In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 14 Oct 2003 at 18:20:34, Jonathan Stott wrote
:

A bit of rain certainly wouldn't go amiss. The water level in the Stour
had dropped again when I walked by it today.

The river Chelt is hardly large, but the flow now is so minimal it is
getting choked with water weed so we need a substantial volume of rain
to flush it through.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

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