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Windy Willow
Monday, June 12, 2023 9:13:03 PM
It rained here today, but very briefly and barely wet the ground.
South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

Don't feed the Trolls!! When starved of attention they return to their dark caves or the dark recesses of bridges and will turn back to stone, silent again!
CreweCold
Monday, June 12, 2023 9:46:00 PM
Drought over for now here.

A couple of cracking thunderstorms dropped not far off 2 inches of rain today. 

Crewe, Cheshire
55 metres above sea level
Chunky Pea
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 4:30:48 PM
Thunder without rain. Beggars belief. 
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DEW
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Tuesday, June 13, 2023 5:44:08 PM

Thunder without rain. Beggars belief. 

Originally Posted by: Chunky Pea 



It happens. I remember a vigorous discussion with a primary school friend on the way home one day when there was just that; and whether this was more or less dangerous than thunder (and lightning) with rain.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
Chunky Pea
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 6:00:04 PM

It happens. I remember a vigorous discussion with a primary school friend on the way home one day when there was just that; and whether this was more or less dangerous than thunder (and lightning) with rain.

Originally Posted by: DEW 



Interesting. I recall reading before that lightning only strikes within a 'dry' part of the storm. How true that is I don't know. 

With the aggressiveness of the thunder one would have thought that the downpour of the century was about to happen . No such luck!
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fairweather
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 6:08:23 PM
Will be 5 weeks tomorrow since any measurable rain here. May 11th was last time.
S.Essex, 42m ASL
Andy J
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 8:44:14 PM
Currently on 28 days here without measurable rainfall.   Now has become the third longest period without measurable rain here in the last 40 years.     Our current record was set during March/April 2002, which was 34 days.    Looking increasingly likely this will be beaten!
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
roadrunnerajn
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 9:27:07 PM
Even this end of the country has only had 3.2mm in 35 days. We went 30 days without rainfall.
Germoe, part of the breakaway Celtic Republic.
Rob K
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 9:15:00 AM
Only one day spoiling the drought at Odiham in the past 30 days but it was a bit of a soaker with 18.4mm!

https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03761&ndays=30&ano=2023&mes=06&day=14&hora=08&ord=REV&Send=Send 
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
Jiries
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 1:01:28 PM

Only one day spoiling the drought at Odiham in the past 30 days but it was a bit of a soaker with 18.4mm!

https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03761&ndays=30&ano=2023&mes=06&day=14&hora=08&ord=REV&Send=Send 

Originally Posted by: Rob K 



Don't know how much rain had fell in Slough but must be too much as few water puddles still hanging around on the road sides despite full sunshine yesterday and strong winds so must be flooded in some areas here.  Back home was bog standard rain and might be only few mm fell.
Retron
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 4:56:29 PM
1mm of rain in the past calendar month...

And lo and behold, this arrived in my inbox. How very unexpected!

Kent - please use less water 

This week the demand for water has been extremely high in Kent and this is putting pressure on supplies.  

We know when it’s hot it can be hard to save water as we all need to stay hydrated, keep our plants healthy and help the kids cool down. If water demand remains high and the hot, dry weather continues this may mean we will struggle to treat and supply your water fast enough to keep up with demand.

Please help us by using as little water as you can throughout the hot weather so we can make sure there’s enough to go around and avoid restrictions later in the summer.

Thankfully small changes really do make a lot of difference…

 
Leysdown, north Kent
DEW
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023 9:19:30 PM
Local station at Chilgrove in the Downs recorded the last significant rainfall on 8th May 16.6mm. 2.8mm in the three days following, to the 11th; since then 0.6mm 15th May and 0.9mm 11th Jun and Chichester itself got less still on those days.
War does not determine who is right, only who is left - Bertrand Russell

Chichester 12m asl
Lionel Hutz
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 10:26:09 PM
No rain here since early May either, though the drought was technically broken by about 2 mm last weekend. Looks like the drought will well and truly break here next weekend though.
Lionel Hutz
Nr.Waterford , S E Ireland
68m ASL



Saint Snow
Thursday, June 15, 2023 3:42:03 PM
Looking at United Utilities reservoir levels, they're all below average for the time of year - but not worryingly so at this stage, the two main ones (Dee/Vyrnwy and Thirlmere/Haweswater at 83.0% (90.8% of normal) and 69.2% (94.9% of normal).  Dee/Vyrnwy is actually a little higher than this time last year.

All the models show at least some rain in that Sun-Mon period (some decent amounts) and then showers likely through next week, so I'd expect levels to be up at around the norm by next weekend.

Some people do love to 'crisisify' things, though.

 

Martin
Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)
A TWO addict since 14/12/01
"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."
Aneurin Bevan
Chunky Pea
Thursday, June 15, 2023 6:29:12 PM
Another day  where the models had me down for up to and over 10mm of rain, and it is currently 24c and the humid sun splitting everything it touches. Shocking just how bad the models - low res and high - have been lately. 
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"You don't have to know anything to have an opinion"
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Darren S
Thursday, June 15, 2023 10:32:11 PM

Only one day spoiling the drought at Odiham in the past 30 days but it was a bit of a soaker with 18.4mm!

https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?lang=en&ind=03761&ndays=30&ano=2023&mes=06&day=14&hora=08&ord=REV&Send=Send 

Originally Posted by: Rob K 



Clearly one of the storms that completely missed here! Likewise as Jiries says, some areas just north of Slough had over 40mm over 2 days. Nada here, zilch.
Darren
Crowthorne, Berks (87m asl)
South Berks Winter Snow Depth Totals:
2023/24 0 cm; 2022/23 7 cm; 2021/22 1 cm; 2020/21 13 cm; 2019/20 0 cm; 2018/19 14 cm; 2017/18 23 cm; 2016/17 0 cm; 2015/16 0.5 cm; 2014/15 3.5 cm; 2013/14 0 cm; 2012/13 22 cm; 2011/12 7 cm; 2010/11 6 cm; 2009/10 51 cm
Rob K
Friday, June 16, 2023 7:20:14 AM

Clearly one of the storms that completely missed here! Likewise as Jiries says, some areas just north of Slough had over 40mm over 2 days. Nada here, zilch.

Originally Posted by: Darren S 


I know Yateley had some rain on Saturday but it was a brief affair, certainly nothing like what Odiham caught. Very dry and dusty everywhere - the grass looks like how it was around mid July last year.
Yateley, NE Hampshire, 73m asl
"But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand." — Jerome K. Jerome
Gavin D
Friday, June 16, 2023 9:16:56 AM
Kent and Sussex will be placed under a hosepipe ban from June 26th
Ally Pally Snowman
Friday, June 16, 2023 9:19:08 AM

Kent and Sussex will be placed under a hosepipe ban from June 26th

Originally Posted by: Gavin D 



A absolute joke considering just how wet those 2 counties were in Spring. 
Bishop's Stortford 85m ASL.
NMA
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Friday, June 16, 2023 9:21:18 AM
One for DEW but I'm sure he knows that already.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-65927032 

Last weekends trickle of rain is a distant memory. The Saturday night fever shower was not much more than that. The grass is like early July last summer not the complete scorched landscape yet but heading that way.
Yesterday the BBC forecast for next Monday suggested Monday would be a particularly wet and unsettled day IMBY with outbreaks of rain heavy and thundery. Saturday and Sundays rain in the form of showers looks far less Moominesque but I guess that can change.
That’s gone by the board for the time being though I’ve noticed in the past it can revert nearer the time. We’ll see. The radar shows the change off the SW approaches as it did last weekend though not so lively this time. Has it lost it’s mojo? 
 
Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft
ARTzeman
Friday, June 16, 2023 9:55:20 AM
Bath and North East Somerset has a weather warning for Heavy Rain and Thunderstorm For Sunday.




Some people walk in the rain.
Others just get wet.
I Just Blow my horn or trumpet
NMA
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Friday, June 16, 2023 10:07:34 AM

A absolute joke considering just how wet those 2 counties were in Spring. 

Originally Posted by: Ally Pally Snowman 



These are the sort of infrastructure necessities that should be incorporated into all new buildings the UK. And retrofitted to suitable properties elsewhere.

https://www.directpumpsandtanks.co.uk/rainwater-harvesting/?gclid=CjwKCAjwkLCkBhA9EiwAka9QRif6xVd4p1lchu7GTXrHSA7zJYNU1_Ad9iZ2IenhIx7GRQwwZjppmRoCuCcQAvD_BwE 
 
Vale of the Great Dairies
South Dorset
Elevation 60m 197ft
Chunky Pea
Friday, June 16, 2023 1:30:16 PM
Serious dump of rain over the last hour, adding another 0.3mm to the 1.8mm already accumulated over the last month. Floods everywhere.

😏
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"You don't have to know anything to have an opinion"
--Roger P, 12/Oct/2022
johncs2016
Friday, June 16, 2023 1:44:56 PM
The latest water scarcity report from SEPA as issued on 16 June 2023 (as I don't have access to my main PC down here in Hawick, I'm not able to post the usual links for that) shows the same part of NW Scotland which was already at significant water scarcity level is still at that same level this week.

However, the area of moderate water scarcity level has now been extended to cover large part of the south and west Scotland.

All of the rest of Scotland is now at alert level for water scarcity with the exception of the Shetland Islands and even that region is now at early warning status for water scarcity.

We are expected to see a break in this more settled weather over the next few days but this is expected to do very little to alleviate the overall situation which means concerns over what lies ahead  remain very high at the moment.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.
Tim A
Saturday, June 17, 2023 8:43:57 AM
Look like the complete drought since 11 May will come to an end Sunday evening here with some heavy rain forecast.  Hopefully thundery.
Tim
NW Leeds
187m asl

 My PWS 

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