Wettest April to June since records began and more unsettled weather to come: UK

[$teve]

Nuthin' to see here folks. Just record breaking rainfall and lightning strikes across the UK.

Also elsewhere, record breaking temperatures across the United States. The worst wildfire on record in Colorado history. Earthquakes galore in diverse places. Syria in civil war and worsening by the day. Brewing Middle East tensions. Global economy deteriorating. Eurozone sovereign debt crisis now forcing the hand of countries to accepting central banking and political authority. Calls for New World Order, New Global Economic Order and even World Government. Oh and big news today, Tom Cruise and Katie Homes to split!

Wettest April to June since records began and more unsettled weather to come
By Richard Alleyne
4:42PM BST 29 Jun 2012

Late spring and early summer have been the wettest on record with much of the country receiving more than a foot of rain.

The Environment Agency said that the recent deluges had meant that the last three months have seen more rainfall than at any time since 1910 when the first readings were made.

The highest rainfall was in Wales, parts of which saw 17 inches fall during the time.

The "driest" area was the Anglian region with 11 inches.

The Environment Agencies, which monitors rainfall levels as part of its brief to avoid droughts, made the announcement as the clean-up after being battered by the latest torrential downpours battered homes and the transport network.

Last week alone more than three inches of rain fell in the North West and more than two inches in the North East, South West and Wales.

England and Wales have already received more than double the long-term average rainfall for the month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...r-to-come.html


Record 110,000 lightning bolts strike during 'superstorms'
By Andrew Hough
6:15PM BST 29 Jun 2012

Britain was hit by a record amount of lightning strikes during the freak thunderstorms that battered the country on Thursday, experts have said.

The Met Office said more than 110,000 lightning bolts were recorded across the UK, with more than 200 strikes recorded every minute at the peak of activity.

Experts said this was 40 times higher than an average lightning storm and was the equivalent of four months’ worth of strikes in one day.

Government forecasters said most of Thursday’s strikes, which came as rare “super cell” thunderstorms battered the Midlands and northern regions, were fork lightning and hit the ground.

In one dramatic video, footage showed a spectacular bolt striking the lighting storm over a field in Suffolk, UK Bridge, linking Newcastle and Gateshead, which captured the intensity of the fierce storms that swept across the North.

While the Met Office does not maintain lightning records, the UK Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) suggested Thursday’s levels were a record amount to hit Britain in one day.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/we...perstorms.html

[Little Bug]

(especially regarding the news on Katie and Tom). Oh, $teve! I so love you, dear Brother!!! Always look forward to reading your posts. Thanks so much, dear fellow Watchman, and let's all here in RR keep Lookin' Up, Up, UP!!!

[Shannon9602]

Yes! That bubble is about to burst! I still wonder how much longer. The world seems to be getting worse by the day.

[Shannon9602]

Don't forget about the zombies....

[$teve]

(especially regarding the news on Katie and Tom). Oh, $teve! I so love you, dear Brother!!! Always look forward to reading your posts. Thanks so much, dear fellow Watchman, and let's all here in RR keep Lookin' Up, Up, UP!!!

Hehe thanks. My subtle sarcasm in the OP followed a short discussion with a fellow Christian who was amazed by the Tim and Kate story but didn't think anything of the record breaking weather events.

[OKC03Cobra]

And a freak storm with 79mph winds hit Washington, D.C., knocking out power for 800,000 people sweltering in 100 degree heat.

[IMSAVED]

I am thinking that they could use some of our rain that we we been having where I live and in Australia in the midwest.

[ericaweb07]

I've been living in England going on 2 years now and there is a very big difference between last summer and this summer. I was shocked at the lack of thunderstorms last summer, we had maybe 2 or 3 all summer long. Now we've only been in summer a week and have had several severe storms and HEAVY rainfall.

As for Tom and Katie... I guess he's not going to be jumping on Oprah's couch anymore. That man has always given me the creeps. Maybe she's a backsliding in Scientology?? Who knows

[outside60]

Suppose to hit 107 today in my area. What is interesting is that up to approx. a few days a go we have had gorgeous weather. Spring was very nice in that our temps were splendid and we received adequate rainfall.

[cbressler1976]

The problem is that people don't see this a sign from God....they see it as Global Warming/Climate Change/Whatever you want to call it...and a lot of people think what is going on in the middle east is "normal" and good because it is getting rid of those horrible dictators and now they can practice Islam in peace..

[DragonTiger]

Oh Welllllllllll.......

Pretty soon will be an impact London Olympic 2012 with weird weather?

[lightseeker*]

I've been living in England going on 2 years now and there is a very big difference between last summer and this summer. I was shocked at the lack of thunderstorms last summer, we had maybe 2 or 3 all summer long. Now we've only been in summer a week and have had several severe storms and HEAVY rainfall.

UK generally doesn't get thunderstorms strangely enough, I think it has to do with not enough contrasting temperatures (hot/cold), because it is pretty much cool all the time. I have lived in mainland Europe for 17 years and thunderstorms were much more frequent there than in UK. They also get much nicer summer weather there.

To me summer of 2007 was the wettest in UK. I kid you not, it rained almost every day that summer. I had two little boys and I could not take them anywhere because it kept raining and raining and raining.

[bleatingsheep]

We do get thunderstorms in the UK admittingly not as many or as severe as places like Florida. This year there haven't been any way in the part of the country where I live. No settled weather since the last week of May. People are already saying its the worse summer in living memory. The Jet stream seems to be staying too far north

[IMSAVED]

We have been getting alot of rain here in Oregon and Washington.My heart goes out to those that have been suffering with all the heat.

[lightseeker*]

We do get thunderstorms in the UK admittingly not as many or as severe as places like Florida. This year there haven't been any way in the part of the country where I live. No settled weather since the last week of May. People are already saying its the worse summer in living memory. The Jet stream seems to be staying too far north

Ah, you're down South, close to the continent, we're up North. I don't know, around here I hear about one thunderstorm per year if not less.
Luckily the rain hasn't been too bad for us so far, although I do have a complaint about the rubbish Summer weather in general.

[Poppycat]

I am thinking that they could use some of our rain that we we been having where I live and in Australia in the midwest.

You're right there IMS, I live on the west coast and apart from the rain that came with the same sort of extreme storms a couple of weeks ago that were experienced in the US also, we are not getting any rain. This has been our pattern for some years now and we can only use our reticulation sprinklers 2 days a week in summer and not at all during the winter months (get hefty fines if you do). Unfortunately winter just means a change in temperature, which although welcome is just not enough. Weather pattern in a High at the moment which means georgous sunny days (21 - 22c) and very cold nights. This is forecast for the next week or so. Was out hand watering and using a *tonic* that can be absorbed by the leaves just to help my lovely camellias and azaleas along in dry, cold conditions. Rediculous.