The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

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Graham
Penzance

"Graham Easterling" wrote in
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The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just
inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

This looks much more realistic ... given that at Slaughterbridge
14mm fell outside the main downpour, that would suggest
115-125mm in 2 hours. My estimate last night was that
100-125mm may have fallen over the catchment as a whole,
possibly with a highest point rainfall of 150mm or more.

(Slaughterbridge is 10km south of the Valency catchment.)

Any location name for this report, Graham?

Philip Eden

"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"Graham Easterling" wrote in
message ...
The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just
inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

This looks much more realistic ... given that at Slaughterbridge
14mm fell outside the main downpour, that would suggest
115-125mm in 2 hours. My estimate last night was that
100-125mm may have fallen over the catchment as a whole,
possibly with a highest point rainfall of 150mm or more.

(Slaughterbridge is 10km south of the Valency catchment.)

Any location name for this report, Graham?

Philip Eden


Not the exact location, it was described by an Environment Agency spokesman
on the local news as 'in the catchment area'.

I'll watch the local news again later, and let you know if the excact
location is given.


Graham

Perhaps the EA are taking an integrated value derived from the radar,
although a spokesman on the BBC R4 1 PM news said that they had a gauge in
the area that 'gave them some warning'.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

--
Graham
Penzance

It was from a gauge. They have a surprising number of rain gauges in
Cornwall
Following the 2003 St. Ives syorm they kindly supplied me with rainfall
figures from 11 gauges they had, all within 10 miles of Penzance, including
2 within 2 miles of my station..

"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...
Perhaps the EA are taking an integrated value derived from the radar,
although a spokesman on the BBC R4 1 PM news said that they had a gauge in
the area that 'gave them some warning'.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
...
The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just
inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

--
Graham
Penzance

"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...
Perhaps the EA are taking an integrated value derived from the radar,
although a spokesman on the BBC R4 1 PM news said that they had a gauge in
the area that 'gave them some warning'.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporat...r20040816.html
might be of interest.

Jon.

As seen in the top left of Bernard's Satalite scan
http://www.btinternet.com/~wokingham...1632-d-fr.html

I am delighted to see that someone has come up with some realistic figures
for this. It annoyed me to see in the media 60 mm (just over 2 inches in 2
hours). It was damned obvious from this damage that it was much more than
this.
I would like Philip Eden to make something of this important issue in
his next column in the telegraph as I feel ( as I am sure other do ) that an
event like this is extremely important and significant.


Gavin Staples.




"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Graham Easterling" wrote in
message ...
The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just
inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

This looks much more realistic ... given that at Slaughterbridge
14mm fell outside the main downpour, that would suggest
115-125mm in 2 hours. My estimate last night was that
100-125mm may have fallen over the catchment as a whole,
possibly with a highest point rainfall of 150mm or more.

(Slaughterbridge is 10km south of the Valency catchment.)

Any location name for this report, Graham?

Philip Eden

Well done. It is great to hear that.

Gavin Staples.



"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
...
It was from a gauge. They have a surprising number of rain gauges in
Cornwall
Following the 2003 St. Ives syorm they kindly supplied me with rainfall
figures from 11 gauges they had, all within 10 miles of Penzance,
including
2 within 2 miles of my station..

"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...
Perhaps the EA are taking an integrated value derived from the radar,
although a spokesman on the BBC R4 1 PM news said that they had a gauge
in
the area that 'gave them some warning'.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
...
The Environment Agency have reported 133mm of rain in 7 hours just
inland
from Boscastle. This is the highest figure I've seen so far.

--
Graham
Penzance

It was from a gauge. They have a surprising number of rain gauges in
Cornwall

It's the same on Dartmoor, S.W. Water have a wealth of rain gauges in the
Princtown area.