Weather

[Liz]

Nothing much here, no thunder overnight and just a little wind and rain but at 7am it seems like the sun has forgotten to get up, it's so dark! The clouds don't look that threatening....

[Bayleaf]

Missed us last night, but heavy cloud here and some rain this morning. Keeping an eye on that Lightning Map though!

Not sure how much of this you'll be able to view - but some footage of hail nearly the size of tennis balls in some places.
https://www.sudouest.fr/environnement/m ... 032726.php
"La cellule orageuse qui a touché les #DeuxSèvres a généré d’impressionnantes chutes de grêle entre #Niort et #Parthenay avec des grêlons atteignant 8 cm de diamètre soit la taille d’une boule de pétanque ! (Photo prise à Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan par ML KrissGemeaux)"

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[Headers]

Those giant hail stones! I was on tenterhooks all yesterday watching the lightening on-line. Presumably the Saharan sand made them bigger than usual. Thankfully all the supercells were north of Bergerac. I’m so relieved for our local vignerons - if they had been clobbered with those it would have been the finish for some of them after 2 years of zero récolte.

[Veem]

We certainly had a storm yesterday evening. The thunder sounded as if it were directly overhead and the lightning lit everything up showing the deluge of rain. Fortunately no flooding and hopefully no tree damage though we've yet to check that out.

This morning it is raining steadily and set to do so all morning. There's a brisk SE wind tossing the tops of the trees about. It's a relief to have lower temperatures and a fresher feel to the air.

[MAD87]

Wee've had Veem-like wevva and it's freezing!

[Lori]

Hot hot hot here. No rain in sight. Drought rules in place since April. We really NEED some rain.

[Blaze]

We had our first real rain for 2 months overnight, and all the water butts are full and overflowing. The cooler temperatures are a welcome relief too as it was really heavy and humid yesterday. No thunderstorms or hail though !

[Char]

Wee've had Veem-like wevva and it's freezing!

It's turned a wee bit nippy here as well today.

[Veem]

We had one helluva storm late afternoon yesterday. The hail fell heavily but thankfully it wasn't for very long and the stones weren't massive.

This morning, it's a totally different story, with a clear blue sky and complete stillness.

[Bayleaf]

Another stormy session coming up! Looking at this map, I think the metéo is covering nearly the whole country to be on the safe side!

Get those hatches battened - you never know when it could be your turn.

https://vigilance.meteofrance.fr/fr