After a fairly unsettled summer, it has dried out a bit generally across the country and with high pressure expected to be on the scene for much of the first half of this month in particular, I am expecting this thread to be very quiet to begin with at least.

If anyone has anything to report for this month though, please feel free to do so on here.

In addition to that, I will continue to bring you any further updates on here of the ongoing water scarcity situation as reported SEPA which is still ongoing in the east of Scotland in particular, although I would much rather be reporting some actual rainfall data on here.
 

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I was hoping that I wouldn't have to post anything here about water scarcity before anything has posted any actual rainfall reports on here, but SEPA have just released their latest water scarcity reported which is dated Friday 1 September 2023, and which can be viewed here ,

According to the latest report, a few areas around the Moray Firth area have been downgraded from alert status to early warning status as regards to water scarcity but apart from that, there has been no other changes to the overall situation from last week.

This means that Edinburgh remains at early warning status as does the Orkney Isles.

The report suggests that we at least, need to be getting average (preferably above average) amounts of rainfall during this month to keep us out of trouble as regards to water scarcity.

However, the immediate outlook is more high pressure dominated than of late and if that comes off, our chances of getting any significant rainfall here will be reduced even further, following on from what is already a very dry period here.

That doesn't bode well at all when it comes to water scarcity, and my concern here is that this could result in the issues regarding water scarcity worsening here over time, and possibly even spreading out to many other areas where that isn't  major issue at the moment.
 

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28.2mm to kick off the month, finally stopped raining (I hope) and starting to brighten up a bit.

That's ~50% of the month's LTA done in 12 hours.

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4mm from the first couple of days

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We're now around a quarter of the way through this month and to date, we haven't even got off the mark here in Edinburgh just yet as regards to any sort of rainfall totals for either this month or this autumn.

It should therefore come as no surprise that we are still in the grip of a water scarcity situation in this part of the world and on that note, SEPA have just released their latest water scarcity report which is dated Friday 8 September 2023, and which can be viewed here.

Luckily as of yet, there hasn't been any areas of Scotland which have been upgraded to moderate status or higher as regards to water scarcity but as was the case last week, nowhere in Scotland has had a downgrade in their water scarcity status.

Last week, I said that I was concerned that the issues concerning water scarcity could well spread to other areas which weren't being affected by that at that time if we didn't start to get some much needed rainfall very soon, and this week's report is showing that this indeed, is now already in the process of happening.

This means that even the west of Scotland is not entirely immune from that in any way and this is shown in this week's report as SW Scotland now been taken out of normal status, and placed into early warning status as regards to water scarcity.

In addition to that, those parts of Fife which were previously at early warning status are now at alert status as regards to water scarcity, and the same is true for Aberdeenshire and most of Tayside as well as the area around Stirling. Furthermore, there is also another part of central Scotland which has gone from normal status to early warning status for water scarcity.

For now, Edinburgh and the Lothians are continuing to just cling on and no more to their status of water scarcity but if we don't start to get some significant rainfall in the next week or so, we will very soon be upgraded to alert status here, and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if that happened as early as next week.

At the moment, it's hard to see where that much needed rainfall is actually going to come from here. Over on YouTube, Mark Vogan predicted a drier than average autumn, and will be very pleased with how that aspect of his forecast of going just now. Gavin P. on the other hand, has forecast a wetter and more unsettled autumn.

In one of his videos from last night, he was showing us some model output which was possibly pointing towards a very dry month ahead and that point, you was already starting as a result, to acknowledge the fact that this aspect of his forecast was already in a bit of trouble.
 

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Finally, I have some actual data to report for this month at long last and so, the latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 5.0 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 6.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 6.2 mm (11.2% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 7.2 mm (13.1% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this month so far: 2 (19.0% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1 (10.1% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this month so far: 8 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 7 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 6.2 mm (2.9% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 7.2 mm (3.7% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this autumn so far: 2 (5.5% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1 (3.0% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this autumn so far: 8 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 375.6 mm (47.9% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 405.4 mm (55.7% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this year so far: 77 (56.0% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 79 (61.6% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this year so far: 139 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 132 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
 

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Just 6.0 mm.

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Now up to 27mm

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27mm here too so far.

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 3.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 10.0 mm (18.1% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 11.8 mm (21.5% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this month so far: 3 (28.5% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 (30.2% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this month so far: 9 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 8 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 10.0 mm (4.7% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 11.8 mm (6.0% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this autumn so far: 3 (8.2% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 (9.0% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this autumn so far: 9 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 379.4 mm (48.4% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 410.0 mm (56.3% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this year so far: 78 (56.8% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 81 (63.2% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this year so far: 140 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 133 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
 

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This week's water scarcity report was released yesterday by SEPA, a day earlier than I was expecting and this report (which is dated Thursday 14 September 2023) can be viewed here .

The last week has brought us some rain which has improved the situation a little bit here as regards to water scarcity, but this rainfall has came on the back of the dry and exceptionally hot spell at the beginning of this month.

This month's rainfall totals are still below where they should be given that we are now halfway through the month and at the moment, we're still not getting that rainfall on a very frequent or consistent as is needed to get us out of the current situation regarding water scarcity.

This improvement to the overall situation has allowed the area around the River Earn to return to normal from early warning status but apart from that, there are no other changes this week to last week's water scarcity levels in Scotland.

Therefore, Edinburgh and the Lothians remain at early warning status for water scarcity and all of those areas which were at alert level last week are still at alert level as regards to water scarcity.
 

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No rain for two weeks means my part of the world is back in drought.

Hopefully some rain will come next week... I noticed some quite large cracks in the ground have re-opened!

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28mm here, mostly all on Tuesday when I was away in London so not really seen any significant rain myself this month. 

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The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 20.8 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 19.2 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 31.2 mm (56.6% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 31.4 mm (57.2% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this month so far: 4 (38.0% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 4 (40.3% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this month so far: 9 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 8 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 31.2 mm (14.8% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 31.4 mm (16.0% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this autumn so far: 4 (11.0% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 4 (12.0% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this autumn so far: 9 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 4 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 400.6 mm (51.1% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 429.6 mm (59.0% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of rain days during this year so far: 79 (57.5% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 82 (63.9% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.
Number of dry days during this year so far: 140 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 133 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
 

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Day two of the drought here - ever more cracks appearing in the garden (the last rain being on the 1st). Hopefully some of that rain to the south will make it here later in the day!

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50mm of rain here since midnight and still hammering down.

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9.60mm This month but raining now with heavy showers moving in. Rain expected daily until Saturday.

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6.6mm In the last Hour. 8mm in the manual measure.

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...and of course it didn't, it fizzled. There were around 24 raindrops from that band of rain, not even enough to dampen the ground, let alone trouble the raingauge.

Next chance is overnight, but I'll not get my hopes up!

 

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The drought (which I think was personal to me - nobody else seems to have suffered) is officially over, for there was 1.2mm of rain overnight. Big whoop... hoping for more rain today.

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The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 8.2 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 8.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (as at 8:00am BST (07:00 UTC) this morning on Monday 18 September 2023).

Light rain is still falling here as I write, so those totals are likely to be slightly higher in the end, than what I have just reported here. 

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 40.2 mm (72.9% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 42.4 mm (77.2% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Number of rain days during this month so far: 5 (47.4% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 5 (50.4% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Number of dry days during this month so far: 10 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 9 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

This means that only at least another 15.0 mm of rain now needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual amounts.

In addition to that, only at least another 12.6 mm of rain now needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual amounts.

Furthermore, only at least another 5 rain days now need to be recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 40.2 mm (19.0% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 42.4 mm (21.6% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Number of rain days during this autumn so far: 5 (13.7% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 5 (15.0% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Number of dry days during this autumn so far: 10 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 5 at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 410.8 mm (52.4% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 440.6 mm (60.5% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Number of rain days during this year so far: 80 (58.2% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 83 (64.7% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Number of dry days during this year so far: 141 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 134 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
 

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3.5mm overnight, light shower today. Another dry month so far - just 8mm so far.

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The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total up to 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 9.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank, along with 9.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Total since 10am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.4 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 0.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (as at 2:00pm BST (13:00 UTC) this afternoon on Monday 18 September 2023).

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 42.0 mm (76.1% of  September average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 44.2 mm (80.5% of  September average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

This means that just at least another 13.2 mm of rain now needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual amounts.

In addition to that, just at least another 10.8 mm of rain now needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual amounts.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 42.0 mm (19.9% of  autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 44.2 mm (22.6% of  autumn average) at the Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 412.6 mm (52.6% of annual average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 442.4 mm (60.8% of annual average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh.

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.
 

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28mm from the thundery downpours last night, plus another 2mm from showers today.    Brings our September total to 70mm.  Already well above the September average here.

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43mm a short while ago but heavy rain falling again now. 

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