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

[beefandsleep]

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

But can you imagine the furore, England stealing Wales water?

 

[Hilly]

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

Its wetter in northumbria than it is this side of the border.

 

[Bossfarmer]

Its wetter in northumbria than it is this side of the border.

seriously? ur prob from one of the dry borders areas like kelso though?

 

[yellowbelly]

how many mm u get a year?

About 24" in old money. So about 600mm??

 

[Bossfarmer]

About 24" in old money. So about 600mm??

very low then, how do you get such big crop yields down there with so little rainfall?

 

[yellowbelly]

very low then, how do you get such big crop yields down there with so little rainfall?

Good land..............................




............................and good farmers

 

[Bossfarmer]

Good land..............................




............................and good farmers

fair enough then is it all good flat land round you for hundreds of miles? ive never bn down that part of the uk

 

[Happy]

24" is not that much less than the main crop growing regions of Scotland up the eastern side and the Moray Firth average around 27"

 

[bankrupt]

Years ago we established from irrigation experiments here that UK wheat only needs 4"/acre/ton.

So 24" will be enough for 6t/acre (15t/Ha).

All one needs is a soil deep enough to store and supply.

 

[Hilly]

seriously? ur prob from one of the dry borders areas like kelso though?

not kelso, between jed and carter bar, if i go over carter bar 5 miles away it rains much more than here.

 

[upnortheast]

not kelso, between jed and carter bar, if i go over carter bar 5 miles away it rains much more than here.

We have a van delivers as far up as Otterburn. Driver regularly comes back saying it`s peeing down up there, and not a sign of rain in the Tyne Valley

 

[Hilly]

We have a van delivers as far up as Otterburn. Driver regularly comes back saying it`s peeing down up there, and not a sign of rain in the Tyne Valley

Rains everyday between carter and otterburn lol, probably dosent but they do get more than we get this side o the hill.

 

[RushesToo]

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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.

Sounds a bit like I see. Less difference between seasons on average, but here the occasional dump of drought/rain so the averages look similar.

Variance seems to be greater, more extremes.







The average rules broken by 2010

 

[FonterraFarmer]

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

Just wait till you see them mountains!!!

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

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?

 

[renewablejohn]

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

But you find an awful lot of brass monkeys when the lazy east wind rolls in from the Russian steppes.

 

[glasshouse]

Been noticing a big difference in rainfall this week some farmers too wet to even plough not even 5 miles away and theyre drilling spring barley? 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?

I cant believe what you wrote that.
Did younot go to school?
Not even o level geography that

 

[Bossfarmer]

I cant believe what you wrote that.
Did younot go to school?
Not even o level geography that

didn't do geography did you do English be cause your grammer is poor

 

[Grassman]

One of our captive weathermen @Simon Keeling will be able to give you a better idea of how it works.

In general we are near a lot of sea with a predominantly westerly air flow over it. Moisture is picked up from it to create clouds. Winds carry moist air over the land. When air reaches the hills it rises. As the air rises, it cools, and because cool air can carry less moisture than warm air, there is often rain.
And then local geography causes variations which lead to certain areas being drier or wetter than others.
Very basic from me!

 

[glasshouse]

didn't do geography did you do English be cause your grammer is poor

Geography and weather is absolutely basic to farm management.
Grammar is neither here nor there.