0850z SSW F2-3 30km 6Cu010 07.1/06.4 1005.9
RMK: Lt/mod rain 0045-0500, sharp shower 0635-40.
Wakened abruptly at 0640 ... may have been thunder
but can't be sure.

09-09: Tx 9.9 Tn 6.0 Tg 4.4 RR 3.8 sss nil

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

Heard on the wireless that Luton had had a early thunderstorm with 10mm of
rain.
Does that mean that if Philip Eden didn't know about it ,there's someone out
there tring to steal his thunder ?

RonB
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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0850z SSW F2-3 30km 6Cu010 07.1/06.4 1005.9
RMK: Lt/mod rain 0045-0500, sharp shower 0635-40.
Wakened abruptly at 0640 ... may have been thunder
but can't be sure.

09-09: Tx 9.9 Tn 6.0 Tg 4.4 RR 3.8 sss nil

Philip Eden
Whipsnade 214m

"Ron Button" wrote in message
...
Heard on the wireless that Luton had had a early thunderstorm with 10mm of
rain.

That's curious, Ron. Where did you hear that?

pe

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
"Ron Button" wrote :
Heard on the wireless that Luton had had a early thunderstorm with 10mm
of rain.

That's curious, Ron. Where did you hear that?

Oh, sorry. I see now it was meant to be a joke. I'm not in
a very receptive mood this morning.

pe

I think it was Everton Fox at 0730 on Radio five live,that bit wasn't a joke
.......

Ron
"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Ron Button" wrote in message
...
Heard on the wireless that Luton had had a early thunderstorm with 10mm
of rain.

That's curious, Ron. Where did you hear that?

pe

"Ron Button" wrote in message
...
I think it was Everton Fox at 0730 on Radio five live,that bit wasn't a
joke ......

Well, that's odd. I wonder where he got that from. The airport
didn't report thunder, nor does it report rainfall. I'll investigate.
Or perhaps Everton might like to drop me an e-mail (when I
used to go in regularly it wasn't possible to post to usenet via
the BBC system although that may have changed).

Philip

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
news:45dc29f9$0$28987 Or perhaps Everton might like to drop me an
e-mail (when I
used to go in regularly it wasn't possible to post to usenet via
the BBC system although that may have changed).


.... as an aside, this is Everton's last week on R5L: I believe his last
broadcast shift is tomorrow.

Martin.

Ron Button wrote:

I think it was Everton Fox at 0730 on Radio five live,that bit wasn't a
joke ......

My fuzzy memory of it was that someone else mentioned it, and quite a bit
earlier. Might have been Helen Blaby in the traffic report.

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"Ron Button" wrote in message
...
I think it was Everton Fox at 0730 on Radio five live,that bit wasn't a
joke ......

Well, that's odd. I wonder where he got that from. The airport
didn't report thunder, nor does it report rainfall. I'll investigate.
Or perhaps Everton might like to drop me an e-mail (when I
used to go in regularly it wasn't possible to post to usenet via
the BBC system although that may have changed).

Philip

Nothing of any great note in Chalfont St Giles. 1.3 mm between 0110z and
0130z with a max rate between bucket tips of 5 mm/hr. After 0130z there
were only occasional bucket tips (0.254mm per tip - actually 0.01
inches) up till 0700z.

Norman
(delete "thisbit" twice to e-mail)
--
Norman Lynagh Weather Consultancy
Chalfont St Giles 85m a.s.l.
England

"Graham P Davis" wrote in message
...
Ron Button wrote:

I think it was Everton Fox at 0730 on Radio five live,that bit wasn't a
joke ......

My fuzzy memory of it was that someone else mentioned it, and quite a bit
earlier. Might have been Helen Blaby in the traffic report.

Ah, OK ... and could it be the Everton tried to add some factual
information to a vague traffic report by deducing from the radar
output that rain was falling at 10mm **per hour** in the area?

I'll not find out my own Luton figure until this evening, unfortunately.

Philip