Dorset Rain
Posted: 09 Jul 2008, 21:35
Well it has just stopped raining here at last.....!!!
I doubt if we hold the record for rainfall in the UK today but nevertheless, it has been phenominal....a whopping 60mm has been recorded in our rain gauge which in old money is well over 2" of rain.
To give you an idea of what this equates to, I found on a weather site the following facts for just 1" of rain (25mm):
25mm or 1 inch of rainfall produces:
1. Per Square yard- 4.7 gallons of water (21.37 litres)
2. Per Acre - 22,651 gallons (102,971 litres) of water
weighing 102.7 tonnes
3. Per Hectare - 55,971 gallons (254,441 litres) of
water weighing 253.7 tonnes
4. Per Square Mile-14.5 million gallons of water
i think you will agree....a fantastic amount of water must have fallen on the South of England over the last 24hours. They say every cloud has a silver lining so I guess a hosepipe ban will be ruled out for a week or so down here....... ;-)
Regards.
Bridon Bear (Still drying out!!)
I doubt if we hold the record for rainfall in the UK today but nevertheless, it has been phenominal....a whopping 60mm has been recorded in our rain gauge which in old money is well over 2" of rain.
To give you an idea of what this equates to, I found on a weather site the following facts for just 1" of rain (25mm):
25mm or 1 inch of rainfall produces:
1. Per Square yard- 4.7 gallons of water (21.37 litres)
2. Per Acre - 22,651 gallons (102,971 litres) of water
weighing 102.7 tonnes
3. Per Hectare - 55,971 gallons (254,441 litres) of
water weighing 253.7 tonnes
4. Per Square Mile-14.5 million gallons of water
i think you will agree....a fantastic amount of water must have fallen on the South of England over the last 24hours. They say every cloud has a silver lining so I guess a hosepipe ban will be ruled out for a week or so down here....... ;-)
Regards.
Bridon Bear (Still drying out!!)