A very light dampening of the ground last night, but no rain recordable .

Yesterdays max 27.4c Warmest day of July. (28.7c 14th June)

Phil

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"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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A very light dampening of the ground last night, but no rain
recordable .



.... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard' surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

Fine morning now (0625Z/0725local) - early Ac breaking up / evaporating,
sun beating down on the east Berkshire desert [ Will used to call it the
Crowthorne desert until he was lured away to the lair of the Great Hound
;-) ]

Martin.


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"Martin Rowley" wrote in
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... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet
the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard'
surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have
rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of
seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

And here in the not-quite-so-arid northern Home Counties
where last night's torrential downpour amounted to 0.5mm
and the monthly total is approaching 60mm, the ground is
now rock hard (after, you'll remember, having been damp
and slightly soft until July 22 or 23).

Philip Eden

Lowest July totals to date (to hand):
18mm Perth, 19mm Leuchars, 27mm Portland,
29mm Aviemore, Baltasound and Hereford.

Philip Eden

Very similar here in Wokingham, although there was a brief 'heavy rain'
burst at 2230Z, and the total was 0.6 mm, just enough to liven up the weeds.

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Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.


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"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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A very light dampening of the ground last night, but no rain
recordable .



... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard' surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

Fine morning now (0625Z/0725local) - early Ac breaking up / evaporating,
sun beating down on the east Berkshire desert [ Will used to call it the
Crowthorne desert until he was lured away to the lair of the Great Hound
;-) ]

Martin.


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Bracknell (Wooden Hill/Tawfield), Berkshire
NGR: SU 854 667 Elev: 80m
Lat: 51DEG23MIN30SEC(N): Long: 00DEG46MIN28SEC(W)

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Martin Rowley" wrote in
message ...

... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet
the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard'
surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have
rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of
seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

And here in the not-quite-so-arid northern Home Counties
where last night's torrential downpour amounted to 0.5mm
and the monthly total is approaching 60mm, the ground is
now rock hard (after, you'll remember, having been damp
and slightly soft until July 22 or 23).

Philip Eden

Lowest July totals to date (to hand):
18mm Perth, 19mm Leuchars, 27mm Portland,
29mm Aviemore, Baltasound and Hereford.

Philip Eden

We had no detectable rain last night and the monthly total here is 33.3mm
and this will almost ceratinly be the monthly total. This area missed out on
most of the heavy rain early in July which I commented on at the time. I
think that the guage does tend to under record but I am generally within 10%
of the figures in the Monthly Met Office summary so July like June is
proving to be a dry month. MAximum temperature yesterday 29.3°C.

Alan
St Albans

"Martin Rowley" wrote in message
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"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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A very light dampening of the ground last night, but no rain
recordable .



... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard' surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

Top one inch of soil now bone dry, next 100ft sodden.
Somehow it *still* managed to rain here this morning, though
the afternoon was pleasant enough with a max of 21.7C leading
to the aforementioned desert conditions in my garden.

Col
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