I have recorded 10.9mm here in Canterbury today, which seems to be at
odds with the radar images for the past 6 hours or so. While it's not
been heavy (apart from a while at about 1pm), it's been persistent
enough to record a decent total. Today's rainfall has more than doubled
the amount of rain this month to 19.1mm.

However, the radar images seem to show only slight or just about
moderate rainfall for this part of Kent. Indeed, Kent seems conspicuous
by a curious Kent-shaped "hole" in the radar echoes. The 16:30 image is
a point in case, with heavy rain to the north and south of Kent!

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"Jonathan Stott" writes:

I have recorded 10.9mm here in Canterbury today, which seems to be at
odds with the radar images for the past 6 hours or so. While it's not
been heavy (apart from a while at about 1pm), it's been persistent
enough to record a decent total. Today's rainfall has more than doubled
the amount of rain this month to 19.1mm.

However, the radar images seem to show only slight or just about
moderate rainfall for this part of Kent. Indeed, Kent seems conspicuous
by a curious Kent-shaped "hole" in the radar echoes. The 16:30 image is
a point in case, with heavy rain to the north and south of Kent!


22mm here Boughton-under-Blean.

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In article
"Jonathan Stott" writes:

I have recorded 10.9mm here in Canterbury today, which seems to be at
odds with the radar images for the past 6 hours or so. snip
However, the radar images seem to show only slight or just about
moderate rainfall for this part of Kent. Indeed, Kent seems
conspicuous
by a curious Kent-shaped "hole" in the radar echoes. The 16:30 image
is
a point in case, with heavy rain to the north and south of Kent!

.... not sure what the specific reason for the mis-match (would need to
have a look at the upper air data to see how the radar signal might have
been having problems at the height over you), but Kent is at the
'poorer' resolution end of the Chenies radar footprint (the unit that
covers you); I understand that the new Kent radar (nr. Maidstone) should
improve the situation considerably, and it may not be too long now.

Martin.


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