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Re: Melbourne gets drenched
Reply #15 - Nov 7^th, 2018 at 3:24pm

Ajax wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 3:44pm:

Just saw the news so went out to inspect back yard, left the lid of a 75 litre bin there was 25mm (1") of water in it.

Does that mean 25mm fell in the few hours we were away...??

Rainfall is measured in mm per square metre.
So unless your bin lid has a surface area of exactly a square metre (which I doubt) then you received more than 25mm of rain.

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Reply #16 - Nov 8^th, 2018 at 4:09pm

The_Barnacle wrote on Nov 7^th, 2018 at 3:24pm:

Ajax wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 3:44pm:

Just saw the news so went out to inspect back yard, left the lid of a 75 litre bin there was 25mm (1") of water in it.

Does that mean 25mm fell in the few hours we were away...??

Rainfall is measured in mm per square metre.
So unless your bin lid has a surface area of exactly a square metre (which I doubt) then you received more than 25mm of rain.

So how does that work with the radio n gauges

They are only 25 mm square?

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Re: Melbourne gets drenched
Reply #17 - Nov 8^th, 2018 at 4:50pm

The_Barnacle wrote on Nov 7^th, 2018 at 3:24pm:

Ajax wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 3:44pm:

Just saw the news so went out to inspect back yard, left the lid of a 75 litre bin there was 25mm (1") of water in it.

Does that mean 25mm fell in the few hours we were away...??

Rainfall is measured in mm per square metre.
So unless your bin lid has a surface area of exactly a square metre (which I doubt) then you received more than 25mm of rain.

From what I can gather the 75 litre bin's sides even though tapered at the bottom are close enough to straight to make the bin a rain gauge.

The only rule is the container has to have vertical sides its volume doesn't matter.

So I think we had 25mm of rain in those few hours.

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Re: Melbourne gets drenched
Reply #18 - Nov 8^th, 2018 at 8:17pm

Ajax wrote on Nov 8^th, 2018 at 4:50pm:

The_Barnacle wrote on Nov 7^th, 2018 at 3:24pm:

Ajax wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 3:44pm:

Just saw the news so went out to inspect back yard, left the lid of a 75 litre bin there was 25mm (1") of water in it.

Does that mean 25mm fell in the few hours we were away...??

Rainfall is measured in mm per square metre.
So unless your bin lid has a surface area of exactly a square metre (which I doubt) then you received more than 25mm of rain.

From what I can gather the 75 litre bin's sides even though tapered at the bottom are close enough to straight to make the bin a rain gauge.

The only rule is the container has to have vertical sides its volume doesn't matter.

So I think we had 25mm of rain in those few hours.

Actually yes, you are correct
As long as the sides are straight and the bottom is flat the area of the container is irrelevant.

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Re: Melbourne gets drenched
Reply #20 - Nov 9^th, 2018 at 12:59pm

Aussie wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 5:33pm:

Gordon wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 5:00pm:

Hopefully the blood from all the African gang bashings has been washed off the streets and the city can feel renewed and refreshed.

"..blood from all the African gang bashings......" You are a moronic racist half smart bigotted grub whose big mouth writes cheques you can't afford.

Looks like he's accusing Foley of being a rapist, too:

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1541650517/6#6

Not sure how he gets away with this stuff.

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