Weather

[edzbird]

Cold and sunny again - Friends on facebook reporting snow yesterday - only some 9 miles away from us. We had lovely sunshine all day yesterday too.

 

[Jacqui-S]

Cold and sunny here too. Snow and hailstone snow here yesterday also.
Beautiful blue sky.
2 loads of washing out.

 

[VanillaBean]

Weather been crap today. Strong winds, bushfire, dust storm and now some rain. Picture OH Sent this arvo as I was in office

 

[Candy]

We've finally got rain! Just normal rain, falling vertically like it should, not sleet/hail/snow that looks like polystyrene, or the horizontal rain that we so often get, but proper falling straight down from the sky rain, the sort that fills the water butts and is good for the garden GGJ keeps looking out at it and flapping, as if to say 'It's wet out there!'

 

[Stacia]

No rain here yet! We do need it though, probably come during the night, be good to see 'normal' rain!

 

[Charlie]

We had rain yesterday, thank goodness we needed it. Our bore hole was looking a little low! xx

 

[Atemas]

We've finally got rain! Just normal rain,

Yes raining here - very light so doubt it’s doing much to the water butts but rain nonetheless - we need it

 

[Candy]

It's badly needed here, not least because there's another fire up on Marsden Moor, near Huddersfield. Fire fighters have been tackling it for more than 48 hours now and it's spread over a huge area. It appears to have been started by a firework. The last one in 2019 was started by a barbecue How can people be so stupid and thoughtless? At least this rain, which is quite heavy now should help to douse it a bit.

 

[kateincornwall]

We also need rain badly for the farmers and growers , the ground is rock hard . Selfishly I love it , have been out in the garden painting patio furniture and wish I`d never started it

 

[Jacqui-S]

First wet walk in the woods I have had for ages.

 

[Lab_adore]

We haven't had any rain for quite a while either. The days are groundhog at the moment - lovely, warm and sunny during the day with highs in the low twenties. It's quite cold at night and in the morning and I turned the air-con dial from cool to warm last night and turned it on. We had such a mild summer I don't think we used our air-con more than about twice which is unheard of.

The cooler weather has brought Maxx alive; he is asking for much more play time and sleeping less during the day.

 

[SteffiS]

I thought we might get some rain travelling down to us from your way @Atemas , but none at all - the ground is either rock hard or dust, and this blimmin cold wind .

 

[snowbunny]

We've experiencing normal spring rain here, too. Yes, it makes it a little grey and dreary for a few hours, but it's so welcome because it's been incredibly dry which is always so worrying.

 

[Candy]

Yes raining here - very light so doubt it’s doing much to the water butts but rain nonetheless - we need it

Just checked my water butt and it's full to the top after last night's rain!

 

[Candy]

Just seen the local News and the fire on Marsden Moor has been put out. Six acres of serious damage though, to wildlife and wildlife habitat
The person who let the firework off isn't facing prosecution as 'It wasn't intentional '. How do you set a firework off unintentionally? There are notices all over the Moors asking people not to do anything that could start a fire.

 

[Candy]

Pee Ess, I love the moors up here with a passion, incase you hadn't noticed. They're beautiful and ever changing.

 

[Stacia]

Like my hills @Candy. As tragic as fires are, I seem to remember that they can do some good. We used to have some large fires on the Malvern Hills but there are more strict rules about not having barbecues and less arsonists, so we haven't had any for ages.

 

[Charlie]

Beautiful sunny morning here today but we are still having frosts. xx

 

[Atemas]

but we are still having frosts.

We are too in rural Cambridgeshire - yet another forecast for tonight

 

[Boogie]

Showers today.

I put my washing out in the sunshine. Half an hour later I rushed out as it was hailing. Tatze ran with me and barked - she reacted to my alert rush outside and thought something needed chasing away!

It worked, the hail has gone and the sun is out again.