Weather 2008

[art600]

for me, cats are a bit like snowdrops.............seen one........ 

Maggi 

You could not call Gemma ordinary

[Maggi Young]

Well, that is different....not the cat sat on the mat but the cat sat on the art......appropriate enough for your cat, eh, Art?!!      I can certainly tell between the smART cat and the lovely Lachie.... the colour is the key 

[David Nicholson]

what I can tell you is, depending on sources, two thirds of or one months rain fall fell in a few hours over here. Many rivers broke their banks. A new upgraded road through belfast, the West Link, had a new underpass completely flooded. That's 7m/20 feet of water. Police werent answering phone calls on Saturday because, unbelievably, 100s or 1000s were made redundant recently. They couldnt cope with the floods

Just seen the pics on the news Mark, must have been awful for those flooded out. Hope you escaped unscathed.

Normal August day here today. Poured down all day, apart from one 10 minute spell.

[Tony Willis]

I feel the need to announce that it is 11.34am and it has not rained so far today!!!

Indeed the sun has appeared sporadically.

modified at 6pm- previous post far too optimistic now torrential rain again

[annew]

Somebody's turned the light on here as well! 

[Slug Killer]

Pissing down now, that's normal as I'm about to go out

[David Nicholson]

Dry day here until 10 minutes ago. Now it's back to normal-chucking it down.

[David Nicholson]

The Meteorological Office is based in Exeter about 30 miles away from me so you would think that at least they might have a sporting chance of getting local forecasts right. The Bank Holiday week-end, they said would be dry, bright and warmish with only the odd shower!

Saturday-grey, overcast and heavy rain through Saturday night and Sunday morning.
Sunday-grey, overcast and from mid afternoon heavy drizzle.
Today-grey, overcast and heavy drizzle.

I may go over to see them tomorrow and see if they are interested in swopping their multi zillion £ computer system for a bucket of sea weed. I'm pretty certain if they hung up a clump of sea weed outside their palatial offices and felt it now and then they might do a little better!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Even looking out the window might do the trick... 

[David Nicholson]

Much too easy Luc

[Paul T]

And of course that depends on the smog levels, or how clean your windows are.  They could forecast fog for days on end, not realising that they just have dirty windows and that was why they couldn't see outside.    I would have thought David that the seaweed solution was a big high-tech for them wasn't it?

[David Nicholson]

The amount of money they spent on the new offices must mean they have the new hi-tech glass that cleans itself. Given the amount of rain we have had this year they should be permanently sparkling.

[David Nicholson]

Well! good riddance to August and hello September. September started very well with a howling gale, heavy drizzle on and off all day, and from 1700 the rain has been pouring-so what's new      It felt more like November today.

Maureen's diary recorded 25 rain days in August, two short of the record 27 in October 2004.

[art600]

David

Your being so cheerful keeps ME going.  In your place I would have moved years ago.

We were promised thunderstorms with lashings of rain yesterday - almost nothing     I put off gardening and watched the cricket - between the heavy rain showers falling not many miles from me.  This was after my team managed their first point in the Premiership - it is all positive now

[Lesley Cox]

Well, English cricket's worth watching just now, the national team anyway and led by a South African too. Poor old S.A.