Baton down the hatches!

[chickengrandma-2008]

It looks like we're in for some rough weather later today, torrential rain and thunder storms.

My daughter and her family were stuck on the Eurostar for hours last evening, the train having lost all power due to the storms.  I think instead of arriving home around 8pm they didn't get home until well past midnight.

The weather forecast has just said they're just reaching the Kent coast at the moment.

[****merlin*****]

not content at having such lovely weather you thought you would come and taunt the rest of us who have horrid conditions such as heat and sunshine?

show off

[chickengrandma-2008]

I think you can expect yours tomorrow merlin!

[****merlin*****]

i'm sat here with a window behind me, then a glass door, then 2 windows, all along the same wall, and the sun is beating through

its soooooooooo hot

**awaits storms**

[bitsnknots]

It's too hot here at the moment.  We've been forecast heavy rain for tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday but with temperatures of around 22 degrees.  I bet we get thunder as well which would be a blessing as hopefully, it should clear the air.

[carolyorkie2010]

It's supposed to reach the East Coast about 6p.m. The gardens need some rain and my water butts need filling up again, so I'm not complaining.

[chickengrandma-2008]

No, I'm not complaining, although I'm not that keen on storms and Lottie definitely isn't!  We need the rain, our grass is dead, our water tanks are empty, but living where we do I wouldn't be surprised if it missed us again!!

[**towery**]

it wasnt too bad here first thing, then about 9am it started getting misty and thats the way it still is,  ive seen and not seen the road out the back since then

[bitsnknots]

Our gardens, lawn and water butt are also in dire need of rain and a lot of it too.  It's very humid here at the moment and it's too hot to do anything outside.  I've tried to do some gardening even raking some of the compacted soil in the front garden so that if it does rain, it shouldn't be too bad - says she living in hopes

[captainbovine]

absolutely nothing here, we haven't had rain in weeks.....do you think any of it will wander into N. Wales?

[chickengrandma-2008]

It was quite grey this morning so looked promising, but the sun is beating down again now!

[merc1_clocks]

We had a thunder storm 3 nights ago, accompanied by a deluge, so our ground is still quite wet, & rain forecast the next couple of days.

[bitsnknots]

We had the shortest of thunder storms on Tuesday morning.  Altogether, there were three flashes of lightning and three claps of thunder.  There was a little bit of rain with the storm and another light shower at around 9am.  We also one almighty downpour at 3am on Wednesday morning and that was it.  Just wish that it would cool down a bit.

[guardpig]

We were expecting torrential rain when we got up, never arrived, hotter and stickier than ever.  Now have about 3 drops a minute though it could be on it's way.  Need a couple of days of nice gentle sticky rain for the grass.

[**streety**]

It's been really hot here again all morning (just south of Guildford) but we've been told to expect the rain by 4pm.
It's now nearly 5pm and it's cooler with a grey sky outside, but no rain yet.  I will wait and see

[bitsnknots]

We were promised rain on Thursday but we are still waiting.

[carolyorkie2010]

Maybe the weather forecasters are just covering themselves after the hurricane of '97!!

[**streety**]

1987 I think you mean

[ilove2patch]

We have had the rain!!! Quite heavy this afternoon & still coming down lightly now!

[*chez*]

our forecast was for heavy rain starting at 3pm and going  till the wee hours.. so I went outside, folded up the chairs, took  the brolly into the shed, got the washing in and the pegs,, folded down the line moved some more delicate plants nearer the wall.. Checked the soakaway drains were clear and waited for the deluge.

It rained at 3.30... and stopped again at 3.32..

hope we get some more soon, the garden is parched and the air is heavy. yeuk.