Stormy Weather II

[DracoM]

.....and a cold October at that......
Rodding it down here and driven by a serious NW wind.

[Petrushka]

Heavy rain here and it looks as if it carried on throughout the night. Also very windy, worse than yesterday.

I can recall some very bad June days, including snow (twice), but days like today and yesterday have a special vileness about them.

[oddoneout]

Waterproof - tick
warm scarf - tick
gloves - tick
Yup, it must be flamin' June!
Just to spice things up the wind is blowing a hooley, which will be causing a few(!) worries at work, where preparations for Open Farm Sunday involve several gazebos. In conditions such as these there is always the question of whether they'll stay up/in one piece, and in the intended location. In the past we have lost one altogether(as in sailed off) the night before an event, which makes for rather a fraught couple of hours before opening. The forecast at the moment is pretty good for Sunday but I guess it'll all depend on how quickly the current grot clears through.

[DracoM]

Snap! Exactly the same here, and actually, pretty cold too. Tall plants eg hollyhocks in real grief.

[Serial_Apologist]

There's incredible Twitter footage taken by a driver in Weston-Super-Mare as he parked during yesterday's major storm, just at the moment a nursery school nearby was struck by lightning, and part of the falling chimney struck the roof of his car, while he was inside it, cracking the windscreen. As the poster (on UKWeatherworld) had to obtain permission from the originator of the footage, I don't suppose I can post it on here. That side of the country seems to have been particularly badly hit, with possibly record amount of rainfall for June - Weston's main street was flooded from end to end.

[cloughie]

As Elkie sang we now have sunshine after the rain, mostly sunny after a very wet and windy day yesterday, still the odd shower!

[DracoM]

Il a plu a verse............ until about 5 p.m-ish, but the wind is cutting and has the feel of a real early March day to it. Max here all day was 9C.

[Pulcinella]

Great to see some blue in the sky again.
A little chilly to sit out on the front bench with my morning coffee, though.
Should warm up later, which would be good as we have a community picnic this afternoon.
I fear we'll all need our mackintosh squares to sit on, as the grass is pretty wet after yesterday's downpour!

[BBMmk2]

A lovely beautiful day today methinks, on this particular day!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A lovely beautiful day today methinks, on this particular day!

- hope it continues so, Bbm.

[Serial_Apologist]

Should prove to be catch-up time on the low rainfall experienced thus far this year in the south and east, this coming week.

[oddoneout]

Should prove to be catch-up time on the low rainfall experienced thus far this year in the south and east, this coming week.

With all the problems that can bring...A combination of modern agricultural practice and inadequate planning controls means that however much the rain is needed(and it is) any significant precipitation becomes a threat rather than an opportunity.
So relieved that Open Farm Sunday was blessed with good weather(sunshine and no scattered showers, although the wind was cold in the shade) as managing 3500 visitors is so much easier when they can stay outside and when the grass parking areas are able to continue drying rather than turning into quagmires(although at least equipment was to hand to deal with stuck vehicles!) Today's heavy rain will make pulldown and clearing up difficult and unpleasant, not least wrestling wet gazebo sidings into storage.

[BBMmk2]

Down here yellow warning of rain. Yes! It is!!

[DracoM]

Well, how about this...........oop 'ere, it's the perfect early summer day.

[oddoneout]

Well, how about this...........oop 'ere, it's the perfect early summer day.

Well I think you are due a turn at better weather, so enjoy!