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thos

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 1139
Location: Jauche, Duchy of Brabant (Bourgogne-ci) and Charolles, Duchy of Burgundy (Bourgogne-�a)

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 9:22 am Post subject:

We had a wonderful firework show last night at 11pm. I couldn't hear any thunder though, so the storm must have passed well to the south. We had a light rain which softened up the soil nicely. I just sat out watching the show and enjoying the smell of rain on the soil.

Today's forecast, just issued, still says 15.1mm and storms, but we have had clear skies so far. If this doesn't come we'll be dry until the cold front on Monday.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 9:42 am Post subject:
Several storm centres floating around lat night - about 10.00, and glorious rain for a good two hours - some of it very heavy indeed. No watering today! Two very scared dogs, though - one of which decided to sleep round my neck - it was OK when he stopped shaking!

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 9:44 am Post subject:
Great storm. Lights went out twice. Loads of lovely rain, and because I couldn't get outside, I actually got some very overdue potting up done. Result all round!

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 9:57 am Post subject:
When it came, the storm was massive. An hours deluge, enough lightning to read by. This morning, the ground looks dry again

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 10:28 am Post subject:
Thunder and ligtening and a bit of a dribble on the way home from the pub but nothing substansive but today we have steady grey drizzle....wahoo......

thos

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 1139
Location: Jauche, Duchy of Brabant (Bourgogne-ci) and Charolles, Duchy of Burgundy (Bourgogne-�a)

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 12:58 pm Post subject:
A most impressive storm just hit work. Visibility down to 20 yards and pitch black, rain very heavy but very little wind. Terri (54 km away) reports distant thunder, but still has all doors and windows open. If it misses my garden I'll be greatly dischuffed.

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 568
Location: Nottingham

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 2:56 pm Post subject:
Saw a sight I'll never forget last night - a Barn Owl flying about 12 ft infront of me about 6 ft in the air - she turned so I could see the whole wing span and her face and a HUGE pink/orange bolt of lightening struck behind her- Beautiful. Then if it couldn't get better the heavens opened.

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 7:06 pm Post subject: the storm

heard on the way home on bbc 2 that suffolk was bracing itself for several hours of horrible storms with localised flooding and power cuts etc............

about 6.30 it got really dark and there was a bit of lightenng and some thunder and then we had20 minutes dribble from out of the sky and now it's sunny again

i shall carry on being braced for a while yet but it seems like it has passed our house again.

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 8:15 pm Post subject:
This is fantastic!.....I haven't had the hose out yet this week!.....Another deluge tonight!...Excellent!

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 9:23 am Post subject:

Did anybody see the Confederation Cup Final last night. Apart from being an excellent game it was played in a stadium with a roof in Frankfurt. There was one hell fo a thunder storm going on outside, you could here the thunder over the commentary and crowd noise and even the rain on the roof. All was well until the roof began to sag, and swell and then tear and a continuous water fall fell on one corner of the pitch.

thos

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
Posts: 1139
Location: Jauche, Duchy of Brabant (Bourgogne-ci) and Charolles, Duchy of Burgundy (Bourgogne-�a)

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 9:38 am Post subject:

I had a horrible trip home last night. The tunnels in Brussels were flooded, as were many cellars, so traffic was very slow and being diverted all over the place. When I finally got to the motorway the traffic eased. When I came off, driving through the villages, the fire brigade was out in various places doing their bit, but there were no problems.

200 yards from my house, in the middle of Jauche, a stream had flooded and I had to drive through two feet of water. I nearly stuck and shortly afterwards they closed the road.

There was only light rain in the evening, so I had to come in this morning.

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 12:55 pm Post subject: storm
i awaited and braced all evening and into the night............... nothing at my house tough parts of ipswich experienced hail the size of golf balls and lots of greenhouses are short of a few panes of glass it has rained a lot of this morning here at work but as it is so localised, could be i am out with the watering can tonight again..

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 12:58 pm Post subject:
Two and a half inches of rain last night, and more drizzle today, keeping the soil wet.....

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 1:36 pm Post subject:
Belted down here for about an hour over lunch. The water was ankle deep outside.

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 1:39 pm Post subject: the storm
it has heaved it down here in ipswich for a while but no telling if it's doing that where i live...

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