Beverley Lass

Gosh, its snowing heavily here and settling. Might even make a measurable amount .. rare these days in these parts ! lol BL

The Ice warning well justified this morning. It is treacherous out there today. Careful folks !

Woke up to the merest fairy dusting of snow and temp at Zero. Brrrrrr !

Wow, yes, that was a surprise when I let the dog out, snowing heavily and settling !!

Anyone here experienced today's tornado ? Hearing of a likely event that went through Althorpe, Chapel Brampton, Burton Latimer and Finedon. Many trees reported down and c. 1500 without electricity. This also from the BBC news page .. In Northamptonshire, Earl Charles Spencer said a tornado hit the park at Althorp House and the Reverend Richard Coles described a tornado hitting his church in Finedon. BBC presenter and former musician Mr Coles tweeted parishioners had been praying for the COP26 conference at St Mary's Church in Finedon "when we were hit by what I can only describe as a tornado". Northamptonshire Police said it had received more than 200 calls about weather-related incidents, including trees down in Northampton, Cogenhoe, Roade, Towcester, Castle Ashby and on the A5.

Crete .. Type: EarthQuake 3 hours ago Magnitude: 6 DateTime: 2021-09-27 01:17:22 Region: 7 km NNW of Thrapsanón, Greece Depth: 8.71 Source: USGS Feed https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-crete-earthquake-65-magnitude-25078552

Yes quite the change in weather. Just got very wet on my dog walk. Windy gusts too. Hammering down as I type. B.

Expected such a soaking, but remains dry here so far today.

LA PALMA, Spain, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, the islands' government said. A huge column of smoke rose up after the eruption at 3.15 p.m. local time (1415 GMT) in the Cumbre Vieja national park in the south of the island, according the Canary Islands government. Just before, authorities had evacuated about 40 people with mobility problems and farm animals from the villages around the volcano.

Yes lovely September day. My whippet has enjoyed a ration of sunbathing ahead of Sunday lunch. B.

Sadly, the death toll is now at least 1300 in Western Haiti

Yes Mike, same here, a really heavy downpour now but no sign of thunder so far.

I see I'm under a Met Office Yellow Warning for Thunderstorm disruption today from Midday to 9pm.

Elements more akin to Autumn this last couple of days here. Back to wearing a big coat, walking in a fresh breeze and mizzle. lots of yellowed leaves falling and the blackbirds starting to feast on the almost ripe rowan berries .. seems strange for the end of July.

About the same here, a few rumbles and a short shower, not amounting to much at all. Just a freshener for the garden.

Some welcome rain here and rolling thunder. B.

Torrential rain here .. I hadn't checked the forecast for today, too absorbed in all the sport !

Had a couple of brief downpours and thunderstorm this afternoon. Not amounting to much but a good refresher for the garden. B.

Morning all, Woken to 16 C and a drizzling rain. Very welcome, but had hoped for more of downpour for the garden / allotment .. etc The heavy rain storms seem to have moved further East out to sea. B.

'Great Dimming' of Betelgeuse star is solved WWW.BBC.CO.UK Astronomers say a cold spot and dust formation explain last year's unusual drop in brightness.

I've got 30.4 C on my shade thermometer here .. Phew, what a scorcher. Must admit I'm hoping for some rain soon for the garden .. looks set to be stormy tomorrow. B.

I can certainly hear some rumbling thunder around at the mo'.

Torrential downpour here now, T & L too

The odd rumble of thunder here this afternoon and my husband spotted a funnel cloud about 1.15 pm to the north. B.

Most glorious full arc double rainbow here an hour or so ago. Had one a couple of nights ago too in the same position. Beautiful.