Drought

[Feldspar]

Over 70mm here

Any damage?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

According to reports Cambridge got hit hard. The met office recorded 20mm! Have they got a hole in their gauge??

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Im not that far from mildenhall but got 5mm.how about you @carbonfibre farmer .your rain guage overflowing
Nick...

Just over 4 mm.
I admit it was me that made it rain, cutting hay the other day......!

 

[nick...]

I thought that when i saw your picture last night
Nick...

 

[alpha 1]

No there will not. But with your nice soils, lots of warm sunshine and plenty of water, should be a breeze

tuber numbers are well down ,so regardless of soil and weather there aint going to be any big yields, not on my farm anyway.

 

[robbie]

We had between 4-5 mm here same as you @@carbonfibrefarmer and @Nick. As the crow flies I'm 25 km from raf lakenheath I find it incredible that over such a short distance it can be so different.

I got up at 2.30 to get little one a drink and the lightning was amazing it was constant and was like it in all directions.

 

[dontknowanything]

Here's a cumulative rainfall map for the last 24hrs, shows quite well how narrow the band of rain was

 

[dontknowanything]

Any damage?

Not a lot, we got away with it mostly.

One flooded barn though, very grateful there's no wheat in it yet!

 

[MrNoo]

Some reports on the weather forum that parts of Cambridge had over 120mm!!!

 

[Daniel]

Here's a cumulative rainfall map for the last 24hrs, shows quite well how narrow the band of rain was

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That is incredible, basically takes a narrow line through Royston and Ely.

 

[onthehoof]

There was a serious amount of lightning at about midnight in the distance. BBC was talking about light rain possible. Woke up at 4.30 and the grass was dry so went spraying thinking nothing more of it.

Checked my FB this morning and Cambridge had these with torrents of water running down the street:
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Jesus you must be rich, heard of it raining frogs but never pound coins!

 

[Feldspar]

Jesus you must be rich, heard of it raining frogs but never pound coins!

Would be nice!

 

[Robigus]

Luckily it missed us last night. Now that the wheat is turning we have had plenty of showers and several days of constant drizzle, but you can keep that hail thank you.

 

[Honest john]

I just hope it drains away well on the spuds.

Hmm after all that irrigation, as well.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

So after the 2.5 inches of rain we had Thursday that caused this -

Mr Lettuce decides to irrigate the field -

They had two tractors pulling the hose out and then attached the boom at the other end (ingenious!)

Remind me not to hire our land out!

 

[Gong Farmer]

That is a classic pic, puddles being irrigated.

 

[Iben]

Does seem extreme! Possibly lettuce has been contaminated with soil from rain splash, which is a big no no with supermarkets, so trying to wash it out?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Does seem extreme! Possibly lettuce has been contaminated with soil from rain splash, which is a big no no with supermarkets, so trying to wash it out?

Possibly?

 

[Brisel]

Gs?

 

[Kidds]

My thoughts were they were trying to wash them a bit.