Any bets on rain any time soon?

We had thunder and a heavy downpour earlier - hooray! Then the sun came out and we thought that was it, but more thunder and another downpour a bit later.

I thought I’d make it rain again by going for a walk - plenty of dark cloud about - but alas it didn’t work. Obviously I shouldn’t have worn a rain jacket - just a thin summery top would probably have done the trick.

BlueBelle

Sane here JaneJudge The skies have just opened up here in Suffolk within 5 minutes there was about three inches on the road big old thunder storm but just rumbling in the distance now It was spraying up from the cars like a motor boat

East of England! Dry for months. Months rain in one day 🙈😂

It's just vaguely damp here with fine drizzle on and off for the past couple of days.

Spoke too soon. ☁️

Apparently, according to my phone, it is cloudy and 20C here.

In fact it's sunny and breezy and feels warmer than 20C but that might be because I was gardening.

We had rain yesterday morning and it was grey and overcast in the afternoon, they had to delay the start of the Swansea Airshow, which is quite near us. Today has been overcast and breezy , I think it's nicer tomorrow for a few days. I like it sunny and warm but not that humidity that we had a few weeks ago, it drains you.

Tipped with rain here (Cambridgeshire) all morning.

The grass is still green here in mid Wales, and the Welsh reservoirs were at normal levels for the time of year last time I checked, although the rivers are low. We are having a beautiful summer. Sometimes it’s an advantage living in wet Wales.

Sane here JaneJudge The skies have just opened up here in Suffolk within 5 minutes there was about three inches on the road big old thunder storm but just rumbling in the distance now It was spraying up from the cars like a motor boat

I got caught out in the storm this morning (in the car) and it was quite frightening how quickly the roads were flooding. I was out on country lanes and had to keep changing my route. Even a main A road had flooded completely in places

A little drizzle here yesterday.

Meanwhile, in America, shocking floods in Texas where 51 people have died, including 15 children and another 27 children are missing from a summer camp 😥

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4w36lnvgyo

The rain that was forecast for today last week is now looking unlikely, probably because we rescheduled our bbq!
Farmers are predicting sparse crops and the risk of wildfires in the nearby New Forest is high. Back up to the high 20’s by the end of the week, no significant rain for ten days or more, nothing we can do, but it’s not good.

It tried to rain a couple of nights ago but didn’t. So last night I decided to water the garden because everything was dying. And my dogs back from her holiday today and the grass in her part of the garden was badly scorched. Hose pipe broke so I ended up using buckets. Really hurt my arthritic hands and knee. Of course, woke up to torrential rain this morning…

I’m sure that years ago, we had hosepipe bans every time there was a dry spell. Here we’ve had hardly any rain since winter turned to the driest spring on record but no talk of drought or bans on watering the garden. Most people seem happy to have no rain and a heatwave or two but I’m worried about the long term results on wildlife and farmers.

I read, with interest, today about the alleged drought in South East Scotland!

Aveline

It's been pouring down here all night and day and not due to stop any time soon.

Same here. I'm still in the LD, and we've had one decent day (Sunday) since we got here on 20th. The rain is so bad my signal keeps giving up, and it's far from warm.

At least it’s cooler today. For days now I’ve been taking a cold bath every few hours. It’s been unbearable.

Still warm and dry and sunny where I am, no sign of rain at all.

It's been pouring down here all night and day and not due to stop any time soon.

Told you. DD got her pool up yesterday. Raining today.

We’ve had some! Not exactly heavy, but the garden is certainly damp. And the temperature has plummeted, from at least the mid 30s yesterday - it was sweltering.

No sun here - yet - we have thick white cloud. Looks as if normal U.K. summer weather is back - for a while anyway.

DD near Nottingham and DS near Lincoln have both reported rain this morning.

Raining a little here in East Kent, but only light rain. It’s cooler though, thankfully. The last few days were horrendous as I don’t ‘do’ heat! Also, it was hard for my granddaughter to keep my baby great-grandson cool (she says her house is like an oven) but she managed it by bringing him to see me! My flat is on the seafront so there was a lovely breeze coming in the French windows and he was much more settled when cooler and had a lovely calm sleep.
One of my daughters and her husband went abroad last week to get some sun. They are pig-sick 😤that it’s just as sunny and hot here! Sod’s law at its best!

Doodledog

The Lake District lakes are not going to run out of water any time soon.

There is only one lake in the Lake District, Bassenthwaite Lake.
The rest are waters.

Sorry, I just had to post that in case you are in a quiz any time!

Bright and sunny here with a few fluffy white clouds.