In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 13 Oct 2003 at 08:27:03, Jim Webster wrote :

Professional meteorologists may talk about decaying rain *areas* but
decaying
*rain* ? What's wrong with rain "dying out" .

from what people have been saying, in the South it isn't just dying out, it
is positively extinct!

So far this month I've recorded measurable rain on 7 days...

For a grand total of 3.3mm.
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

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