WHAT'S YOUR WEATHER LIKE - 2017

Dry, cool and cloudy so far here in Barnstaple. Could be a wet drive home later via Burnham on Sea.

 

We've had a shower.......not showing in water butts.

 

God is angry his thumping the clouds and nice and dark with a bit of rain

 

Just had a shower, had 3mm up to now, (yesterday and today), so the surface of the ground is looking a bit damp, one inch down it's still dry.
I've measured 7.5mm of rain for April and most of that came yesterday.

 

All those people who commented whilst out this morning about finally getting much needed rain at last obviously aren't gardeners. I did some more polytunnel border soil replacement this morning and I needn't have gone in my wellies as where I've been rotovating to a fine tilth to provide replacement soil was just damp on the surface and dry as dust underneath.

 

A lot a severe showers last week but made no difference to the soil in open spaces. Still as dry as a bone and filled with cavernous cracks in fields. This Summer could be a wet one

 

All it needs to ensure that is a prediction of a BBQ Summer.

 

I'm sure the daily express will publish something soon

A light shower around 5am just enough to wet the Tarmac then a mixture of sunny spells and cloud 16'c/60'f

 

No rain here today, I've had to put up with wall to wall sunshine! A lovely day with a light breeze and the temperature up to 18C/64F.

 

They have, from a couple of weeks ago Britain could face MAJOR DROUGHTS after driest winter in more than 20 years, experts claim

Looks like summer floods then, perhaps an even wetter drought than the last one.


P.S. Caught my first slug of the year last night.

 

Sunshine

Oak before Ash = ?
well the oaks here are well out before the ash, my ashes are just starting to grow some leaves

 

Another lovely sunny day with a light breeze and short sleeves are seeing daylight at last. The temperature was up another two degrees at 20C/68F.

 

Started out sunny and warm but clouded up by 3pm and we have had a couple of sharp, but short lived, showers this evening.