth the name seemed to have been near Rame Head in the extreme SE of the County, next to Plymouth, where there was 2.8mm. There was also a sharp shower on Bodmin Moor.

Rainfall today so far
Lands End - Nil
St Ives 0.8
Falmouth Nil
Scilly 0.2mm
Penzance Nil
etc.

It would be nice to have a bit of honesty. After all he did say earlier that most of the rain in the SW would be in Cornwall. I suspect he glanced at the radar and just assumed it was reaching the ground.

I do wonder how much we'll get down here over the next few days, it mainly appears home grown convection which we tend to miss out on. We're normally fairly sunny under slack low pressure at this time of year. There may be a few proper fronts the following week, but that's a long way off.

Graham
Penzance