"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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"Will Hand" wrote in message
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You folks in the SE are in for big trouble water-wise soon as I have been
saying
for some time now.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/...es/4609621.stm


Problems are worse in the South East because of the dense population, said
Water UK

Say no mo-)

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk

Phil Layton wrote:
"Will Hand" wrote in message
...

You folks in the SE are in for big trouble water-wise soon as I have been
saying
for some time now.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/...es/4609621.stm

Also on 10.10 BBC1 News.....as well as the forecast being 'cut off' abruptly
in full flow for the previews - teach Alex Deakin (Ithink) who was trying to
explain why there are going to be a line of convergence showers down the UK
tomorrow...

Phil



I watched that forecast as well. Perhaps the BBC should just give up
with forecasting weather, they obviously have no interest in the subject
as they seem to persistently "take the ****".

--
Keith (Southend)

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

"George Booth" wrote in message
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Problems are worse in the South East because of the dense population, said
Water UK

I notice they again use the rainfall total starting in November,
because the low percentage looks so much more impressive,
than the more conventional October (which of course was a
wet month last year). October marks the beginning of the
'water year' because rainfall normally exceeds evaporation
during the first half of the year (Oct-Mar), and therefore
water supplies grow.

Nov-May is fine if you are discussing the dry spell from
a climatological point of view, but from a hydrological
perspective it should really only be Oct-May.

It's just more spin.

Philip Eden

In uk.sci.weather on Sat, 4 Jun 2005 at 23:09:42, Philip Eden wrote :

Nov-May is fine if you are discussing the dry spell from
a climatological point of view, but from a hydrological
perspective it should really only be Oct-May.

In any case, local factors can outweigh the national picture :

In April, the Rainfall Anomaly maps suggested that Cheltenham should
have had above average rainfall - but I recorded just 2/3rds

In May, they said it should have been drier than average, but I recorded
a 1/4 more than normal...

From Nov-May, I've recorded just 70% of normal, but for the last 3
months, it's been spot on average.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham