Weather

[Hotrodder]

All we have this morning is a lattice of aircraft vapour trails burning fuel by the ton.

[Bayleaf]

https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/F ... r-wildfire

Not in keeping with "no mow May" - but on the positive side, lots of work for @Bayleaf and her gang!

No thanks! I'm on mee 'olidays! Far too hot!! The "wildest" (scruffiest) property we tend to is probably our own! Some areas on slopes of poor soil, we haven't cut for a couple of years, and nothing seems to grow tall anymore. The area immediately around the house is kept under control, and in fact the grass is just long enough to stay green and be wet with dew in the mornings. Rather that than scalped, yellow/brown lawns. Also, with the trees around, and various shrubs growing around the perimeter of the house, it feels quite cool indoors. The vegetation seems to be absorbing the heat.

[L Austin France]

Just been playing with my Infra Red thermometer.
Terrace slabs read 48 C
Road outside house 50 C
Barn crinky tin roof 45 C
Everything inside barn 35 C

Air temp. in shade (according to weather station) 32C

[MAD87]

It's been hot here today but it's clouded over since lunchtime. No rain forecast but who knows? Maybe an electrical storm on its way?

[Blaze]

t the grass is just long enough to stay green and be wet with dew in the mornings

No dew here and the grass has little chance of competing with the plantain, clover (good for bees) and all the other weeds that thrive. The patch of grass that I left long has dried up, probably not helped by our rubbish soil, sandy and salty.

[Quiksilver]

Wow the heat emanating from the house walls this evening! If only there was some practical way of storing all this for use in the winter....

[L Austin France]

Been cloudy here for last couple of hours & temperature has dropped to 21C.
Flippin' bliss.

[manonthemoon2]

Very hot here all day, pool temp now 30° .

We ended up buying a lidl portable a/c unit. It's good, cools the room air in 5 mins.

Don't know why the last para is italics?

[niemeyjt]

Don't know why the last para is italics?

It's because you put square brackets around "I love it" - the software read open square bracket followed by "I" and put everything after the closing square bracket into italic.

Round brackets are safe!

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[Blaze]

For those who thought Brittany had a lot of rain, fromthe 18 July, our department (35) will on alerte sécheresse renforcée which is the second highest alert. It particularly concerns the north of the department where we live. The reservoirs are going down very quickly and there will be serious problems in the autumn unless there is sufficient rain in the meantime to slow down the loss.

From the government site Propluvia today http://propluvia.developpement-durable. ... /index.jsp
(Click on the map to see more detail)

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