Weather

groundhog wrote:Could someone up there please turn the tap off now  If I was in a tent in Cornwall right now I would not be back in a hurry. Yesterday by the beach you could have been in the caribbean, today is a different story!!

What a difference a day makes.      Clear at dawn ,overcast now.rains a coming.
Boaby

No rain coming here, because it's already falling Forecast was for a dry day yesterday, it wasn't. Tomorrow is supposed to be dry, I won't hold my breath

Forecasting   Watched the ITV news last night and main forecast was rain here by 1300hrs. Watched the ITV local news which followed immediately and the forecast was rain by 0800hrs. Now I assume they both came from the same forecasting source so how does that work?

groundhog wrote:Forecasting   Watched the ITV news last night and main forecast was rain here by 1300hrs. Watched the ITV local news which followed immediately and the forecast was rain by 0800hrs. Now I assume they both came from the same forecasting source so how does that work?

I use 2 weather forecasting apps. If I want a reasonable estimate then I use the Met Office one, if I want cheering up because the weather is going to be gorgeous for weeks in the future then I go to the BBC Weather app. When I want to know, accurately, what will happen this afternoon then I ask Alexa.

Dreadful night, rain stopped at 4.30 ish, gales coming up from the south west, rain started again at 6, 
Boaby

No rain here in Lincolnshire at the moment but forecast on and off all day

More serious flooding across Scotland as the wet stuff hit yesterday and overnight. The rain has stopped here, supposedly for a couple of days, because the wind has changed to coming from a northerly direction. The price to pay is temperatures have dropped like a stone.

Same down here Tony, low wet cloud coming of the North Sea looks like it's on for the day.
Boaby

Our ponds are always a nightmare to keep full in summer, we don't use tapwater, and they need all the butts.
Overnight they filled, so circa 2" rain fell here between 8pm last night (thursday) and this morning. That's a shed load of rain!

I'm dumping rain water. I've filled two next door neighbours water butts in 48 hours.
My garage feeds one hose pipe usually to the pond and a smaller one of the summer house also feeds the pond, under normal conditions it's enough rain water to keep the pond topped up during the warmer months.
Could be worse, watching the news and damage hurricane Laura has left behind. It's pouring down ,straight of the sea
Boaby

Typical bank holiday weather, howling wind and rain. It rained so hard this afternoon I couldn’t here the radio in the workshop.
This weather always reminds me of the bank holidays that we have been away in our tent our trailer tent. Green mud in the kitchen of the tent. Our son in the play area of the site in his PJ,s water proof suit and wellies. He had run out of dry clothes after the first two days and no drying room on site.
On one of the cub camps we were helping with our daughter tripped whilst chasing the cubs through a large puddle. When she stood up mud ran out of the bottom of her waterproofs. It must have been scooped up as she fell forwards running full tilt.  That camp site had a puddle big enough to canoe on after one Easter weekend camp. The scouts thought it was adventure training. 
Our usual policy of not moving during bank holidays may have been a good plan. Even if it dries up by Monday the sites will be soggy and muddy. 

Still pouring down here,not stopped all day.no intention of heading out until it drys up abit.
Boaby

We are home now and the wind is terrible,it's took 2 doors of my bin store and brought a tree down on the main road in our village and one in the next village,  my daughter and family are coming tomorrow to put a tent up in the garden for bank holiday weekend

Gale force winds along the coast, waves hammering the sea walls, had a brief recce along the coastal path at Sewerby and retreated inland, it's stopped raining , however the salty sea water is coming in  on the low cloud.
Only Howitts calling at dawn, some gulls out .
Back to bed Boaby

Wind has ease down for a now, still very grey and drizzling, looks as though there are a few branches down at the bottom of the garden

Blue skies and sunny this morning but there was a grass frost first thing. All downhill from here methinks

All the rain and crap that dumped on the east coast and headed out into the North Sea ,returned earlier today and dumped even more here.
Boaby

Drier night, winds dropped however still overcast and cooler is this the start of winter, Central heating on last night.
Boaby

Dry at the moment,still windy with little bits of blue cloud showing through the grey

Sun came out for a few hours, cool northly winds, in for in a chilly night.
Boaby

Lovely sunny day here today but only warm in direct sunlight, otherwise rather cool. First day without a spot of rain for ages.

Crystal clear at 4.30, ideal for star gazing, really chilly,
Started to cloud over at dawn, north easterly breeze.
Try a BBQ later.
Boaby

Guess we must have been lucky down here in the far SW, light northerly yesterday but sunny and on sun beds all afternoon in the yard, today a sparkling morning and very little breeze. Slight nip in the air at first but the makings of another fine one

Enjoy your day wherever you are and stay safe

Blue sky’s no wind very nice start to the day

Warming up nicely,blue sky, might be in for a nice day, although not the temperatures we had a few weeks ago.
Boaby