Why does rainfall vary so much in the UK?????

[yellow belly]

Without rain we would all grow less yield
Drainage is the most cost effective investment on wet land

 

[Hilly]

Plenty life in the rain forest, fek all in the desert, shouldnt complain about rain really tis the giver of life.

 

[Vitu]

We have two farms one at 680 ft above sea level and another 15 miles to the east but much lower at 300 ft the farm at 300 ft almost always has half the rain fall each time compared to the farm @ 680 ft

 

[davieh3350]

Oh the nervous tension as you are rowing up hay, watching the rain fall on the other side of the glen...

 

[Bossfarmer]

Never sow Crops here in before April & ya normally stuffed after the middle of Oct as well Same year in year out

Northumbria is more east than west id have thought it would be reasonably dry area?

 

[MrNoo]

Northumbria is more east than west id have thought it would be reasonably dry area?

But the width of landmass is not so great, the air has less chance to dry out (it does this when traveling over land)
I see it a lot gliding up at Portmoak, can be flying in sun all day (over Kinross) when on the West side of the Ochills it is constant rain, same on the Grampians.
Cotswold edge down here gets it too, warmer moister air is channeled up the Severn Estuary, forced up over the Cotswold edge and then cools, colder air cannot support so much water vapor and hence it rains.
You can and should see this effect a lot in Scotland, sometimes the sky is completely grey/overcast with a wind blowing, often downwind of large hills you get a clear slot appear and this will stay all day, often with other slots dotted downwind at regular intervals, this is Lee wave, as the air descends downwind of the hill/mountain it warms and absorbs the moisture, hence no cloud, this air then hits the ground and then bounces up again, much like a wave, up and down.
As glider pilots, we use this upward going wave train to climb in, climb rates are often in excess of 800ft/minute and I personally have been to 19,500ft, the club altitude record is i believe 36,000ft.

 

[beefandsleep]

Rain can't fall twice, that's why the west is wet and the east is dry. Quite simple really.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Because we are a small hilly island with a maritime climate trapped between 4 major air masses.

• As the dominant air mass changes the overall weather changes
• The hills cause rain pools on the up slope and rain shadows on the Lee side
• The country is too small to support large area weather systems of its own.
• Our landscape is so varied. Different land cover (woodland, fields, towns, lakes etc) heat up differently so create different local weather influences.

And, of course, because the other Europeans pinch our good weather and send us their bad

 

[Paul E]

And, of course, because the other Europeans pinch our good weather and send us their bad

So does that mean post Brexit, we'll actually have enough sun to make hay next summer?
Or just a long enough gap in the rain to take the waterproofs off?

 

[Farma Parma]

Northumbria is more east than west id have thought it would be reasonably dry area?

Where in the English Bermuda Triangle here i kid yee not !!

 

[yellowbelly]

These wetter areas seem to be wetter more often than not surely there must be something causing it and not pot luck? Does being near hills have a big effect?

Fortunately for us there's a big chain of high ground (called the Pennines) strategically placed between us and the prevailing wind that carries the incoming storms from the Atlantic. This causes millions of gallons of rain to be dumped on @Gator, @Darren Hough, @Leereade, et al and ensures we can frollick about in the warm sunshine while they can't even find a sunny interval to get their lambs turned out

Thanks guys

 

[Kiwi Pete]

So does that mean post Brexit, we'll actually have enough sun to make hay next summer?
Or just a long enough gap in the rain to take the waterproofs off?

Probably a special new 'Rain tax' just to stop you getting too rich.

 

[4course]

its sods law if we want rain our neighbour will be looking for sun neither of us will get what we want

 

[Gator]

Fortunately for us there's a big chain of high ground (called the Pennines) strategically placed between us and the prevailing wind that carries the incoming storms from the Atlantic. This causes millions of gallons of rain to be dumped on @Gator, @Darren Hough, @Leereade, et al and ensures we can frollick about in the warm sunshine while they can't even find a sunny interval to get their lambs turned out

Thanks guys

 

[Bossfarmer]

Fortunately for us there's a big chain of high ground (called the Pennines) strategically placed between us and the prevailing wind that carries the incoming storms from the Atlantic. This causes millions of gallons of rain to be dumped on @Gator, @Darren Hough, @Leereade, et al and ensures we can frollick about in the warm sunshine while they can't even find a sunny interval to get their lambs turned out

Thanks guys

how many mm u get a year?

 

[Leereade]

Fortunately for us there's a big chain of high ground (called the Pennines) strategically placed between us and the prevailing wind that carries the incoming storms from the Atlantic. This causes millions of gallons of rain to be dumped on @Gator, @Darren Hough, @Leereade, et al and ensures we can frollick about in the warm sunshine while they can't even find a sunny interval to get their lambs turned out

Thanks guys

Us proper men will take the brunt for you softies

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Probably a special new 'Rain tax' just to stop you getting too rich.

Bring it on! Some years we'd be on a rebate here , subsidised by the Welsh and north West brigade

In drought years we see under 450mm here.

I remember being told by a hydrologist in the local drought of 1999/2000 that the effective rainfall here (amount that enters the ground per head of population) is lower than in sub-Saharan Africa

 

[MickMoor]

It's all here! From when the governmet tried to help farmers (1964). Thought you'd all have copies.

 

[Paddington]

Always thought a water pipeline from Wales to the south east would benefit far more people than HS2.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

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Bring it on! Some years we'd be on a rebate here , subsidised by the Welsh and north West brigade

In drought years we see under 450mm here.

I remember being told by a hydrologist in the local drought of 1999/2000 that the effective rainfall here (amount that enters the ground per head of population) is lower than in sub-Saharan Africa

And NZ has Spain's climate????
:Rolleyes: just goes to prove you can't make too many generalisations about what other people enjoy...
seasons are laughable now IMO. We used to have snow to play in when I was a nipper, now I see kids get excited over an inch of slush, 3 snowballs to the acre.. we've just had a mild winter that was like an extended autumn, and then 6 months of spring weather and back into autumn again.