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Finally got some rain. A heavy shower left about 3mm.
Trees and bushes in my work car park had gone halfway yellow and some leaves on the ground. Likely not going back to green or new leaves come out when the rain come.
15 million Thames Water customers will be under a hosepipe ban from August 24th
Ironic as there will be flash flooding in London today, I doubt many will comply
If there’s flash flooding they probably won’t need to use hosepipes on their gardens anyway.
A total of 22mms in the last 24hs.
Welcome rain indeed.
Worksop in Nottinghamshire had twice the average monthly rain in just 3 hours yesterday, leading to widespread flash flooding
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-62573082.amp
Holbeach, Lincolnshire, broke its drought in the 24 hours to 9am this morning with 146.2mm of rain
That is incredible, so overall in Summer they may now have had close to average rainfall.
3.5mm here overnight, monthly total 5mm.
After the 2,3mm of yesterday dry overnight and nothing here today despite the forecast although on the radar seems to be some showers all around as usual.
Technically I suppose we've broken the drought in this part of Dorset with a damping of light/almost trace rain yesterday. A few miles to the west around Bridport there were flash floods. But here near Dorchester we're in the sweet spot to avoid the rain. Heavy thundery showers are forecast for today but they fizzle out before reaching here. Even the ones currently showing on the radar to the east in the Channel are thinking twice about attacking the County from the east.
That is incredible, so overall in Summer they may now have had close to average rainfall. 3.5mm here overnight, monthly total 5mm.
Looks like a crazy local event in that area, several PWS recording between 3-5 inches of rain, with rainfall rates of over half an inch in 5 minutes in places!
Despite the forecast for rain all day today, we’ve not had a drop. But we did get a soaking last night and it was preceded by light steady rain that wet the ground, so a lot of the heavier stuff soaked in.
3mm at Blackbushe airport today so far, total 4mm for the month and just 211mm for the year. The drought at Odiham lasted 46 days.
Since I posted that it looks like things have been quite damp back home. Blackbushe now reporting 40mm for the day and a bit of flooding of the runways. Local FB group suggests quite a bit of surface water flooding round Yateley and water pouring through the roof of the big Tesco down the road.
A drought has been declared in south west Wales
Surprised to hear that. It looks green enough around Sourh West Wales today.
Think there’s a chance this August could end up drier than 1995 locally. 6mm so far.