Raining here now

In Lichfield.
We'll see for how long..

 

and here also rain and thunder..will send the thunder your way stingo as i dont like it.. :eek:mind its not heavy rain perhaps that will follow shortly..

 

Thanks wildflower I've already got the thunder and lightning :D
I think it's exciting..

 

Hiya Stingo!!

Is it very heavy????

I was in Sainsburys this morning when a pretty bad thunderstorm hit. We had power failure, but the generators kicked in, and when I finally got out, the rain was, well, "pretty" heavy. Everyone was sheltering in the foyer, but I was parked really close by so I thought I'd chance it. Stupid idea!!!! It was like stepping into a shower fully dressed!!!! I have NEVER seen anything like it. I had a vest with a thin overshirt on, do I just ditched the overshirt. In some places of the carpark people had to paddle to their cars. In the car rain was running down my back where my hair was so wet. Every road was flooded on the way home. The thunder and ligtening wasn't all that spectacular, but, boy, the rain more than made up for it!!!!! By the time I had unloaded the car, I was drenched!! Just stripped off on the door mat and got a towel.... (I had closed the door - didn't want to frighten the neighbours!!!! :D :D ) It is still damp and a bit drizzly now, but thank goodness the heat and air has cleared!!!!!

 

Not very heavy but quite heavy.
The air feels fresher already.

Poor you getting soaked :D

 

Heavens opened at about 12.30pm here. a lot of water, but not for long.

 

Huge downpour here too - doesnt feel very fresh though - bit sauna-like now!

 

This is just salt in the wounds! All that lovely wet stuff and its passing me by. Cool breeze amd lots of dark clouds but no rain. Looked at the Met Office website and played with the radar rainfall and satellite images. Great fun and it shows the rain clouds over the Midlands - but here in England's New Sahara - we stay dry. Not to worry, I've spent the afternoon cutting the long grass in the wild flower meadow. It smells so sweet and now it will be raked up and turned into compost

 

Send it this way! We have just had to buy hay in to feed the animals because the grass is so scorched and has stopped growing!
Yields of hay/silage are 20-50% down in some areas so it will be expensive this winter!

 

its not been heavy rain over my side of the midlands its allmost stopped now..all its done is dampen the dust down a bit..and maybe given the trees a light shower..very dissapointed..perhaps more will follow..will have to go back and look in the met office site..my husband said we must have been on the edge of a shower.. :confused:

 

its ok here at the moment the fog horns are going off

 

Well,it's stopped to a spit now,but that was one heck of a storm!

 

I bet hornbeam is fiddling with the met office radar system to swing it his way... :D stop rubbing it in paladin i guess we ran out of rain with the amount you had...not much left over for us..we too did the rain dance !!!

 

Still going in Lichfield :eek: