This photo was taken at 6.15 am on Tuesday morning, and I became quite excited.
For a while it looked promising. The sky became dark, there were one or two flashes of lightning, and the occasional sound of very distant thunder.
There was even the hint of a rainbow. Then at 8 am it began; just a few drops, then a few more. I became even more excited.
At 8.15 am there was proper thunder, and it looked as if we might, at last, have some serious rain. Then by 8.30 am it stopped, and we were left with just wet outdoor seats and not much else. The sky cleared, the sunshine reappeared, and it was business as usual.
At about 8 pm (mid-supper) it rained again for about 10 mins; luckily after the BBQ was finished with..
They'd promised it would rain all day, but of course it didn't. Haddock's was bone dry again the following morning.
No rain on the horizon now for WEEKS!
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I know just how you feel! Thunder rumbled round us for ages yesterday but not a drop fell. Now it's muggy. We need a good downpour to clear the air and settle the dust
A really good overnight downpour would work wonders. Nothing is looking 'parched' here yet, but it won't be long.
Here the rain would be back in three or four months.
I hope ours won't be THAT long. Traditionally we have big storms in mid-August, but even those have failed in recent years.
Thunderstorms are forecast for the north east today and may reach here.
31 C again here. I shouldn't complain because I love the sun, but some overnight rain would be very welcome.
How did Billy cope with the thunder?
We had some rain the other day just enough to help the dwindling levels in the rain water butts.
LX
Sounds like the weather Sue has had in New South Wales for well over a year.
He's fine with loud noises (unlike Bok). He even chases after low-flying fighter planes!
Oh dear.... maybe this is what Global Warming will bring to all of us. Time to install very large underground water tanks.
we've been having very useful gentle rain this week..much needed as rivers are low already. But as you say, we'd prefer it to rain at night! Not what you hope for in July, but we're paying for a dry late winter/early spring
What we really need is a whole day of steady rain, then back to summer again for 2 weeks; and repeat.
Those are lovely photos, Cro., even if it is not the scene you want.
We have the opposite problem, although things seem to be leveling off in the past two weeks. This summer (and spring) we no longer get “just rain”; everything is predicted as “damaging storms” and trees are down all over and flooding is a common event. Another one is expected today.
That sounds dreadful. I think I'd rather have our drought than nasty storms.
They promised us it would rain overnight. It didn't!
P.S. Love the flower photo.
Sounds like Jean de Florette.
Interesting blog post. It has prompted a reply in the form of a post 'Barometer Reading' on my blog. Is there a connection or not? I really don't know.
Gardening aand Frustration have always gone hand in hand.
It looks lovely, Cro. I love these warm days but, like you, would love a good downpour of rain overnight. My soil is thin and sandy despite large amounts of bought-in compost and it's now bone dry.
(31c and a swimming pool - I can't feel too sorry for you!)
Dear Penhill, I keep looking to see if you post, but sadly not. My interest is because of your name - surely your Penhill is the same as mine, although probably seen from another dale.
My people used to live in West Chiltington in Sussex where the 'soil' was pale grey sand. We used to import huge lorry-loads of Mushroom Compost every year for the vegetable garden. It would disappear like magic within a very short time.
Don't they just!
I used to own what I called my 'Nosebleed Shirt'. It would have been perfect for your high pressure days.
Life around here is very like that, sadly all the Manons have moved away.
Pure luck, Sue.
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