Beverley Lass

And rewarded with a magnificent double rainbow xx

Yes,, just getting that here now ! Torrential.. Just back from a sunny dog walk too.

An unusual sound .. absolutely pouring down with rain !

Just had a torrential downpour.. Took the TV signal off for a few mins. Beautiful double rainbow to finish with.

The lovely chattering Housemartins seem to have departed from my village just this week. I wish them a safe journey.

How lovely .. a true Meteor... A fireball seen over many parts of the northern UK has been confirmed as a meteor after a day of confusion about its identity. The fireball was visible above northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland as it blazed across the clear night sky just after 10pm on Wednesday night. It travelled 300km above Wales, the Irish Sea and Belfast before crashing into the Atlantic near Islay, according to new calculations by the UK Meteor Network. The network’s initial calculation suggested it was space junk that could have come from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite programme. But it withdrew that theory after collecting more data. John Maclean, an astronomer at the network, said: “We’ve analysed it from many more angles. It is definitely a meteor. Probably a small piece of an asteroid that’s broken off an asteroid. It came in at an asteroidal orbit.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/15/fireball-seen-over-uk-confirmed-as-meteor-after-day-of-confusion

Yes my inside windows needed a good 'mop' up this morning. A jacket required on the early dog walk. The crops slowing and finishing at the allotment. Feels Autumnal but with lovely sunshine and blue skies.

Yikes a sudden huge flash of light out my bay window right down to the ground and an instant huge boom ! Frightened the whippet half to death (and us) No rain or other flashes/rubbles though. Unusual. BL

Our thunderstorm yesterday brought a terrific squall .. I don't think I've ever seen heavier rain and the trees were whipping from side to side. With rain overnight too I have 23 mm in my rain gauge this morning. A useful amount at last. Long way off an end to the hosepipe ban though I guess.

Ooo a rare thunderstorm and downpour here as I type.

Oh dear, it has been cancelled for today. Possibly trying again on Monday 5th Sept.

Not looking good for the rocket launch as it is said to still be leaking and this is preventing fuelling.

The US space agency will attempt once again in the coming hours to launch its most powerful ever rocket. Saturday's attempt to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has been scheduled for the start of a two-hour window that begins at 14:17 local time (19:17 BST; 18:17 GMT).

Yay, lightening quick now .. thank you.

Afraid I am not at all technical, but its running slow from my laptop.

Yes, finding the same, everything slow to load.

Gosh, look at the size of this hail ! Destructive and deadly . https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19661577/girl-dies-hailstones-storm-spain/

'A monsoon on steroids' Officials estimate that more than 33 million Pakistanis - one in seven people - have been affected by the flooding. The scale of this disaster is truly shocking. Poor souls. Pakistan's planning minister says estimates suggest the floods have caused at least $10bn (£8.5bn) of damage, and many people face serious food shortages. The country was already suffering from an economic crisis. Vaste swathes of rich agricultural land have been devastated and livestock lost in this year's monsoon, damaging food supplies and sending prices soaring.

Exciting times watching this unmanned test flight .. I can just remember the first Moon landing. Can't wait for the ultra clear pictures that we will get this time people, (man/woman) set foot on the lunar surface .. hopefully in 2025. I've only just learned that the crew will transfer to Elon Musk's Starship craft to actually land on the Moon. BL

As far as I'm aware it has been drizzling here for over 6 hours, but only measuring 5 mm so far today. I'd done a big bedding wash too .. not expecting it to be so wet ! BL

Morning all, Well it sounded like a monsoon rain around 2am, but only for about 10 minutes and this mornings gauge reading shows just 6mm. A mere refresher for the plants.

Well that was very disappointing. Terribly terribly dry land now as others have said.

I' crossing everything I get some of that later.

A surprise mini shower at midday. Just enough to make puddles on the road. BL

Yay, had a heavy shower during the night. Too sleepy to note the time .. but woke to good overall wet outside. Refreshing for the plants. BL.