120mm to date after a very wet night and further morning showers

Now up to 135 mm after some 35 mm since mid night and an evening of volatile sudden downpours .

M4 corridor towns and cities looks wet tonight

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Big rain event taking place here tonight!

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Torrential sudden downpours 1 to 2 inches since midnight widely across the area and lot more on the way by the looks .

Lots of local flooding in Chichester...very sorry for the Sloe Fair...2 day’s setting up for one night..and a complete washout!

Big rain event taking place here tonight!

I've just read that the system responsible for that has been officially named as Storm Aurore by Météo-France (the French equivalent of our own UK Met Office).

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The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank (shown as station 1 below) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (shown below as station 2) is as follows:

Total Amount Since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 4.0 mm at station 1, 2.2 mm at station 2 (as at 6am BST (05:00 UTC) this morning)

Total For This Month So Far: 55.2 mm (65.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 66.4 mm (87.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 11 (85.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 14 (112.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 5 at station 1, 2 at station 4

This means that a total of 9.4 mm of rain or more, still needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, this also means that another 2 or more official rain days need to be recorded between now and the end of this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.

Total For This Autumn So Far: 110.2 mm (51.0 % of LTA) at station 1, 122.4 mm (56.6 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 23 (63.58 % of LTA) at station 1, 25 (74.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 20 at station 1, 18 at station 2

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 600.0 mm (79.5 % of LTA) at station 1, 604.0 mm (85.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 99 (72.1 % of LTA) at station 1, 107 (86.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 147 at station 1, 143 at station 2

LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at the particular station in question.

All of this data has been taken from SEPA with each observation day starting and ending on 09:00 UTC on each day.

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29 mm rain last night.

102.8 mm This Month.

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150mm mtd after some 2 inches of rain yesterday and last night

Well that was some wild weather last night. Not the night to have a north facing loft bedroom overlooking a valley. There was a jet washer on our window for a good couple of hours after midnight, and some torrential rain for the four hours before that, with the occasional bolt of lightning thrown in. Kept going until 4ish, so 7 or 8 hours in all. Would love to know our rain total, but wouldn't be surprised if it were 50mm ish.

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Another grim October to add to the long list since 2000.

101.2mm now with measurable rain on 17/21 days.

2006 and 2011 each had 23 days with measurable rain so looks like this mild, soggy catstrophe could even beat those ghastly mild, soggy horrors 

 

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48.8mm, relatively dry compared with a lot of the country

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I'm very late with this update due to a very busy day for other reasons, but the latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank (shown as station 1 below) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (shown below as station 2) is as follows:

24 Hour Total To 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.4 mm at station 1, 1.4 mm at station 2

Total For This Month So Far: 58.6 mm (69.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 68.04 mm (89.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 12 (93.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 15 (121.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 7 at station 1, 2 at station 7

This means that a total of 7.8 mm of rain or more, still needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, this month will go down as being wetter than average at Edinburgh Gogarbank in terms of the number of rain days if any more official rain days are recorded there between now and the end of this month.

Total For This Autumn So Far: 113.6 mm (52.5 % of LTA) at station 1, 124.0 mm (57.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 24(66.3 % of LTA) at station 1, 26(76.9 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 22 at station 1, 19 at station 2

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 603.4 mm (80.0 % of LTA) at station 1, 605.6 mm (86.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 100 (72.8 % of LTA) at station 1, 108 (87.0 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 149 at station 1, 144 at station 2

LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at the particular station in question.

All of this data has been taken from SEPA with each observation day starting and ending on 09:00 UTC on each day.

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128.9  mm This Month.

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160 mm mtd

In the last 24 hours, there has been a total of 2.0 mm of rain at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh, but just 0.6 mm of rain at Edinburgh Gogarbank and so, our struggle to get any meaningful rainfall totals continues despite some locally very heavy rain falling at times.

That takes this month's total to 59.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank and 70.0 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

This means that another 5.8 mm of rain still needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

I did say not too long ago that we might end up struggling to meet that target and with just five days left of this month after today, that is now turning out to be the case.

Whilst the general outlook across the UK for the rest of this month continues to look unsettled, the 10 day totals on many of the models including the GFS, and still showing it to be drier than average here and across the east of Scotland in general.

Because of that, we can now probably safely say that the final total at Edinburgh Gogarbank for this month now has virtually no chance of reaching or exceeding the 1981-2010 October average for that particular station, and it wouldn't even surprise me if we fail to even get that small amount (shown above) which is required for the botanic gardens in Edinburgh to be wetter than average in the end, in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

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Totals of up to 150mm expected in parts of the Lake District over the next 48 hours or so. Looks very wet indeed.

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The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank (shown as station 1 below) and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (shown below as station 2) is as follows:

Total Amount Since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 2.2 mm at station 1, 1.2 mm at station 2 (as at 8am BST this morning (07:00 UTC))

Total For This Month So Far: 61.6 mm (72.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 71.2 mm (94.2 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Month So Far: 13 (101.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 17 (137.1 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Month So Far: 7 at station 1, 6 at station 7

This means that a total of 4.6 mm of rain or more, still needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

However, there has now been more official rain days during this month at Edinburgh Gogarbank than the 1981-2010 October average which means that this month will now go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month.

Total For This Autumn So Far: 116.6 mm (53.9 % of LTA) at station 1, 127.2 mm (58.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Autumn So Far: 25 (69.1 % of LTA) at station 1, 28 (82.8 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Autumn So Far: 22 at station 1, 20 at station 2

Total Amount During This Year So Far: 606.4 mm (80.4 % of LTA) at station 1, 608.8 mm (86.4 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Rain Days During This Year So Far: 101 (73.6 % of LTA) at station 1, 110 (88.6 % of LTA) at station 2
Number of Dry Days During This Year So Far: 149 at station 1, 145 at station 2

LTA = 1981-2010 average for the month, season or year in question at the particular station in question.

All of this data has been taken from SEPA with each observation day starting and ending on 09:00 UTC on each day.

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Just a small increase of 0.3mm 

129.4mm This Month.

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