It's been wall to wall cloud my side of The Styx Frank, terrible heat though, might have been better if the sun was out, just had a blistering thunder storm and torrential rain, solar lights came on in the garden it got that dark and the wind is really wild, but at least the garden's had a good soak and hopefully the water butts are full again.
Joe- we got the storm at about 3.30ish, it went very dark and boy was it heavy. Got home at tea time to find all the seedling trays over flowing with water. Fortunatley alot of stuff recently planted out is covered so it hasn't gone sailing out of the garden.
It's been windy too, traffic was down to 40mph on the M6 near Skem.
I'm in your part of the country on Friday Frank, hope the A66 is open, it's due to close for road works.
We had a torrential downpour at about 4.30, it was as dark a night, filled all the water butts, and gave the garden a good soak, battered down my Verbena B, but everything else is OK, - I hope. My OH didn't report any damage when he came back from the greenhouse, getting ready to take some cutting for next year..
Seems like we sent our joined-up showers up country, since by the afternoon, the sun was out her in the SW, though everything was soggy. Had to remember to get out and water pots and troughs - so easy to forget that they don't benefit from the rain, since the foliage prevents the water getting where it's needed!
Hollie and Rain, it got darker by the minute and around fiveish down it came, we got the deluge promised earlier, around half an hour of solid rain then eased off to a steady downpour. Hope it emptied the sky as I am over your side of the Styx tomoorow Rain.
Teesside today is again sunshine and muggy, the lawns are cut (sorry Bob Flowerdew I am keeping mine), been over the Tees it was fine and warm, sandwich time now before a sit in the sun.
Zoomeer went down the Darlington back lane onto the A66 and on into Teasdale, the cones are all along the verge not in place yet. I had to go that way as most of the roads in Stockton are disrupted with road works and even I could hardly find my way around.
Hmmmm - reckon the heatwave is likely to pass us by. Cool and rainy today - and when it's not actually raining, then it's drizzling! We may get something better for the weekend - but then again, we probably won't. Seems we're on the boundary of the weather front. I won't lay a bet as to which side we end up!
We had a short shower early on then it's been bright & breezy for the rest of the day. Think it reached about 19-20C & in the sun certainly felt good. J.
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It's been wall to wall cloud my side of The Styx Frank, terrible heat though, might have been better if the sun was out, just had a blistering thunder storm and torrential rain, solar lights came on in the garden it got that dark and the wind is really wild, but at least the garden's had a good soak and hopefully the water butts are full again.
Joe- we got the storm at about 3.30ish, it went very dark and boy was it heavy. Got home at tea time to find all the seedling trays over flowing with water. Fortunatley alot of stuff recently planted out is covered so it hasn't gone sailing out of the garden.
It's been windy too, traffic was down to 40mph on the M6 near Skem.
I'm in your part of the country on Friday Frank, hope the A66 is open, it's due to close for road works.
Lincoln area.
We had a torrential downpour at about 4.30, it was as dark a night, filled all the water butts, and gave the garden a good soak, battered down my Verbena B, but everything else is OK, - I hope. My OH didn't report any damage when he came back from the greenhouse, getting ready to take some cutting for next year..
Seems like we sent our joined-up showers up country, since by the afternoon, the sun was out her in the SW, though everything was soggy. Had to remember to get out and water pots and troughs - so easy to forget that they don't benefit from the rain, since the foliage prevents the water getting where it's needed!
Hollie and Rain, it got darker by the minute and around fiveish down it came, we got the deluge promised earlier, around half an hour of solid rain then eased off to a steady downpour.
Hope it emptied the sky as I am over your side of the Styx tomoorow Rain.
Frank.
Teesside today is again sunshine and muggy, the lawns are cut (sorry Bob Flowerdew I am keeping mine), been over the Tees it was fine and warm, sandwich time now before a sit in the sun.
Zoomeer went down the Darlington back lane onto the A66 and on into Teasdale, the cones are all along the verge not in place yet. I had to go that way as most of the roads in Stockton are disrupted with road works and even I could hardly find my way around.
Frank.
The forecast is showing a heat wave in the Eastern half of the country around 28/30
perhaps higher in some places
from Friday onwards
We are having a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
Well it ain't got here yet and knowing the forecasters that could be a monsoon.
Frank.
Hmmmm - reckon the heatwave is likely to pass us by. Cool and rainy today - and when it's not actually raining, then it's drizzling! We may get something better for the weekend - but then again, we probably won't. Seems we're on the boundary of the weather front. I won't lay a bet as to which side we end up!
Actually turned out rather nice today.
We had a short shower early on then it's been bright & breezy for the rest of the day. Think it reached about 19-20C & in the sun certainly felt good. J.