This afternoon's radar imagery shows remarkable orographic enhancement
of the rainfall over western Scotland. It's one of the best examples I
have seen.

Norman.
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:18:49 +0100, Norman Lynagh in
wrote:

This afternoon's radar imagery shows remarkable orographic enhancement
of the rainfall over western Scotland. It's one of the best examples I
have seen.

Norman - your post prompted me to look at the last 4 hours as a sequence
and you are indeed correct. It is remarkable how the red/orange colours
developed and then appeared stationary (anchored by the topography) as the
front moved through.


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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 16:18:49 +0100, Norman Lynagh
wrote:

This afternoon's radar imagery shows remarkable orographic enhancement
of the rainfall over western Scotland. It's one of the best examples I
have seen.

Time(Z) Rain(mm/15min) Wind(max mph in 15min) Pressure(hPa)
13:30 0.2 2 1013.3
13:45 0.4 4 1013.2
14:00 1.4 4 1013.0
14:15 1.2 0 1012.9
14:30 2.0 4 1013.5
14:45 1.2 13 1013.9
15:00 0.0 19 1014.0
15:15 0.0 23 1014.5

We were driving back from Stirling and experienced very heavy rain
with the road awash in places. The clearance was very marked.

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Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
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