Gogarbank, Edinburgh has just been mentioned by Carol on BBC Breakfast. It has had double it's April rainfall by 10 April (92mm)
Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray
I am always reviewing my own python scripts which I use to generate those totals from the raw BUFR data which I then report on these threads to ensure that what I am reporting here is actually correct.
As a result, the fact that even one of the biggest names in the business such as Carol Kirkwood has agreed with that same total of 92 mm for this month which I reported in my last post on this thread is a very good endorsement of that work which I'm really pleased with.
Obviously, this doesn't necessarily mean that I'm pleased with the actual rainfall totals themselves though.
There's no getting away from the fact that regardless of what happens during the rest of this month, this month is going to go down as an exceptionally wet month, probably with more than 100 mm of rain for the second month in a row.
However, I have a hunch that we might now be in the process of drying out. Even with Storm Pierrick, the rain from that largely faded away during yesterday morning even though it didn't fully clear up until well into yesterday afternoon.
In addition to that, today's weather system appears to bringing nothing at all in the way of any significant rainfall, and has really done nothing more than create a little bit of dampness.
This is when tends to happen during the transition from a very wet period as frontal systems then become much weaker before that final build of high pressure which eventually brings us into that next dry spell.
That won't stop this month from being exceptionally wet overall and won't even stop this spring from being wetter than average as we have already had more than our average spring rainfall during this spring up until now.
However, this process of drying out could well be enough to drastically slow down or possibly even arrest any further build-up of the rainfall totals during the rest of this month so this month though still much wetter than average, actually ends up not being as wet as it looked as though it was going to be.
Indeed, this might even raise hopes that we might even get a drier than average month in May which will be our only drier than average month of what will still be a wet spring if that happens.
At the very least, this will hopefully then lead to me being able to report some much more sensible rainfall totals in next month's thread when that time comes.
Edited by user
10 April 2024 12:54:14
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The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.