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Local distribution of thunder rains round Nottingham
Author(s) -
Tinn Arnold B.
Publication year - 1940
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49706628308
Subject(s) - thunder , river valley , thunderstorm , geography , distribution (mathematics) , flood myth , hydrology (agriculture) , physical geography , meteorology , geology , archaeology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geotechnical engineering
A belief exists in Nottingham that there is some relation between the paths of thunderstorms and the valley of the River Trent. This investigation was made with a view to testing this speculation and to discovering whether any tendency did exist in the local distribution of thunder rains round Nottingham. Information was obtained from 34 rain gauges for thunder days over a period of ten years, and the data charted and analysed. It is found that there are areas which appear to be more subject to heavy thunder rains, and also areas having a comparative immunity. There seems to be some basis for the belief that these rains do tend to be heavier near the River Trent, but this tendency is more marked for the stretch of valley between the confluences of the rivers Erewash and Leen with the Trent. Eastwards of the Leen the river valley appears to be less subject to the heaviest falls.