South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 21/05/2018 Onwards

[Chesil View]

16 mm of rain by 8am and still chucking it down here in Broadmayne very windy too. Still its just a one day drought buster before normal service is resumed later in the week. Even with todays rain. Its going to end up being an excptional summer here.

[Mapantz]

Gusting over 40mph here now. 16mm of rain.

[snowysouth]

Rain rain, lovely rain. I never thought I would say that. Its nice to have a break of the heat. It's very autumnal out there. It's been bone and burnt dry more or less since June? 

[Lyn-M]

18.9mm to 09.00GMT.  Blowing a hoolie, but the heaviest of the rain has gone.

[Mapantz]

Up to 22mm now.

[lettice]

Since 5:30am we have had 16.3mm of rain.
Its got a lot lighter in last hour.
Southerly wind has been 18-23mph with gusts 25-35mph.
Thankfully not the 45-55mph that we had forecast, phew, the veg garden has survived the breezy conditions well so far.

Temp is currently 17.4c and 1003.8 hpa.
Humidity is 94%, not seen it that high during the day for a long while, last few weeks been 40-55%.

Edited July 29, 2018 by lettice

[Frosty hollows]

The cool is a welcome interlude,  but think the rain is sadly too late for our farmers. The crops round here are a very sorry sight

[Mapantz]

Another batch of squally rain has moved in. It's the wettest day since February 14th. Currently at 24.2mm.

Edited July 29, 2018 by Mapantz

[lettice]

Rain has just turned to light drizzle now, 19.2mm so far today.

Temp has started to rise slowly to 18c, barometer has stopped falling and is steady at 1003.6
Wind still southerly 12-18mph, and 23-28mph gusts.

[Mapantz]

That was a cracking little downpour here - rain blowing in every direction!

28.2mm. Most rain in a day since August 2nd last year.

Edited July 29, 2018 by Mapantz

[Mapantz]

Wettest day since November 21st 2016 - 33mm barring any other drizzly bits & bobs.

[Andy Bown]

8 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Wettest day since November 21st 2016 - 33mm barring any other drizzly bits & bobs.

Talk about one extreme to another!!

[Mapantz]

6 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Talk about one extreme to another!!

Yeah, totally! My pond has flooded on to the path, so I know it was a lot of rain. This was great for the garden, better than a torrential thunderstorm as that wouldn't have had time to soak in to the ground. The garden should come alive as we get back to the warmth and sunshine next week - can't wait!

[Dormouse]

Blustery wind all day.  Masses of leaves off the palm tree, which is severely damaged from the snow and frost this winter.

15mm rain in a bucket, not much really, and now the sun is coming out.

ground still very dry underneath the damp surface.

[Andy Bown]

It was actually quite weird driving today in swirling wind/rain with road verges brown due to the dryness/heat but littered with large, leaf laden fallen branches!

[Wiltshire_snow_lover]

I jumped in a puddle this morning with my sisters kid...

[Dorsetbred]

There's nowt like slow progressive rain to bring the garden alive again, and we've had a great day of that, the plants are already looking revived.

[Mapantz]

Gutted. Camp Bestival got cancelled today. I was supposed to be sneaking in (as I do every year) They are going to refund those who paid, so that'll cost them a fortune.

[matt111]

Very different to the last couple of months, 19.6mm from today’s rain. Drier later this afternoon and evening but with drizzle at times and still blustery although not as windy as earlier. Only reached 18.3°C. 

[ThundersnowDays]

Nice rainbow here

[Lyn-M]

First day since June 5th that the temperature has failed to reach 20°C, finally maxed at 18.7°C.  Another 3.7mm in the gauge bringing total to 22.6mm.  Looks like being the second driest July in my records (2000) after the very dry 2016.

[lettice]

Totalled 22.2mm of rain yesterday, that mostly finished around 4pm with a little drizzle at 9pm.
The southerly winds changed to SSW in the afternoon but still remained much lower than forecast, 12-18mph, and 23-30mph gusts in the afternoon.

A dry start this morning, cloudy, a low of 17.9c at 5am, now 18.1c, 1009 hpa, winds SW 4-10mph.

 

[MP-R]

Ok it can stop raining now. Nuisance showers on and off so far this morning. Warm though.

[matt111]

Cloudy and breezy again today but no more rain since yesterday afternoon. Still feels quite cool especially in the breeze. 19.1°C. 

[Flash bang flash bang etc]

4 hours ago, MP-R said:

Ok it can stop raining now. Nuisance showers on and off so far this morning. Warm though.

I liked the rain early this morning on the way through Sussex, haven’t seen leaden skies like that since April I think - really good news for the countryside before the heat comes back with a vengeance