Wow!!   Day TWO and already a total of 6mm..

4.8mm Today.

5.4mm   Monthly

12.9mm so far this month - most of that falling last night

   0.3mm Today.

   7.8mm Yesterday.

   8.7mm  Total.

More this evening.

You must have missed the tropical thunderstorm we had down here in Kilmersdon yesterday just before 2pm when yesterdays rainfall total went from 7mm to 18mm in 10 minutes with hail, thunder and lightning to boot. It's amazing how much difference 4mls can make in a showery setup.

You can view a short video of the storm on my website at:

http://www.norton-radstockweather.co.uk/Kilmersdon-Video-Events(3013187).htm

Even the TWO manual gages only had 8mm apiece in them...

Yes I'm not surprised by that really. I was in Frome and they missed much of it their too while Paulton did the same. The corridor of the downpour cut right through the village from the WSW with surface flooding and debris all over the roads here for a short time.

It came well timed to be included in my new Website Video Diary Page and a minute's worth of the downpour can be viewed at:-

http://www.norton-radstockweather.co.uk/Kilmersdon-Weather-Video-Diary(3013187).htm

4 days into May and we've already had more rain then either March or April brought...

We're over half way to reaching the May average.

If we reach the May average then will have seen more then March & April combined.

Same story here, 19.6mm for 1st-3rd May beating the 15.0mm seen during April and the 18.4mm seen in March.

With the model output tending to combine warm airmasses with unstable conditions, we could have some high totals by the halfway mark this month.

  9.9mm   Yesterday

  3.3mm   Today 

21.6mm    Total This Month.

15.0mm  APRIL TOTAL

49.1 mm so far this May, and it's only the 5th.

Somewhat down on the values others are posting, just 13.2mm here.

Another vile day today which has added 20.8mm to the rainfall total. 41.4mm for the first five days which is 528% of average 

74.0mm in total over the past 12 days which is horrendous for what should be the driest time of the year. Seasonal rainfall total has now edged above average having been well below on 23rd April.

Only 17.4mm for us down the road... but that is still more then April or March.

    3.6mm    Yesterday

    3..0mm   Today

   24.9mm    Monthly

6.3mm added today so far.

28.2mm for the month

0.3mm Today..   Total stands at 28.5mnm.

Total for the month so far now at 43.2mm

No change in my total of 28.5mm. The last couple of days have been dry with no measure at all.....