Still not enough rain in the Costwolds to even wet the soil, nothing for weeks except a few ten minutes of drizzle.. brown fields everywhere. I hate wishing for rain in the UK, but...
We must have had rain two nights ago, there were puddles on the road when I took the dog for his walk. It stayed heavy and oppressive until early evening. This morning again is dull and overcast with heavy mizzle which is doing nothing to the garden
Dry and unpleasantly muggy-warm yesterday after the rain cleared, and it looks set to be the same today. OH works in Sheffield and said they had loads of rain during the day, but none here after the early morning. Looking on the bright side, at least it's falling on the pennine reservoirs and their catchments.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Looking on the bright side, at least it's falling on the Pennine reservoirs and their catchments.
All it's doing is wetting the soil it falls on and being used by the plants, not much (if any) makes it to the reservoirs. It'll take hours or days of very heavy constant rain to start to make an effect on them as we're still pulling out more than what is going in.
We had 10 drops per sqm today, but didn’t see how it happened. I was told it was finer than drizzle and you needed to walk a few meters to feel the next drop.
I watched the Weather forecast on the BBC today, and he said that the lower band of the more wet weather coming from the Atlantic is above us, eventually Cotswold down to Cirencester or Stow.
Nothing will come to us in the coming weeks. At least, they don’t call it any longer “nice weather”.
We are bracing for another week with no rain, no clouds, just sunshine and temperatures above 30C. Observing the weather forecast, the Lows don't make it to the Channel area as the Highs are too strong.
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This morning again is dull and overcast with heavy mizzle which is doing nothing to the garden
It'll take hours or days of very heavy constant rain to start to make an effect on them as we're still pulling out more than what is going in.
I ♥ my garden.
Observing the weather forecast, the Lows don't make it to the Channel area as the Highs are too strong.
I ♥ my garden.