A semi random selection of totals :-

Charlwood 81.2mm
Wisley 75.2mm
Odiham 73.8mm
Kenley 67.2mm
Farnborough 62.8mm
Heathrow 56.4mm
Redhill 50.4mm
Brockenhurst 49.4mm

Jon.



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"Jon O Rourke" wrote in message
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A semi random selection of totals :-

Charlwood 81.2mm
Wisley 75.2mm
Odiham 73.8mm
Kenley 67.2mm
Farnborough 62.8mm
Heathrow 56.4mm
Redhill 50.4mm
Brockenhurst 49.4mm

To put the Southeast's rain into a wider context ... by my
calculation the England and Wales rainfall for the last five
days was:
19th 2.3mm
20th 3.2mm
21st 4.5mm
22nd 8.2mm
23rd 7.3mm

So 25% of the month's long-term mean rainfall occurred
in five days (17% of the month).

Philip Eden

In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 24 Nov 2003 at 13:49:05, Philip Eden wrote :

To put the Southeast's rain into a wider context ... by my
calculation the England and Wales rainfall for the last five
days was:
19th 2.3mm
20th 3.2mm
21st 4.5mm
22nd 8.2mm
23rd 7.3mm

So 25% of the month's long-term mean rainfall occurred
in five days (17% of the month).

How is each area weighted in calculating the E&W total?
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Email to pahyett[AT]activist[DOT]demon[DOT]co[DOT]uk

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Mon, 24 Nov 2003 at 13:49:05, Philip Eden wrote :

To put the Southeast's rain into a wider context ... by my
calculation the England and Wales rainfall for the last five
days was:
19th 2.3mm
20th 3.2mm
21st 4.5mm
22nd 8.2mm
23rd 7.3mm

So 25% of the month's long-term mean rainfall occurred
in five days (17% of the month).

How is each area weighted in calculating the E&W total?
--
Southeast 27.46%
Southwest and south Wales 28.75%
Midlands and East Anglia 26.53%
northwest and north Wales 12.75%
Northeast 15.76%

The detail of how the E&W series was calculated in the first
instance can be found in:

Wigley, T.M.L., Lough, J.M. and Jones, P.D., 1984.
Spatial Patterns of Precipitation in England and Wales, and a
Revised, Homogeneous England and Wales Precipitation Series,
J.Climatol., vol 4, pp 1-26.

Philip Eden

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 25 Nov 2003 at 11:24:44, Philip Eden wrote :

How is each area weighted in calculating the E&W total?
--
Southeast 27.46%
Southwest and south Wales 28.75%
Midlands and East Anglia 26.53%
northwest and north Wales 12.75%
Northeast 15.76%

Is that based on area, or is it more complex?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Email to pahyett[AT]activist[DOT]demon[DOT]co[DOT]uk

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
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In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 25 Nov 2003 at 11:24:44, Philip Eden wrote :

How is each area weighted in calculating the E&W total?
--
Southeast 27.46%
Southwest and south Wales 28.75%
Midlands and East Anglia 26.53%
northwest and north Wales 12.75%
Northeast 15.76%

Is that based on area, or is it more complex?
--
No, those figures are extracted from a multiple regression
equation, the aim of which was to combine regional totals
to get a 'best fit' to the previously published E&W rainfall
series. It's all in the paper I quoted! Someone near you must
have a copy ... I'm sure you'd enjoy studying it.

Philip Eden