Just an observation.
I was near Cranborne in Dorset yesterday having seen the BBC forecast which showed quite an area of showery rain over that part of Dorset in the afternoon. Not really wanting it as I was outdoors at the time, I went anyway not expecting much. However bang on time the clouds thickened and rain set in for a couple of hours before clearing a way after about 6.45pm.
On the way home, Wimborne had had quite a deluge judging from the puddles but back home no rain at all just as the BBC graphics had indicated on a local scale for that time.
Today the forecast shows showers but this time more over the Dorchester area and north for this time of day than the Wimborne/Cranborne area and as I type this a fast forming shower is dumping whilst not a deluge noticeable rain over my current location near Dorchester. Nothing though it seems in the area where I was yesterday according to the rain radar which ties in to the time shown on the graphics earlier.
What I am thinking is how at times the forecasting accuracy can be pretty accurate for a given quite local discrete even location compared to say 20 years ago.
Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft