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Well after just 2.3 mm rain only so far this August it looks like the more
normal deluges are on their way!!!
It is going to be quite a shock for the tourists I think. Temperatures back to
normal now too, peaking at 17-19C.
Only concern is that there could be some flooding lower down due to a
combination of rapid run-off over hard dry ground and blocked drains. We shall
see. Garden coped well in this dry spell, with only the spuds and leeks
requiring any water, grass still green in half the garden.

PS interesting sailing last weekend in northerly force 4-5 occasionally 6,
excellent experience in these waters in the "wild west".

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Well after just 2.3 mm rain only so far this August it looks like the more
normal deluges are on their way!!!
It is going to be quite a shock for the tourists I think. Temperatures back to
normal now too, peaking at 17-19C.
Only concern is that there could be some flooding lower down due to a
combination of rapid run-off over hard dry ground and blocked drains. We shall
see. Garden coped well in this dry spell, with only the spuds and leeks
requiring any water, grass still green in half the garden.

PS interesting sailing last weekend in northerly force 4-5 occasionally 6,
excellent experience in these waters in the "wild west".

Will.
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Teignmouth 24hrs to 19:00 BST 15-Aug-06

AM: Mainly Cloudy PM: Cloudy

Max +20.1c
Min +11.9c

Wind (Exeter) @ 19:00 BST = SSW, 15 mph

Bar 01:00 BST = 1013 mb
Bar 07:00 BST = 1011 mb,
Bar 13:00 BST = 1007 mb
Bar 19:00 BST = 1004 mb

Average Air Pressure - Past 28 Day Moving Average = 1016.0
Average Temp - Past 28 Day Moving Average = 19.0c

Average Air Pressure - This Summer Jun-Aug = 1018.7
Average Temp - This Summer Jun-Aug = 18.0c

Average Air Pressure - This Year (2006) = 1016.3 mb
Average Temp - This Year (2006) = 11.5c

Synoptic Chart @ 01:00 BST:
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...ka20060815.gif

Will Hand wrote:
Well after just 2.3 mm rain only so far this August it looks like the more
normal deluges are on their way!!!
It is going to be quite a shock for the tourists I think. Temperatures back to
normal now too, peaking at 17-19C.

Just 1.9mm here in Penzance. It may well be a repeat of June, where 86%
of the months rainfall fell in one 24 hour period. It looks like east
Cornwall will get the most rain as the front grinds to a halt.

A better day than expected today. After a chilly night the temperature
rose nicely to a max of 20.6C around 13:00. With light winds & hazy
sunshine it felt very pleasant.Then the cloud & breeze increased a bit.



PS interesting sailing last weekend in northerly force 4-5 occasionally 6,
excellent experience in these waters in the "wild west".


The surf hasn't been wild, there's hardly any. If the lows & highs
swapped positions it would be near enough perfect. Pleasant enough
conditions for a swim this morning though, it was good to get rid of
the N wind at last.

Graham
Penzance

Holiday Cottage (no flights required) www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/

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Well after just 2.3 mm rain only so far this August it looks like the more
normal deluges are on their way!!!

You should get a decent drop, Will, but I'm not sure how much they'll be
further east, e.g.
the 12Z GFS T+24 http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rmgfs243.gif

Notice a flash warning issued has been issued for the far SW from 1900Z
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...l.html#warning

Jon. (mid-Devon)

Will Hand wrote:

Well after just 2.3 mm rain only so far this August it looks like the more
normal deluges are on their way!!!

Your turn?! We've had measurable rainfall on 12 out of 15 days so far
this month totalling 46.7mm (84% of normal). More rain looks due for
later in the week too.

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Well after just 2.3 mm rain only so far this August it looks like the more
normal deluges are on their way!!!

You should get a decent drop, Will, but I'm not sure how much they'll be
further east, e.g.
the 12Z GFS T+24 http://85.214.49.20/wz/pics/Rmgfs243.gif

Notice a flash warning issued has been issued for the far SW from 1900Z
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...l.html#warning

Jon. (mid-Devon)



In the end Jon, just 3.0 mm which is just a "spit in the wind" for these parts.
Ah well I'm not bothered, don't really need it anyway.
Foggy here this morning which is not surprising but mild with a temperature of
12.7 deg C.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Will Hand wrote:


In the end Jon, just 3.0 mm which is just a "spit in the wind" for these parts.
Ah well I'm not bothered, don't really need it anyway.
Foggy here this morning which is not surprising but mild with a temperature of
12.7 deg C.

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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38.6mm in Penzance - Thats 3 times the total rainfall for the previous
5 weeks. Very heavy 03:00-07:00 BST. (Nothing compared with the 78.9mm
on 26th June though).

Graham
Penzance

Felly sgrifennodd Will Hand :
In the end Jon, just 3.0 mm which is just a "spit in the wind" for these parts.
Ah well I'm not bothered, don't really need it anyway.

Does mains water get up to your house then Will? It doesn't get to ours,
and we're really struggling now. The 21.3mm we've had this month has, I
guess, just been absorbed by the dry surface layer.

We really need a good downpour, ideally a very wet week or so, to recover
our spring, I think. I don't see anything like that on the horizon for us.
Can you offer any hope?

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)
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Adrian D. Shaw wrote:
Felly sgrifennodd Will Hand :
In the end Jon, just 3.0 mm which is just a "spit in the wind" for these parts.
Ah well I'm not bothered, don't really need it anyway.

Does mains water get up to your house then Will? It doesn't get to ours,
and we're really struggling now. The 21.3mm we've had this month has, I
guess, just been absorbed by the dry surface layer.

We really need a good downpour, ideally a very wet week or so, to recover
our spring, I think. I don't see anything like that on the horizon for us.
Can you offer any hope?

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m/860ft asl)
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http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais/weather/ uk

You have my sympathy Adrian. We have mains water, but a very dry
garden. No rain to speak of this month so far, and for most of July.
Despite the thread's title I dont see any evidence on the current radar
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/rain.shtml ) of heavy rain
moving towards SW England or W Wales. A few showers maybe.

I have a very brown lawn, we use washing up water (Ecover washing-up
liquid is ok, I'm told) to water the flower beds just to keep them
alive and the tubs of tomatoes/cucumbers etc have exhausted the rain
water and are now watered by hosepipe (no ban here). But, I dont know
what I would do without mains water. As it is, a few of my tomato
plants dried out on days where the max was 34C, and the result is
blossom end rot on the tomatoes.

You have my sympathy Adrian. We have mains water, but a very dry
garden. No rain to speak of this month so far, and for most of July.
Despite the thread's title I dont see any evidence on the current radar
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/rain.shtml ) of heavy rain
moving towards SW England or W Wales. A few showers maybe.

I have a very brown lawn, we use washing up water (Ecover washing-up
liquid is ok, I'm told) to water the flower beds just to keep them
alive and the tubs of tomatoes/cucumbers etc have exhausted the rain
water and are now watered by hosepipe (no ban here). But, I dont know
what I would do without mains water. As it is, a few of my tomato
plants dried out on days where the max was 34C, and the result is
blossom end rot on the tomatoes.


I agree - it really seems the rain was overplayed apart from the extreme
tip of Cornwall - here in S. Wales I doubt that we will even see a
shower for the time being.

Cheers
James
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