"Adam Lea" wrote in message
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this side of Christmas?

Can't do anything on the allotment the ground is so saturated.

On the other hand, there was what looked like a pretty little vortex on
the rainfall radar that crossed the SE early this morning and is now
moving over East Anglia giving them a drenching.

Looks good on the satellite picture too.
A fine (if chilly) morning here, overnight low -0.5C.

I'm right on the edge of the cloud shield here, currently
arcing it's way across the western sky.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Adam Lea scrive:

this side of Christmas?

Can't do anything on the allotment the ground is so saturated.

On the other hand, there was what looked like a pretty little vortex on
the rainfall radar that crossed the SE early this morning and is now
moving over East Anglia giving them a drenching.

Here, it rains to some extent pretty much every day so no, it ain't ever
gonna stop. (:


--
Gianna
Peterhead, Scotland

buchan-meteo.org.uk

this side of Christmas?

Can't do anything on the allotment the ground is so saturated.

On the other hand, there was what looked like a pretty little vortex on
the rainfall radar that crossed the SE early this morning and is now
moving over East Anglia giving them a drenching.

On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:52:14 +0000
Adam Lea wrote:

this side of Christmas?

Reminded of a variety show from Blackpool that I heard on the Light
Programme about sixty years ago. A comedian started his act thusly:

"I'm glad to be able to announce that it's stopped raining."
[Cheer from audience]
"It's snowing now!"


--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
What children say about marriage etc. -
Q. How would you make a marriage work?
A. "Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a
truck" - Ricky, age 10.

On 04/11/2012 11:52, Adam Lea wrote:
this side of Christmas?

Can't do anything on the allotment the ground is so saturated.

On the other hand, there was what looked like a pretty little vortex on
the rainfall radar that crossed the SE early this morning and is now
moving over East Anglia giving them a drenching.


Drenching? That's an understatement if I ever heard one. It didn't stop
chucking it down for 6 hours. And I mean CHUCKING IT DOWN. 18.6mm
recorded between 7.45 and 13.45.

The stream at the bottom of the estate is now well flooded into the
whole wooded area. It's not helped by the culvert that goes under the
industrial estate being blocked at it's entrance. A normally four inch
deep stream is currently over 4 feet deep and not moving very fast anywhere.

jim, Northampton

On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:55:14 +0000, jbm wrote:

The stream at the bottom of the estate is now well flooded into the
whole wooded area. It's not helped by the culvert that goes under the
industrial estate being blocked at it's entrance.

Have you contacted the EA?

They'll send people out with big forks and poles to shift the blockage.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.

On 04/11/2012 11:12, Col wrote:
"Adam Lea" wrote in message
...
this side of Christmas?

Can't do anything on the allotment the ground is so saturated.

On the other hand, there was what looked like a pretty little vortex on
the rainfall radar that crossed the SE early this morning and is now
moving over East Anglia giving them a drenching.

Looks good on the satellite picture too.
A fine (if chilly) morning here, overnight low -0.5C.

I'm right on the edge of the cloud shield here, currently
arcing it's way across the western sky.


I went on a day trip to Liverpool today on the train. Started out at
11am, with AS over Wolverhampton. The AS gradually thinned. I could
see blue sky in the distance, with CS over head when I got to Crewe at
11.40am. By the time I got to Runcorn at 12 noon, the sun came out,
with the edge of the cloud sheet covering half the sky. Sunny at
Liverpool from 12.20pm to around 2pm, then the mostly clear sky filled
in with Sc as usual at this time of year.

Joe
Wolvo Brummie.

On 04/11/2012 23:29, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:55:14 +0000, jbm wrote:

The stream at the bottom of the estate is now well flooded into the
whole wooded area. It's not helped by the culvert that goes under the
industrial estate being blocked at it's entrance.

Have you contacted the EA?

They'll send people out with big forks and poles to shift the blockage.

--
Cheers Dave.
Nr Garrigill, Cumbria. 421m ASL.





They've got enough on their plate in the county at the moment, with one
severe flood warning on the Nene at Cogenhoe and two more on the Ise at
Kettering. There's no immediate threat to property, and people at the
bottom of the hill are aware of the situation. I'll give John (local EA
rep) a call later in the week when things have quietened down and tell
him about it.

jim, Northampton