Nothing fell here in Watford yesterday, 2.1mm so far for the month. 0.9mm in June.

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No rain last night though there seemed to be some showers in the Bournemouth area heading north. We went to Poole last night to see Mission Impossible one side of family (me and son) and Jurassic Park the other. Having read the rotten tomatoes review I was one of the winners with the impossible mission. The tune does go round a bit. How do you get it out of your head?

Up early this morning to catch some mackerel off Chesil to smoke (see brexit thread) though I think they will be long eaten by next year. No fruit to freeze as we ate what little we grew this year. Famine time approaches when the JRM border gates are locked next year. But hey 50 years tis but a blink of the eye before the verdant sunny uplands come into view.

No potential drought now but a full blown monster of course with another large arsonic heath/grass fire visible as we drove into Poole last night.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-44977682

Once we leave the EU, our overseers will be able to re-introduce the death penalty or even transportation for arson and as it will be treason to oppose such a move we'll be able to run our own space programme to Mars with all the positive benefits that might accrue. 

Oops wrong thread I think.

 

 

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Raining here...again.

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Plenty of areas will have missed last nights rain.
We got 7mm which brings the monthly total to 17mm, still a very dry month so far. Some fairly decent thunderstorms but nothing overhead.
We have missed the showers today, but they seem to have caused some chaos, e.g I cannot get a train to Leeds as it comes from York and there are problems.

Amazing - thought it was more widespead.

 

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Still no rain here on the north downs, but it'll be difficult for the 60-day absolute drought to hold in the next 48 hours.

 

It's rained in Chichester! So end of drought, even if it was only just enough to lay the dust. Quite a heavy downpour just along the coast toward Littlehampton, though.

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Thunderstorm and torrential rain here in Croydon this afternoon broke the drought. A local weather station in nearby Kenley says 12mm has fallen. The first rainfall this month, adds to less than 1mm in June.

It's first time I've seen rain in over two months. I didn't see the rain fall in June, just a bit of dampness one morning. I missed the storms in London on the bank holiday weekend in May as I was in Scotland. I was starting to miss it!

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Finally rain! first for 41 days...

Rain at last but only 0.8mm so far and seems to blown through very quickly. Drought technically over but doubt the dust will be gone for long if this was it.

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Done it again!  Drove into town and heavy rain.  Got back home, dry as a bone!  I’ve seen plenty of lightning, heard loads of thunder, but still no rain!  I’m either just too Far East, or I’m just too far West and miss the rain by only a couple of miles. 

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With 63mm this month now, - and more expected the next couple of days - July here will be near average 77mm.

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The drought is definitely at an end here. As of yesterday morning, I had recorded around 8mm in June and 4mm in July. However, we saw 4.8mm yesterday evening and we've had 18mm so far this evening and it's still raining. And there's lots more rain to come this weekend. To be honest, up to now, I have listened to forecasts of fine weather with a little bit of dread because the countryside here was burning up. Now that we've got the rain, however, I'm hoping that this is just a blip. Now that we have a bit of moisture back in the ground, I will enjoy the sunshine guilt free! 

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Last night’s thunderstorms again miraculously managed to skirt past, this time by about 15 miles to the east. Everything’s still bone dry and deep cracks have appeared in the garden.

However tomorrow will be a different story...

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We along with large swathes of central england have somehow managed to avoid all the storms so far with nothing much showing up on the radar to the south unless something appears .

59 day absolute drought ended with a grand total of 3mm.

The smell was good, but I haven't missed the rain at all!

 

I’ve missed the storms by a whisker every time, although I’ve been within a stone’s throw because I’ve heard thunder and seen lightning.  But....  it is now raining steadily and has been for half an hour!  Useful rain that will soak in rather than run off.  

I could stand this all weekend just to give the earth a drink and dampen the forest floor to lessen the fire risk, providing we go back to hot sunny weather of course!!!  

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In a nice bit of symmetry, the rather shorter drought here in the Maconnais ended last night after a 36C stinker yesterday.

We’re back up to 33C+ tomorrow and virtually every day of the following fortnight, with very little rain forecast.

Around here usually gets around 100mm in May (wettest month of the year), 80 in June, 60 in July and August, almost all in thunderstorms. So far 55mm in May, 35mm in June and around 20mm in July. Not as severe as U.K., but the high temperatures mean it browns off quickly.

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Managed to stay dry here so far, everything breaks up just before it arrives despite it showing us with a shower earlier.
Martin

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The steady rain only lasted for just over an hour.  Everywhere is dry again now with sunshine and a stiff breeze, which will unfortunately dry things out quickly.  Conditions this weekend look good for more rain though, so I’m hopeful.  

The local fire engine has just made a rare return to the station, hopefully this dampening down might give it, and the crew, a bit of respite!   

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After 47 days with no rain July will now end up wetter than May and June combined

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