Weather mid 2009

[Maggi Young]

Raining all day here and I've just been out with Lily and the wind is making it feel VERY cold!

[cohan]

after quite a warm late august and september-warmer than mid-summer! we had 32C in late sept, it has plunged--snow flurries off and on for several days, lows below -10C for a couple of days, and highs below freezing!
sun is thinking about coming out now, but not quite committed to it..a couple of cm staying on the ground now for the next couple days at least, looks like...

[Anthony Darby]

No rain here today. Been quite a pleasant week.

[mark smyth]

3cm fell yesterday. I though I could plant some bulbs but the ground is still dry

[Luc Gilgemyn]

We've caught up on the missing rain...
40 l per m2 over the last few days... and we've been fortunate ..  some places had over 60 L/m2

[Anthony Darby]

A few spits and spots, but mostly dry today.

[Paul T]

Luc,

I've never heard rain measured in L/m2 before.  How does that convert into traditional ml in raingauges?

[David Shaw]

Probably makes it sound as if there was less rain than there actually was, Paul. I can see the BBC adopting it to tell us that it wasn't really such a bad day afterall!
Occasional showers here today but is so c o l d and grey.

[mark smyth]

I was confused also so I Googled it and found the answer on a Scottish web site

"rainfall of 10 litres per square meter is equivalent to 10mm (1cm) of rain."

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Only saw this now.
Sorry to have confused you guys, but what Mark writes is correct.

Describing rainfall as 40 L/m2 is frequently used over here - gives a good idea as well I find.  4 buckets of water on one m2 is quite a splash...    especially if you get them in just an hour's time...