"Ian Currie" wrote in message
k...

The mercury reached 18C at my Surrey station with just a trace of
rain. I
noticed on a journey to Twyford in Berks that there had been a heavier
burst
of rain with puddles alongside the M3 in the Ligh****er area and
thence
north towards Bracknell at lunchtime. But the basic forecast I think
was not
too bad

Ian Currie: Coulsdon,Surrey
www.frostedearth.com
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from my weather diary:

20th: idr(slight) ~07Z; further dr(slight) during morning, then r
1115-1125Z, dry thereafter;

total rainfall 09Z - 18Z /20th = 1.6mm, all from the 1115-1125Z event,
which I judged to be associated with the upper front on one of the EXO
charts shown: Cloud broke well in afternoon - fine sunshine, but a brisk
wind.

Martin.


--
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)

Yep, cancelled my game of golf based on that forecast - mind just as well
as the wind was double that forecast!

Dave
"EUROGROW" wrote in message
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Damned met office. Last nights weather forecast on BBC implied today would
see
substantial quantities of rain in eastern England. Planned whole day for
myself
and workers based on this forecast. For what. A couple of spots blown in
the
wind.

Seriously, are these people accountable to anybody? Are they paid on any
sort
of performance related pay? Who can I complain to about their inaccuracy?

Annoyed of Peterborough

In article ,
Ian Currie writes:
The mercury reached 18C at my Surrey station with just a trace of rain. I
noticed on a journey to Twyford in Berks that there had been a heavier burst
of rain with puddles alongside the M3 in the Ligh****er area and thence
north towards Bracknell at lunchtime. But the basic forecast I think was not
too bad

At Cranleigh, after a little drizzle around noon, we had a downpour
around 1:30pm which lasted for about 20-30 minutes. So maybe that
"heavier burst" headed in a south-easterly direction.
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John Hall
"Think wrongly if you please,
but in all cases think for yourself."
Doris Lessing