0730

Continuous moderate rain.
Event total now 72.1 mm and rising.
Fog. Vis. 100 metres.
T +5.0C

News is coming in of landslips and flooding and people having to be rescued
in Devon.
And still it comes down.
The farmers are not going to be able to get on the land for days.

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Friday, 22 March 2013 07:38:33 UTC, wrote:
0730



Continuous moderate rain.

Event total now 72.1 mm and rising.

Fog. Vis. 100 metres.

T +5.0C



News is coming in of landslips and flooding and people having to be rescued

in Devon.

And still it comes down.

The farmers are not going to be able to get on the land for days.



Will

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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

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Another case of the rain falling where it is just not wanted or needed.

A staggering 6.8 mm overnight at Guildford was even less than I thought would fall here. Now stopped raining and just yet another grey overcast morning with horrid raw easterly wind and temperatures just too high for snow.

This time last year we were seriously worried about the drought and wondering if it would ever rain again - this year we're wondering when this endless damp weather will end and some sunny anticyclonic conditions will materialise.

Despite such a wet period, the largest rainfall total events seem to constantly miss the west Surrey area - as through 2012. 2000~2001 was a much more eventful and wet period here than 2012~2013 has yielded.

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Another case of the rain falling where it is just not wanted or needed.


Tell me about it. Parts of Dartmoor collected 3.3 *metres* of rain last
year.
The rivers are full, the reservoirs are full, yep we don't need any more,
but still it comes down relentlessly.
We are well used to rain up here, a way of life, but the last 24 months have
been a bit wearing at times.
All along the coast path erosion and landslips are increasing, the fields
are a boggy mess and footpaths are persistently muddy/boggy. Parts of the
moor are now unwalkable unless it is frozen, that wasn't the case when I
moved here in 2002. Although, I am sure this period is not unprecedented for
wetness.

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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In article ,
writes:
Despite such a wet period, the largest rainfall total events seem to
constantly miss the west Surrey area - as through 2012.

2012 has certainly been quite wet enough for me, not far away in
Cranleigh, though I agree that there hasn't been any major disruption.
But I can remember September 1968, when we had something in the region
of 150mm over a period of about 48 hours, and I certainly wouldn't want
to see a repeat of that.
--
John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist