When will it stop raining

[JP1]

I did think about starting a thread of "When will it ever rain"!
We had less than 12 mm in July and only 7 mm in these so called thunderstorms this month.

Every day rain is forecast and it is hot and humid and look as if it will pour down any moment, but then it clears again.
There are stories of isolated showers, but the majority of the south east is still in severe drought with no grass growth at all.

Many of the lambs we are selling now have only ever had rain on there backs twice since April!!

We need to move North apparently. And we shouldn't be on this thread anyway

 

[Henarar]

We need to move North apparently. And we shouldn't be on this thread anyway

You were considering it at one time, if I remember right, why did you change your mind ?

 

[JP1]

You were considering it at one time, if I remember right, why did you change your mind ?

Nope still on my agenda and when Freddie is older. Dumfries and Galloway still favourite

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

These weekly rainfall and river flow figures and charts are interesting reading and are pertinent to the thread although less about forecasting and more about the current and past position.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-rainfall-and-river-flow-reports-for-england

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

These weekly rainfall and river flow figures and charts are interesting reading and are pertinent to the thread although less about forecasting and more about the current and past position.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/weekly-rainfall-and-river-flow-reports-for-england

Very interesting. I see though we are still at 111% of the LTA for 12 months in the S East but only 44% in 3 months. Our main Catchment is exceptionally low.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

We need to move North apparently. And we shouldn't be on this thread anyway

you not had any this morning? Look to be plenty of showers on the radar in your area this morning.
Only a small amount of very light drizzle here so far

 

[Wombat]

Bit of irritation rain this morning but if we were cutting we wouldn’t be stopping yet

 

[teslacoils]

Still 10 days off a combine here.

 

[Chopsy Varmint]

you not had any this morning? Look to be plenty of showers on the radar in your area this morning.
Only a small amount of very light drizzle here so far

I'm a bit further west and although the showers went right overhead according to the radar, the rain gauge caught less than 1mm.

 

[Wombat]

Still 10 days off a combine here.

Maybe end of next week for my one light field but the weather is going sh!t surprise surprise.

 

[JP1]

you not had any this morning? Look to be plenty of showers on the radar in your area this morning.
Only a small amount of very light drizzle here so far

None this morning. A 3 minute light rain just a moment ago

 

[teslacoils]

Maybe end of next week for my one light field but the weather is going sh!t surprise surprise.

I'm thinking week on Wednesday or Thursday. Don't mind a bit of damp. Do not want any sillyness though.

 

[nails]

I'm feeding haylage and my yearling Belt bull (applied for inspection) is just going berluddy backwards, his head is big but he's not fleshing and it's damned depressing. Same last Summer.

If your bull is going backwards he needs feeding. That is the age to get them to grow. We are buffer feeding ped simmental cows spring barley straw and molasses, calves on creep a bit earlier this year. Any youngstock with a lack of good grass well not grow frame in a drought so need extra grub.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Only 4mm so far here in west Suffolk, I’ve been holding off the irrigating because I was worried about Torrential storms. Potatoes are stressed after all the heat.

 

[bobk]

Plenty of water up here

 

[onthehoof]

Did you get some at last @JP1

 

[JP1]

Did you get some at last @JP1

We did today thanks.

 

[MrNoo]

Sister in Cheltenham has had 32mm in as many minutes, started at 7 by all accounts, not had an update yet. No rain here today, yet.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

We did today thanks.

still nothing to speak of here. A few spots yesterday afternoon and the rain radar showed a heavy band heading our way but nothing came of it.

 

[Spear]

Seemed a good a place as any to post.

Just reviewing rainfall data from my weather station and the longest dry spell we had since the 1st of June is 7 days in September then a 5 in July and 3 in August.
Glad I didn’t have corn to harvest this year