thecrow
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Still nowt here unless a few spots on my windscreen yesterday count as rain, I looked at 4 different forecasts yesterday and all gave different information, rain is forecast overnight but I wont be waiting up for it.
It's here and it's heavy!
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Another Dave
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Massive downpour this afternoon, didn't make much difference to the ground but the river looks a bit fresher.
sam vimes
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We had a, mostly dry, thunderstorm this morning. As of now, it's grumbling away again, but no sign of rain yet. I'm fairly certain we'll cop for some tonight.
mikench
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No sign of rain here and it's still 27c at 7.00pm! It's hot and humid with no breeze at all! It's simply not British I tell you!
Another Dave
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Big hailstorm and some really close lightning a short while ago.
Tee-Cee
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Hallelujah - we have finally had some rain! Not a lot, but beggars.....
All afternoon, here in south Bucks, it was hot and sultry, and then at around 4ish we had a light shower which then stopped, only to start again and continue for about 2,5 hours. Nothing heavy but the smell in the air is wonderful! Now, at around 8.30 the sky is with high cloud and unless it changes I doubt it will rain again tonight.
So much for the eclipse!!
Hope to fish tomorrow and I'm praying for rain, but NOT with lightening etc...............
All afternoon, here in south Bucks, it was hot and sultry, and then at around 4ish we had a light shower which then stopped, only to start again and continue for about 2,5 hours. Nothing heavy but the smell in the air is wonderful! Now, at around 8.30 the sky is with high cloud and unless it changes I doubt it will rain again tonight.
So much for the eclipse!!
Hope to fish tomorrow and I'm praying for rain, but NOT with lightening etc...............
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Seriously humid uncomfortable yesterday and through last night, but today is a total change round with there being some strong gusts of wind lots of cloud cover and heavy intermittent showers. I think it's supposadly gonna be very heavy rain tomorrow....well see?
Despite the forecast (or is that the threat) of rain we have still not yet had a drop here on the edge of the Plain.
The temperature has dropped a lttle bit but it is still quite humid . . . . we could really do with a full on electric and rain storm to clear the air. . . .
The temperature has dropped a lttle bit but it is still quite humid . . . . we could really do with a full on electric and rain storm to clear the air. . . .
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After the early morning deluge things dried up until early afternoon where we then had numerous heavy showers up until an hour ago with more forecast throughout the night.
It looks like tomorrow could well be a washout until mid-afternoon...
I would be tempted to have a go on my local club water with the leftover bait from this afternoon but having trashed my brolly (again!) in this afternoon's high winds I might just give it a miss.
Not only that but a storm pole speared my bag and went straight through it... Glad it was the bag and not me! :wow:
It looks like tomorrow could well be a washout until mid-afternoon...
I would be tempted to have a go on my local club water with the leftover bait from this afternoon but having trashed my brolly (again!) in this afternoon's high winds I might just give it a miss.
Not only that but a storm pole speared my bag and went straight through it... Glad it was the bag and not me! :wow:
seth49
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Steady rain here from about five o clock this morning, supposed to last all day, should freshen things up a bit, a lot cooler as well only thirteen degrees right now, down a bit from the thirty two degrees we have been having.
Still looking at a hosepipe ban from the fifth of August,
Still looking at a hosepipe ban from the fifth of August,
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mikench
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Raining very heavily here and saw a lot of rain driving home last night! The grass is loving it however!
At long last we have some rain now.
The forecast tells me it will be about 5mm, so hardly enugh to wet the pavements.
Many years ago my grandparents had a house on the corner of a block with an huge old oak tree on the opposite corner.
When it rained my Granddad would look out of the window and if the ground under the tree was dry, then, according to him, it wasn't raining . . . . .
The forecast tells me it will be about 5mm, so hardly enugh to wet the pavements.
Many years ago my grandparents had a house on the corner of a block with an huge old oak tree on the opposite corner.
When it rained my Granddad would look out of the window and if the ground under the tree was dry, then, according to him, it wasn't raining . . . . .
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Propper rain here just now, it's forecast for a few hours so I would imagine on the high ground where the river catchments are it'll be very heavy and the rivers will be steaming through for a day or so. Not even worth thinking of fishing them for a day or so.
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Raining steadily here too and is forecast to do so pretty well all day. Stuff the rain....its the drop in temps and humidity that I'm loving. Its currently 16 degrees here which is less than half the crippling 33 we had on Thurday. Long may it continue !
seth49
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Just had a walk down to the ribble, it looks awful horrible green colour and lots of scum, might be up a couple of inches max, it is showing the river rising up at settle,but it will be a few hours before that gets here, needs a good flush out.needs more rain yet.
River level information for River Ribble at Locks Weir - GOV.UK
This link shows the level at settle, it’s up about a foot so far, take it about six hours to reach Clitheroe.
River level information for River Ribble at Locks Weir - GOV.UK
This link shows the level at settle, it’s up about a foot so far, take it about six hours to reach Clitheroe.
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Looks like the end of the drought has started. It's raining right now and we have a fair bit of it to come this week according to the forecast. Not be long and everyone will be moaning about it raining all the time and how we never have a decent summer mg:.
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I hope that is it finished. It has been unbearably hot down here and this cooler stuff ( with or without a bit of rain) is much more like it. I might actually venture out next week.
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Tee-Cee
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Very cutting, tigger...That's Skippy's confidence gone for a burton, in one fell swoop!!
We had rain, on and off most of yesterday, in south Bucks and it is still raining, or more drizzling at the moment. A leaden sky suggests it might just continue for most of the day. Then garden looks a lot better already - apart from the grass, that is!!
ps Hardly seen a bird on the feeders during the hot spell to the point of not having to fill them for weeks, yet these last two days in the damp they are back in numbers........
We had rain, on and off most of yesterday, in south Bucks and it is still raining, or more drizzling at the moment. A leaden sky suggests it might just continue for most of the day. Then garden looks a lot better already - apart from the grass, that is!!
ps Hardly seen a bird on the feeders during the hot spell to the point of not having to fill them for weeks, yet these last two days in the damp they are back in numbers........