As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Scott W wrote:
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Same here in south east Devon, only 4.6 mm this month so far and everything
is dust dry. All the rain has passed to the west and east or developed to
the north.
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

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,
Scott W writes
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Does rather depend what you mean by the SE. Rain met pretty much
anywhere along the A31/M3/M27/A31 to Purbeck and back to Surrey this
afternoon and evening.

Heavy downpour to east of Winchester, round Four Marks, of course, and
along the Hogs Back. Heavy now at Godalming.

Forecast F3 S'ly was 0-1. Rats.

Horrendous rain in Guildford & Woking, I'm just told.


--
Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas wrote:

In message
,
Scott W writes
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Does rather depend what you mean by the SE. Rain met pretty much
anywhere along the A31/M3/M27/A31 to Purbeck and back to Surrey this
afternoon and evening.

Heavy downpour to east of Winchester, round Four Marks, of course, and
along the Hogs Back. Heavy now at Godalming.

Forecast F3 S'ly was 0-1. Rats.

Horrendous rain in Guildford & Woking, I'm just told.


Nothing at all in Fleet, I had to water my garden this evening.


--
Brian Wakem

Brian Wakem wrote:

Peter Thomas wrote:

In message
,
Scott W writes
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Does rather depend what you mean by the SE. Rain met pretty much
anywhere along the A31/M3/M27/A31 to Purbeck and back to Surrey this
afternoon and evening.

Heavy downpour to east of Winchester, round Four Marks, of course, and
along the Hogs Back. Heavy now at Godalming.

Forecast F3 S'ly was 0-1. Rats.

Horrendous rain in Guildford & Woking, I'm just told.


Nothing at all in Fleet, I had to water my garden this evening.


Scratch that, it's just started raining heavily.


--
Brian Wakem

"Peter Thomas" wrote in message
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In message
, Scott
W writes
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Does rather depend what you mean by the SE. Rain met pretty much anywhere
along the A31/M3/M27/A31 to Purbeck and back to Surrey this afternoon and
evening.

Heavy downpour to east of Winchester, round Four Marks, of course, and
along the Hogs Back. Heavy now at Godalming.

Forecast F3 S'ly was 0-1. Rats.

Horrendous rain in Guildford & Woking, I'm just told.


--
Peter Thomas

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Like Scott says - completely missing the desperately dry areas so far - only
2.5mm this month - some trees are starting to shed leaves and not even the
start of summer yet. This is getting serious.

Dave

"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
Scott W wrote:
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Same here in south east Devon, only 4.6 mm this month so far and
everything is dust dry. All the rain has passed to the west and east or
developed to the north.
________________


Sopping wet in my garden in Haytor this morning Nick and still raining. Soil
damp all the way down and grass is growing furiously. Mind you the garden is
looking a treat with the hanging baskets out (not yet had to water them),
and the veg. plot growing well. Mind you I agree it has been dry with just
11.4 mm so far this month, but it rarely gets dusty up here - thank goodness
:-)

Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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"Dave Cornwell" wrote in message
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"Peter Thomas" wrote in message
...
In message
, Scott
W writes
As if by magic the storms (on watching the radar) seem to be skirting
around the South-East dustbowl.
Anyone care to comment on this - it's the third night running now...

Does rather depend what you mean by the SE. Rain met pretty much anywhere
along the A31/M3/M27/A31 to Purbeck and back to Surrey this afternoon and
evening.

Heavy downpour to east of Winchester, round Four Marks, of course, and
along the Hogs Back. Heavy now at Godalming.

Forecast F3 S'ly was 0-1. Rats.

Horrendous rain in Guildford & Woking, I'm just told.


--
Peter Thomas

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Like Scott says - completely missing the desperately dry areas so far -
only 2.5mm this month - some trees are starting to shed leaves and not
even the start of summer yet. This is getting serious.

Dave

Sheesh I must live in a different country. Come up to Dartmoor Dave it is so
green and lush (and damp) ATM. I hope you get rain soon, brown dusty
conditions are not good at this time of year when growth should be vibrant.

Cheers,

Will
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Peter Thomas writes:
Heavy downpour to east of Winchester, round Four Marks, of course, and
along the Hogs Back. Heavy now at Godalming.

Forecast F3 S'ly was 0-1. Rats.

Horrendous rain in Guildford & Woking, I'm just told.

As tends to happen with thundery rain, it must have been very hit and
miss. Here in Cranleigh it looks as though we had no more than a couple
of mm overnight.
--
John Hall "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always
pays off now." Anon

Does rather depend what you mean by the SE.
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An interesting question that, Brian. I'm never quite sure and it seems to
vary depending on the agency. Places like Godalming I always think of as
Southern England. I am often in Eastern England or the South of the Anglian
region. Geographically I think of the S.E as a kind of ark (not! - sorry
arc) from Chelmsford round to Maidenhead and down to about the East Sussex
coast.

Dave