There was a large convective component on the cold front as it went through
Wokingham this morning at 1635Z. The max rain rate reached 100 mm/hr at
0635, with 2mm in appx 70 seconds. Visibility was reduced to well under 1
km. Total fall in 24 hrs up to 0900 was 8.4 mm.

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html

That should, of course, be 0635Z !

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Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html
"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...
There was a large convective component on the cold front as it went
through
Wokingham this morning at 1635Z. The max rain rate reached 100 mm/hr at
0635, with 2mm in appx 70 seconds. Visibility was reduced to well under 1
km. Total fall in 24 hrs up to 0900 was 8.4 mm.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

Satellite images at:
www.btinternet.com/~wokingham.weather/wwp.html

"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
news:2qlbjrF107pqnU1@uni- Wokingham this morning. The max rain rate
reached 100 mm/hr at
0635, with 2mm in appx 70 seconds. Visibility was reduced to well
under 1
km. Total fall in 24 hrs up to 0900 was 8.4 mm.

--
Bernard Burton
Wokingham, Berkshire, UK.

.... rainfall here at Bracknell 8.1mm in the same 24hr period.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley: data via -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/metindex.htm
Bracknell (Wooden Hill/Tawfield), Berkshire
NGR: SU 854 667 Elev: 80m
Lat: 51DEG23MIN30SEC(N): Long: 00DEG46MIN28SEC(W)

"Bernard Burton" wrote in message
...
There was a large convective component on the cold front as it went
through
Wokingham this morning at 1635Z. The max rain rate reached 100 mm/hr at
0635, with 2mm in appx 70 seconds. Visibility was reduced to well under 1
km. Total fall in 24 hrs up to 0900 was 8.4 mm.

Line convection looked a possibility, hence the PROB of heavy rain left in
the long TAFs yesterday morning, e.g. Heathrow :-

TAF EGLL 0400Z 121206 24013KT 9999 SCT030 TEMPO 1218
23015G25KT PROB30 TEMPO 1218 7000 SHRA BECMG 2123 20017G30KT BECMG 2301
RA TEMPO 0005 8000 BKN014 BECMG 0305 25012KT NSW PROB30 TEMPO 0305
20025G40KT 3000 +RA BKN013CB=

In the event the front was a few hours slower to clear through :-

EGLL 130720Z 25017KT 9999 FEW010 SCT014 BKN028 15/13 Q1001 RERA NOSIG
EGLL 130650Z 20017G28KT 8000 RA FEW008 SCT010 BKN013 15/14 Q1000 RERA BECMG
NSW SCT015
EGLL 130620Z 19016KT 9999 RA FEW015 BKN017 BKN021 15/14 Q1000 TEMPO BKN014
EGLL 130550Z 19016KT 170V230 8000 RA FEW015 SCT018 BKN022 15/14 Q1001 TEMPO
4000
EGLL 130520Z 19016KT 9000 RA FEW015 SCT018 BKN022 15/14 Q1001 NOSIG
EGLL 130450Z 20015KT 170V230 9999 -RA SCT018 BKN022 OVC042 16/13 Q1002 BECMG
RA
EGLL 130420Z 19015G27KT 9999 -RA FEW020 BKN024 BKN042 16/12 Q1002 BECMG RA

Jon.