We're into the third week of school holidays here, and it has been fine until today, when the rain came on while I was doing an early watering for the vegetables (but not before I had carried the heavy watering cans for miles...). Must be a first for the school holidays anyway
We keep being promised rain, or at least showers. But nothing materializes. We even had a yellow weather warning last week for heavy rain. Not a thing. We see dark clouds but they just pass by. Perhaps it is because we are on the coast. No rain for about 5/6 weeks. Just a little at night would be lovely
Two days ago the forecast was for thunder storms in my bit of Norfolk. By yesterday morning this had evaporated to showers, then posssible light rain. We did actually, briefly feel a few spots of water in the air, but that was it. Apparently the rain has gone north - and south - and will miss us. Another two weeks of glorious sunshine is forecast. And it’ll get even hotter. On current Met Office form this means it’ll rain by the end of the week and get much cooler.
After six weeks in (dry, sunny, hot) California, DH & I flew into Manchester yesterday morning and it rained as we drove home is the taxi. Am I complaining? No!! I love the rain and I had missed it. We're so lucky in the NW because ("they say") the next major world shortage is predicted to be a shortage of water....
Still no rain here, but dark clouds (had to put light on) and thunder. Two miles up the road they had ten minutes heavy rain. (Last time we had rain was when the village flooded about six weeks ago!)
We were out walking yesterday and it came over so dark and thundery I was sure we were going to get a soaking, but no. The clouds moved on and it didn’t actually rain anywhere here. The moorland streams are very low and some have dried up altogether. I have given up trying to get enough water to my garden - it will have to take its chances.
Clouds loomed overhead yesterday, much cooler. Sadly no rain ☔. 3pm Sun came out, blue skies and temperature went up but still not as hot as last week.
According to my mobile Today's Forecast is partial cloud with a chance of a shower midday. 0.01 inch!!
I just checked the Met Office and we have a yellow warning for a thunder storm on Friday afternoon. I wonder if it’ll be as heavy as the one they forecast last week which evaporated before it got here!
Whoop! Whoop! It is raining in my part of Kent, I never thought I would be so happy to see rain but this is the first for weeks and weeks! I had hung my washing out before work this morning, but I don't even care about that, or the sun lounger cushions that are getting soggy!