On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:54:44 BST, Bob Martin
wrote:

in 242696 20100426 035551 Dave Ludlow wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:10:36 -0700 (PDT), Nick
wrote:

Surprised to wake up to a wet and gloomy day here (Southampton). To be
honest I wasn't 100% sure what it was going to do this weekend but the
impression I was getting from posts here was that the fine weather was
going to continue for the moment and any fronts would be weak.

Light level seems very low, almost winter like, though whether that's
habituation to the near-continuous sun of the last couple of weeks I
don't know.

No measurable rain here in Fareham, Nick. Rainfall radar indicated a
short period of slight rain last night but surfaces were dry two hours
after the time it should have ocurred and I don't think it reached the
ground.

22 consecutive dry days here (trace or none) and counting.

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Dave
Fareham (W)

That's weird, Dave, I'm only a few miles from you (Cowplain) and it rained
from 06:20 to 08:45 yesterday. For a while around 7:15 it was quite heavy.

Yes, that sometimes happens hereabouts, in the gap between the S.
Downs and IoW. There was *some* rain I am sure, probably in a 10
minute window around 6 am here, when the 5 minute radar shows a narrow
band of moderate intensity here, the rest of the time it shows up
light or very light (and may or may not have reached the ground).
Southampton Airport METARS never show more than light rain.

There was a drop in my "proper" rain guage but not measurable, and
the tipping bucket guage didn't tip so I've had to record it as
"trace".

--
Dave
Fareham (W).

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:54:44 BST, Bob Martin
wrote:

in 242696 20100426 035551 Dave Ludlow
wrote:
On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:10:36 -0700 (PDT), Nick
wrote:

Surprised to wake up to a wet and gloomy day here (Southampton). To be
honest I wasn't 100% sure what it was going to do this weekend but the
impression I was getting from posts here was that the fine weather was
going to continue for the moment and any fronts would be weak.

Light level seems very low, almost winter like, though whether that's
habituation to the near-continuous sun of the last couple of weeks I
don't know.

No measurable rain here in Fareham, Nick. Rainfall radar indicated a
short period of slight rain last night but surfaces were dry two hours
after the time it should have ocurred and I don't think it reached the
ground.

22 consecutive dry days here (trace or none) and counting.

--
Dave
Fareham (W)

That's weird, Dave, I'm only a few miles from you (Cowplain) and it rained
from 06:20 to 08:45 yesterday. For a while around 7:15 it was quite
heavy.

Yes, that sometimes happens hereabouts, in the gap between the S.
Downs and IoW. There was *some* rain I am sure, probably in a 10
minute window around 6 am here, when the 5 minute radar shows a narrow
band of moderate intensity here, the rest of the time it shows up
light or very light (and may or may not have reached the ground).
Southampton Airport METARS never show more than light rain.

There was a drop in my "proper" rain guage but not measurable, and
the tipping bucket guage didn't tip so I've had to record it as
"trace".


Trace of rain here in Haytor too - just 4.6mm, (which for Dartmoor is a
trace :-) ).

Will
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:26:03 +0100, "Will Hand"
wrote:


"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
.. .

There was a drop in my "proper" rain guage but not measurable, and
the tipping bucket guage didn't tip so I've had to record it as
"trace".

Trace of rain here in Haytor too - just 4.6mm, (which for Dartmoor is a
trace :-) ).

Last time I had that much of a deluge was 3rd April so by the weekend,
I may be looking up the definition of "drought"!

--
Dave

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:26:03 +0100, "Will Hand"
wrote:


"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
. ..

There was a drop in my "proper" rain guage but not measurable, and
the tipping bucket guage didn't tip so I've had to record it as
"trace".

Trace of rain here in Haytor too - just 4.6mm, (which for Dartmoor is a
trace :-) ).

Last time I had that much of a deluge was 3rd April so by the weekend,
I may be looking up the definition of "drought"!


Drought? Less than 50mm in a month (we are heading that way at the moment).
Driest month on average at Haytor is May with 86mm.

Will
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