Tonight will be cloudy and wet with outbreaks of rain moving in from the west, which will be heavy at times. It will be a breezy night.

I won't hold my breath, though. Very dry again here, with the soil dusty.

London ensembles show quite a big spike for tomorrow while here is little so i hope to miss out the unwanted rain here, but hope the south that needed the rain to get it.   Those channel runner rains are always very heavy rain never light from my experience living in Epsom before.

Yes indeed, my Windows app is saying 1cm.   Not a great deal, but enough to green up the grass a bit more

How far north did it get in the end? Did it make Cambridge, Suffolk and Norfolk?

I think it went as far as Manchester yesterday while here was light to moderate rain.  Most forecast show rain south of M4 but went much further north.  So very likely those areas also get rain because Manchester is further north than here but got rain so once it move east it will reach all areas over the East.   Time to put this thread to bed now as the wonderful 2 months dry spell that we only get in a year out of 12 months like what SunnyG pointed out on other side.   Stubb lake already full quickly after interesting low levels in August which I took pictures of it.  Next time i visit the lake when it more interesting is being iced over.  Last time was very thick ice was in Jan 2025 and little this year but was not cold enough at night.   

Christchurch,used to go there a lot when I was courting ,used to go out rowing on the river,visit Tucktonia,a really naff but funny amusement park and have a meal at the Copper Skillet which is now sadly gone. Late 70,s a whole different world to now.

In accordance with last week's warnings, four areas in Scotland which include NE Fife, parts of Tayside and even extending into the south of Aberdeenshire have had their water scarcity status upgraded all the way up to significant water scarcity status with water extraction restrictions being imposed in those areas as a result.

However, that has actually ended up being the only blot on the landscape this week in what is otherwise, a much better week overall due to some further recent rainfall.

As a result, those parts of the Borders which were at significant water scarcity status last week have now had their status downgraded to moderate water scarcity status with all water extraction restrictions also being lifted in those areas. Furthermore and unlike in other recent weeks, there are no fresh warnings this week about any other areas possibly having their status upgraded all the way up to significant water status in the next week.

In addition to that, Edinburgh has now finally had its status downgraded from moderate water scarcity status to alert status along with the Loch Earn catchment area and a small part of SW Scotland. These areas have now joined Morayshire, the north of Aberdeenshire and the city of Aberdeen itself at alert status.

Finally, two more areas in the west of Scotland have now completely returned to normal status although the Shetland Islands continue to remain at early warning status along with the far SW of Scotland, parts of Galloway and a large part of central Scotland.

Meanwhile, East Lothian along with the Borders, the rest of Fife, Tayside and most of the south of Aberdeenshire continue to remain at moderate water scarcity status whilst all areas which haven't been mentioned so far are at normal status.

Whilst these developments are very welcome, much more in the way of persistent rain will be needed in order for the recovery to continue. River levels are still very low in the east of Scotland, especially in those areas which are currently at significant water scarcity status.

Groundwater levels also remain very low in the east of Scotland, but normal or above normal elsewhere.