Weather

[Blaze]

There's a hint of think white clouds in the sky ... and a little breeze off the sea though it's still 35°C (yes, in the shade). Looking at the Saint Malo webcams, the beaches look less busy than usual for a 15 août weekend, presumably everyone's in the bars trying to keep cool !

[Blaze]

A screen capture from just now from https://map.blitzortung.org/
The sky here has some very promising-looking stormy clouds

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[Bayleaf]

Finally some rain started around 2am - accompanied by distant rumbles and lots of wind (knew I shouldn't have eaten so much omelette! ). So had to get up to disconnect internet, and close windows as it howled around the house.

Now all quiet, apart from the slow and steady rain. I can almost hear the flora sighing!

(Keeping an eye on the lightningmap though)

[Blaze]

A bit damp this morning but no rain to speak of It's marginally cooler and overcast.

[niemeyjt]

It is strange - every night the wind picks up around 11 pm and stops at maybe 3 am - I wonder if caused by heating / cooling of the mountains / lake at different rates?

[MAD87]

It rained here for 1.5 hours from about 5 a.m. Looking at the garden this morning, it hardly seems possible. Maybe a couple of mm penetrated the soil! Still, there are some nice black clouds swirling around.
You're due to get quite a downpour today, Blaze.

[Bayleaf]

Maybe a couple of mm penetrated the soil!

I seem to recall it takes about an hour of steady rain to penetrate nearly a cm into the ground - but if the ground is so hard it runs off, it'll take even longer! (Happy to be corrected though, as always!)

[suein56]

It's raining here .. a quick, sharp violent storm at 7:20am followed by very heavy rain, which is now steady.
It's extraordinary .. we haven't seen any rain for a couple of months.
We've had promises of showers in the past but ended up with about 3 drops of water and that was it.

[Blaze]

You're due to get quite a downpour today, Blaze.

Huh .... I'll believe that when I see it.
If we are fortunate enough to get some rain, it should help the plants, some of which we have kept watered.
I'll get out and do a rain dance.

[Chappers51]

Orages 🌩 on and off from 3am. It has rained since then and we’ve just returned from our walk in the rain, which made such a welcome change, but it’ll take many days of rain to fill the fossé.