"Dave.C" wrote in message
.uk...
Well, as I alluded to last Friday the "first sustained rainfall for the
S.E"
didn't happen. But last night's News 24 forecast at 12.30 a.m showed rain
moving up from the South to cover Kent, Essex, Suffolk and South Norfolk.
"This may linger all morning in the S.E and be heavy at times the further
East you are before moving out in to the North Sea"
Didn't even get a mention this morning. There appears to have been some
rain
on the Kent coast so maybe it was the graphics that were skewed but the
commentary on them certainly gave an impression of widespread rain across
the region. Not bad for an eight hour forecast

A wave feature on the front was forecast that simply didn't materialise.
I believe these things are fickle and hence difficult to forecast.

Here, there wasn't as much rain as I thought. would happen yesterday
evening.
Iwasn't expecting anything particularly wet but I inspected the ground this
morning
and the soil was still dry barely a cm below the surface.

Today things have returned to sometthing more akin to an 'average' summer
day,
if such a thing exists. Sunny start, the cloud building to give a brief but
sharp shower
around midday, but some sun again in the afternoon.
Temp has reached 22.0C, cool by recent standards but still a little on the
warm
side on average.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl