Weather

[Headers]

Once again the agri and vignerons have been clobbered by hail storms. It must be horrible to stand and watch your life’s work stripped before your eyes.
We had torrential rain but no hail, but we are promised another session later on today.

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[Blaze]

Agreed Headers, it must be devastating. According to the news last night, Rennes, an hour away from us, had flash flooding and hail but we had ne'er a drap and we desperately need it. We had some good rain overnight on the 23 May, the first for over 2 months, and nothing since.

[exile]

Awoken 2 mornings ago by a loudish clap of thunder followed by 10 minutes of drumming as the hail hammered on the velux one storey above. The only significant casualties seem to have been my brassica seedlings so got off lightly.
Nothing last night although I could see the flashes way to the west and follow them on www.lightningmaps.org which is fascinating until the storms get close and you have to disconnect,

[Lori]

Certainly don't want damaging storms, but we REALLY need some rain.

[manonthemoon2]

Had a violent storm last night, lightning fantastic, every second. Torrential rain and gusty wind. Same for tonight it is forecast.

[Blaze]

Thunder rumbling continuously in the distance, a little rain, but nothing that's going to solve the dryness here.

Edit : We've just had an incredible downpour and a hailstorm, small balls and fortunately the greenhouse is fine. Let's hope the rain will soak in more than one centimetre ...

[Hotrodder]

We had that pass by here today in 22. It was uncomfortably hot here then the sky went black. Lightning, heavy hailstorm with hail stones the size of grapes, then torrential rain. Street drains couldn't cope. An hour later it was all bone dry again but thick fog. Totally weird.

[manonthemoon2]

Just had another terrific storm and downpour.

[Spectrum]

Had a total of 47.5mm of rain in 24hrs, gutters overflowing, had to get up and remove all the crap the sparrows have taken up under the tiles, I think that this is going to be a yearly job, and it stinks

[tagh]

Thus far in this part of the Pas de Calais some welcome rain, now misty but no thunder or storms though it did threaten yesterday. I think we are close enough to the coast for it to blow over.