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Is this all going to be a damp squib in the NE. Lots of events cancelled but rain has been rather trivial so far and worst winds are further south. Its Whitby Regatta weekend I bet that goes ahead with few issues. I think the problem is decision have been made on general info several days before due to need to publicise closures.

That last one gave us 7mm and several rumbles. Soon moved through though.

Al rather to the NW of us here - until the last few minutes when it's been really lashing down, Looks mainly dry again after these two little showers are through

There's also big shower chains in the region of Leyburn and Richmond which will be causing concern

Less than 1mm and it's through. Some bright echoes in the NW

I see weatherspares had them at £55 but sold out now and scaled instruments in the US say backorder. My tip bucket needs about 20% adding

https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=29663.0 Apparently hitting it with something might fix it for a while!

Fremington Edge 132mm in about two hours yesterday afternoon https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IRICHMON105/graph/2019-07-30/2019-07-30/daily

I've added some labels to this aerial from twitter. What mess, it looks like bridges blocked with debris have made things far worse especially Arkle Beck just up from Reeth Bridge - then it has run the wrong side of flood embankments

Looks like Leyburn and Reeth got hammered. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17804594.flash-flooding-strikes-dales-amid-summer-storms/ I think Arkle Beck has come out onto the road and gone through Fremington, around Grinton Bridge in the pictures looks serious. In the 80s I lived at Fremington and both the Swale and Arkle beck were notoriously flashy in thunderstorms. Saw Arkle Beck go up ten feet in five minutes one day. A lot of damage will be revealed as it subsides, to roads, bridges, walls and fences especially. Further down a large caravan site is right by the river not sure if that would be affected.

Just short of 15mm here but it has stopped and unlikely to be much more. Coming in from outside at 15C the house (23C) feels like a sauna despite open windows.

The whole area is basically a concrete jungle, comparing his to how it was when an 'airport' was a grassy field with a hangar at one end in the 1950s shows why a lot of these readings are now showing several degrees of UHI

I would think not many 'garden' locations are very suitable as gardens are generally set up to be sheltered as is shown there. Dry soil below it will heat up much like concrete or tarmac, but it's the lack of wind flow is most serious. It will be getting wafted by very warm air trapped in the area sheltered by the trees and buildings even if they are 100feet away.

Several noisy thundery cells have passed very close they are more right on the coast now. Moving through quite rapidly but could easily catch you out as they approach fast too! One heavy burst of rain about 1mm.

Just touched 31C here, previous recorded high was 30C (1st July 2015) - but August 2003 was definitely hotter than that.

About 10mm overnight but not exactly torrential, strong gusty wind as the squall line went through. I only noticed one big flash and rumble having been woken up by wind buffeting through window, no doubt there were more

26.8 here today equal with 29th June. Met Office suggest Thursday slightly hotter with minimum of 20C

Missed that again, have last field of hay just ready to bale but today the damp wind off the sea and drizzly patches earlier mean it's just not quite dry enough - but sun has broke through the past half hour when it's too late to realistically do much.

Not here yet but radar is curious to watch with various cells boiling up in-situ e.g near Whitby.

3C minimum at Low Mill, Rosedale and Goathland https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IYORK54

You would of thought... earthquakes are releasing a build up of tension or compression forces so there's no particular reason to state one or two quakes means that more are likely. In California more earthquakes are always likely, there is one somewhere almost every day.

Apart from the prolonged rain in June then. July and August aren't supposed to have prolonged rain - at least not away from NW Scotland. It's when we make hay with a greater or lesser degree of difficulty, because most years you can hope for at least two weeks with little or no rain.

Just touched 24C, warmest I recorded ever was 30C on 1st July 2015, it's a good time of year to get hot with sun still maxed out.