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According to news reports, structural damage occurred approx 0730BST 15 Apr 24. https://westbridgfordwire.com/

Much appreciated Paul. The OneDrive link can be removed now, please. G.

Owner Review: ThermoPro TP65C vs. Campbell Scientific CS215 indoor/outdoor sensor professional grade temperature sensor Both were mounted on the north side of a wooden garden shed, approx. 4 feet above ground. The CS sensor is mounted in a 'pile of plates' type instrument shelter, and is connected by a cable to an indoor datalogger. The Thermopro outdoor sensor comes as a 'fag packet' sized plastic box containing the sensor, This was attached to the shed with a screw. There are small ventilation holes beneath. It transmits to the indoor display via radio waves. Manufacturer claimed accuracy: ThermoPro + or - 1.1 deg C. CS + or - 0.4 deg C. 5deg to 40deg C. The Thermopro has an unknown sensor. The CS has a Sensirion SHT75. Both instruments also record relative humidity. However this is not the subject of this review. The Thermopro allows you to view daily maxes and mins on the indoor console. (touchscreen buttons). You cannot send the data elsewhere, however, as you can with a budget weather staion, e.g: Bresser 7002585. Results: CS215 ThermoPro Max Min Max Min Day 1 18.8 10.0 19.2 9.4 Day 2 18.3 10.5 18.2 10.2 Day 3 16.5 12.4 16.4 12.2 Day 4 18.4 10.6 18.4 10.8 Day 5 16.4 9.2 16.3 9.2 Day 6 19.7 9.3 19.8 9.2 Day 7 17.9 11.2 18.0 11.2 All within specification. Note 1: Shielding your temperature sensor in a screen of some type: stevenson, gill, (pile of plates), or ClimeMET CM6068 small instrument screen, shields the sensor from short, and long wave radiation, therefore providing a more accurate shade temperature. The screens provided on budget AWS's are often too small to be effective. (Source: S.Burt, The Weather Observers Handbook, Pg 65). Its particularly important to do this, if you position your instruments in direct sunlight. This test was done without direct sunlight falling onto the instruments. The radiation shields used for the CS215 and the Davis 7714 for the Themopro are large, (6" x 9"). Note 2: When I started this comparison, it quickly became apparent that I was not comparing like with like in terms of instrument shelter. On Day 1, I moved the Thermopro, (previously attached to the shed) to inside a Davis 7714 Instrument Shelter, also attached to the shed. Similarity between the readings from Thermopro and CS215 improved. Conclusions: My original reasons for doing the review, was to, (hopefully), recommend a cheap temperature sensor for amateur meteorological purposes. Neither the Thermopro, or the Rainwise Rainew rainguage, I mentioned in an earlier post report information digitally, so you cannot upload to a site like WeatherUnderground. You can, however, note your day maxes and mins, and rainfall onto paper. This is how it was done in the past! Of course,if you just want your data to be comparable to nearby stations, eg: weatherunderground, accuracy of sensors, and exposure may not matter to you, and may be similar to many other stations. A budget AWS would be an appropriate choice. My conclusions are, that for serious amateur purposes, you will need to buy a radiation screen, if you wish to produce correct shade temperature readings. The Thermopro is accurate enough, when shielded. Themopro TP65C £25 approx. Davis 7714 Radiation Shield £100 approx. Hope this is useful info. One Drive link below: Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online. 1DRV.MS Store photos and docs online. Access them from any PC, Mac or phone. Create and work together on Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents.

All hypothetical, as this could only be detemined if there was a grid pattern of rain gauges installed with correct siting parameters, inspected and read at least once monthly. Having said all that, I note that Capel Curig (Met Office) records an average of 2697mm (1991-2020). This site is at relatively low altitude, (216m), and is also east of the watershed, the Afon Llugwy draining eastwards. I understand that early in the 20th century, there was a rain gauge at Llyn Llydaw copper mine. (source s.burt/p.eden). It previously held the record monthly rainfall for the British Isles, however their article discounted this. http://www.bramptonweather.co.uk/data/SeathwaiteLetter.pdf Look forward to your views.

The problem with tilting spoon rain guages, compared to tipping bucket (2) gauges, is that water does not completely drain away from the spoon after a tip. This means the next tip, (during a continuous rainfall event),, will tip the spoon at less than its calibrated amount. e.g: 3ml to tip spoon, the next tip already has 0.2ml in spoon, so tips at a further 2.8ml. This will mean tilting spoon r/guages over-read rainfall accumulation. For this reason I prefer tipping bucket guages, e.g: EML ARG 100, however the cost is beyond the reach of most. (cheaper models avlbl e.g: Rainwise Rainew 803-1001.)

Good point, Wings. I wonder how long the 3 AA batteries in the outdoor sensor last? If its any help for those interested, a Weather Underground station, ISPALD60 still has a functioning Bresser 7002586, (the one with 5yr warranty), 2 years after purchase: Personal Weather Station Dashboard | Weather Underground WWW.WUNDERGROUND.COM Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weather reports, maps & tropical weather conditions for locations worldwide.

Catching my eye at the moment as a good value budget AWS: Bresser 7002585 Wi-Fi Weather Station. (No Light sensor). Two good features: WiFi, and uploads to Weather Underground. £119.00 Bresser 7002585 5-in-1 WiFi Weather Station with Weather Alerts - Connects to Wunderground.com & Mobile App WWW.WEATHERSHOP.CO.UK View your weather on the colour display, mobile app or online! The Bresser 7002585 5-in-1 weather station combines a modern compact design with the ability to publish your weather conditions online via WiFi... There is a more expensive version, with Light sensor (which gives an idea of global solar radiation). Has 5 year warranty, as opposed to 2 years on the 7002585 Bresser Clearview 7-in-1 WiFi Weather Station with Light Intensity, UV Monitoring & Ice/Frost Alert. 5yr Warranty WWW.WEATHERSHOP.CO.UK View your weather on the colour display, mobile app or online! The Bresser 7-in-1 Wi-Fi weather station combines a unique compact design with the ability to publish your weather conditions online via WiFi...

Update to my earlier post. To purchase a Rainwise Rainew 111 rain gauge from rainwise in America is approx £109 plus import duty and other charges, which is an additional 20% or so. Its a wired 8" diameter raingauge, with a 60 foot cable, which is not robust enough to be buried, but okay to skirt it along outbuildings etc. The indoor display accumulates the total since installation, so it can be left until the end of the month, and then noted, and zero'd to see what your rain for the month was. Or, you could read and reset the counter at 24 hour intervals to see your daily total. I found it agreed within 5% of a nearby situated Snowden 5" gauge over a month. With regards to the temperature sensor, Thermopro do an uprated model, TP65C, available from Ebay £25, which also records outdoor humidity. I will give a short review on this shortly. (Compared to a similarly mounted Campbell Scientific CS215 professional grade temp/hum sensor situated in a 'pile of plates' type instrument screen).

Firstly, its important to differentiate consumer grade weather stations from research grade weather stations such as campbell scientific AWS stations featuring highly accurate sensors and a datalogger. Cost many thousands. Amongst consumer grade weather stations, I would recommend the Davis Vantage Vue. However this is £650 (which includes the datalogger, fairly indespensible, unless you just want to view your realtime data on your pc. It has been independentally tested by Stephen Burt, scientist, who gave a good review. His website down at the moment. I would steer clear of Fine Offset/Ecowitt stations, (personal experience). If you just want rainfall and temperature readings at a low cost, I would suggest 1/Rainwise 8" raingauge Wired and wireless versions available. I'm not sure about the current availability in the uk, but the single display version used to be about £80. 2/ ThermoPro TP200C outdoor temp sensor. Transmit to an indoor console. I have no idea on accuracy and lifespan. If you're on a tight budget, I would avoid the expense of a thermometer shelter. Just mount it on a north facing surface, e.g shed. The readings won't be too far from a correctly mounted thermometer in a stephenson screen, and on strong radiation days, will probably be lower!

Cwm Dyli raingauge - River levels, rainfall and sea data RIVERS-AND-SEAS.NATURALRESOURCES.WALES We publish the information about river levels so people living in flood risk areas are better informed and can decide what actions to take as the water levels change. Anglers and boaters will also be able to use this...

In 7 hours to 1100 BST Tue 19 Sept, this gauge reported 59.6mm rainfall. My understanding for the requirement for heavy orographic rainfall is: a frontal system in the area, allowing a great vertical depth of cloud, a strong wind at summit height cloud present at the summit, for raindrops falling from medium level cloud to 'scour' the moisture droplets, adding to the rainfall total at ground level. The event is not over at the time of posting!