Interesting how yet again the heavy rainfall heading directly towards
S.Essex as a solid thick band decided on the 18.30 radar to form a large
hole around us and then move North leaving only a light shower so far. This
has happened a lot lately and also to parts of Kent. No wonder the ground is
so dry. I think Sunday's rain will make it though as I am making the cricket
teas as well as playing. Usually does the trick1

Dave

Dave.C wrote:
Interesting how yet again the heavy rainfall heading directly towards
S.Essex as a solid thick band decided on the 18.30 radar to form a large
hole around us and then move North leaving only a light shower so far. This
has happened a lot lately and also to parts of Kent. No wonder the ground is
so dry. I think Sunday's rain will make it though as I am making the cricket
teas as well as playing. Usually does the trick1

Dave


Yep, we had a few spots on the windscreen and that was it.

--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

"Dave.C" wrote in message
k...
Interesting how yet again the heavy rainfall heading directly towards
S.Essex as a solid thick band decided on the 18.30 radar to form a large
hole around us and then move North leaving only a light shower so far. This
has happened a lot lately and also to parts of Kent. No wonder the ground is
so dry. I think Sunday's rain will make it though as I am making the cricket
teas as well as playing. Usually does the trick1

But this is South Essex, as I understand it the driest part of the country.
Isn't the ground pretty bone dry for most of the time in spring/summer, anyway?

Col
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Col wrote:
"Dave.C" wrote in message
k...

Interesting how yet again the heavy rainfall heading directly towards
S.Essex as a solid thick band decided on the 18.30 radar to form a large
hole around us and then move North leaving only a light shower so far. This
has happened a lot lately and also to parts of Kent. No wonder the ground is
so dry. I think Sunday's rain will make it though as I am making the cricket
teas as well as playing. Usually does the trick1


But this is South Essex, as I understand it the driest part of the country.
Isn't the ground pretty bone dry for most of the time in spring/summer, anyway?

Col
Yes I believe the driest part of the country runs from Gravesend NE to
Clacton. I believe Great Wakering, just to the NE of Southend-on-Sea,
near Foulness, used to be in the Guinness Book of Records. My average
rainfall since 1978 to date comes in as 557.4mm or 21.95 inches in old
money. We get an addition rain shadow from the North Downs of Kent, plus
the coastal regions often escape the summer showers, which is also the
reason we get the higher sunshine values, although not as high as the
South Coast. Our only draw back can be the east winds in spring and
early summer, these can be raw to say the least.

--
Keith (Southend)

'Weather Home & Abroad'
http://www.southendweather.net

But this is South Essex, as I understand it the driest part of the country.
Isn't the ground pretty bone dry for most of the time in spring/summer,
anyway?

As Keith says below it is a low rainfall area generally, although I am
closer in towards London. It's usually the intensity that peters out as
systems come in from the SW, but this splitting and completely missing out
seems to be more common of late and different to the classic reason for
below average rainfall. If you run the radar from 16.30 to 19.30 it really
is quite odd.

Dave