Fire Risk

12 mm in Mid-Kent from o5.00 to 09.30 - very light to start with but a much better spell around 08.00. And with high humidity the ground was still damp when I checked around 11.30. Plus 12 m last week.

No more rain since despite the BBC website suggesting thundery showers here all day. Despite the rainfall radar (actual observations) not having shown anything near Mid-Kent since 09.30.

There is a small band of light rain (12.05) gently moving north just on the French coast and heading towards Kent. But a short time move forward onto the forecast radar shows that suddenly turn into a storm system. Plus a storm generating not far south of Maidstone.

I think those involved in providing the BBC weather forecasts, and those doing the rainfall radar forecasts (an Annabel Ingelworthy relative perhaps) live and work in an underground location.

But what by Kent standards was a good drenching this morning, may start to make things move towards 35028 being out on its next booked turn with a diesel doing all the work? ie Red fire risk.

What the actual rain situation was over Kent this morning.

Bryan

 

Done a round trip to Bridgnorth on the 50 this morning and it hasn’t stopped raining other than 15 minutes at Bridgnorth. Plenty more forecast

 

Have been working in Derby today- it rained non stop very heavily from approx 0830-1430.

So much so that one of the buildings on site has required evacuating due to the gullies on the roof becoming overwhelmed, partially flooding the building.

Chris

 

So is the steam ban still on please.?

 

Mainline, yes it is, except Jacobite.

Heritage - Some railways are lifting theirs slowly. Others waiting a week or two.

 

On Metcheck London was being forecast another 30c day this week. That's been dialled back to 24/25, but it suggests there's still a big blob of hot that could elbow it's way back in.

Lots of periods of rain forecast, but very small amounts each time.

I would read that as wobbling back toward the usual pattern of atlantic weather, but by no means guaranteed.

Metcheck have been pretty much on the money all the way through the summer.