After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Currently at 19:15, 15.3C, RH 87%, DP 13.1C, 1022.7 mb (F), Wind 3 mph NW,
3.0 hours of sun today.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:15:37 +0100, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Dorset had a bit - annoying drizzle with a heavier burst whilst I was
out with the dogs typically. I am surprised there was not a Severe
Weather warning - think of the massive disruption as people used the
wipers smearing bits of mozza all across their windscreens.
R

The absolute drought has been broken this evening with 0.3mm falling
in a light shower.

http://www.dawlishweather.co.uk/

0.6 mm in Haytor Nick, RADZ got almost moderate for a while.
1.9 mm for the month. Topped up the patio tubs and keeping the grass nice and
green and fresh.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
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After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Currently at 19:15, 15.3C, RH 87%, DP 13.1C, 1022.7 mb (F), Wind 3 mph NW,
3.0 hours of sun today.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

"Bonos Ego" wrote
The absolute drought has been broken this evening with 0.3mm falling
in a light shower.

.... Similar here, with 0.3 mm of rain: a mix of idr(slight) early
afternoon 14th, then 'showery' rain for an hour either side of 18Z,
which latter was responsible for the 0.3 mm - quite an intense-looking
line of rainfall from the radarnet.

The end of a spell of 23 days with absolutely no rain (24 days with
only a trace).

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023

In uk.sci.weather on Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Nick Gardner
wrote :

After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Surely it hasn't been broken, technically, since AIUI the definition is
'15 or more consecutive days without rainfall of *more* than 0.2mm'?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

I bought a new rain gauge, hoping to measure all the rain we'd been having -
not a jot since I installed in on August 29th here in Sturry, near
Canterbury!

If anyne ever wants guaranteed sunshine - buy a rain gauge!

Cheers,
-Ben


"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Currently at 19:15, 15.3C, RH 87%, DP 13.1C, 1022.7 mb (F), Wind 3 mph NW,
3.0 hours of sun today.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

It was in fact a short burst of heavy rain and drizzle after looking at my AWS
data, 4.3 mm/h at 1800 local.

Will
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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0.6 mm in Haytor Nick, RADZ got almost moderate for a while.
1.9 mm for the month. Topped up the patio tubs and keeping the grass nice and
green and fresh.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Currently at 19:15, 15.3C, RH 87%, DP 13.1C, 1022.7 mb (F), Wind 3 mph NW,
3.0 hours of sun today.
________________
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

The absolute drought has been broken this evening with 0.3mm falling
in a light shower.

http://www.dawlishweather.co.uk/

The official recording from Teignmouth Meterological Station was 0.1mm
compared to 0.3mm recorded at nearby Holcombe by an automated weather
station.

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:15:37 +0100, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Currently at 19:15, 15.3C, RH 87%, DP 13.1C, 1022.7 mb (F), Wind 3 mph NW,
3.0 hours of sun today.
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:15:37 +0100, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

After 24 days of no rain, it finally poured down on the dust bowl that is
the Otter Valley. Recorded 0.2 mm of rain this afternoon in the extreme
drizzle.

Currently at 19:15, 15.3C, RH 87%, DP 13.1C, 1022.7 mb (F), Wind 3 mph NW,
3.0 hours of sun today.

It's now 24 days without measurable rain here in Fareham, only a
couple of traces (but 2mm on 22 August). I measure from midnight to
midnight.

The posts in this thread had me scurrying to re-check my Friday's
record (trace) which I was able to do from the 15 minute radar images
- Avbrief are currently retaining *48 hours* of images which can be
accessed by changing the time and date in the url of any of the recent
images.

Thanks to them, I was able to confirm that the rain belt did indeed
break up in the Southampton-Portsmouth area and the images are
consistent with my record of "trace" for that day.

--
Dave
Fareham (West)