What's your weather Like October

It's raining right now with a break in about 5 minutes.
A gentle breeze from the east south east temp 10c feels like 9c

 

Damp with dark, heavy clouds all day. 8C/46F

Don't forget to put your clocks back tonight.

 

Thunder was right overhead and extremely loud about an hour ago, it seems to have moved on now but we still have heavy rain. 12C.

 

Good morning all, partly cloudy with a gentle breeze temp 8c to 13c
Precipitation 0%
Sunrise 6.57
Sunset 16.45
Sunny later

 

It's bright but the ground is very wet.
9c.

 

8c clear skies at 6am but a few clouds now and bright, had another howl as the moon going down

 

Dry ( but damp) at the moment. We're still stuck under a weather warning until midnight. It will be a definite game of chance out in the garden today....waterproofs will be kept close to hand.

 

Overcast, 17c going to 21c, heavy downpours forecast today.

Sunrise 6:54 AM Sunset 5:39 PM
First light 6:27 AM Midday 12:16 PM Last light 6:05 PM

The furries were up at 7.01 because their clocks said it was 8.01 and the boy was shouting his head off being part Siamese!!!

 

'Desertification' has arrived in the Algarve

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University of Algarve researchers warn that climate change has caused desertification in the Algarve, despite the rain that has been falling across the country in recent days.

Even with the heavy rains across the country in recent days, the Algarve remains in a severe drought and the situation in dams and other water reserves in the region has changed little or nothing. Experts warn of the seriousness of the situation and say that if it does not rain abundantly in the coming months, the Algarve will only have water until April.

According to the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), "the 6 dams in the region only have 24% of total capacity all together".

According to the researcher at the University of Algarve, Nuno Loureiro, "we use between 100 and 120 million m3 per year, which means that at the moment we no longer have reserves for 1 year, we are basically reliant on what rain falls now and if it doesn't rain, we enter into a situation of profound water shortage, with underground reserves at exhaustion". Speaking to TV channel Antena 1, the researcher emphasised that this is not an immediate consumption problem but a problem linked to the climate that has changed, "it stopped raining in the Algarve".

All in all, it rains 120ml less per year than it did 30 years ago in the region. "We are witnessing a structural change, we are talking about desertification", warns Nuno Loureiro, who considers the construction of the desalination plant in the Algarve to be a solution for human consumption, but not for other sectors: "it is not a solution for agriculture, for golf, nor for the territory, in no way does the cost of desalinated water allow it to be used for this type of use".

António Pina, president of the Algarve Intermunicipal Community, argues that a solution is to transfer water from the North to the South, "it is something that the country has to study". If the situation does not improve there could be a significant increase for high-consumption consumers, "we are not thinking of affecting the average family that consumes up to 15m3, but starting to ration water, perhaps we will have to ration it via price ".

Another issue he focused on is to do with the type of agriculture that the region can have depending on the existing water resources, "above all, water capture cannot be completely unregulated, access to groundwater is today completely unregulated, each person uses what he wants and this means there may not be sufficient for the neighbor next door, who also wants to be a farmer". António Pina supports the creation of a quota system for agriculture.

 

Sunny with some cloud and a gentle breeze from the south temp 9c feels like 7c
No rain is expected today, but we have a flood warning for last night's rain which was very heavy.

 

OMG Vicky !! Very interesting and informative post, thanks for sharing with us. A lot for the authorities to think about and draw up work plans for then they need to swiftly set the wheels in motion to get all necessary work completed.....a serious situation indeed.

 

I dryish start didn't last long, been pouring for the last 20 minutes.

 

Still wild, wet and windy here 11 degrees so not cold, managing to get out in the gaps in the downpours, the South Esk in Brechin is up 6 feet but falling, so hopefully no more flooding in the town, many roads closed due to both bridge damage and surface water.