UK Heatwave 2018

[6Foot2]

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Look at how the UK is turning brown after the lack of rainfall (Photo source: @metoffice)

[AJWhite1970]

Yup, that’s pretty much the colour of all my fields...

[FN-GM]

Is it a heat wave or just what a summer should be like?

[AJWhite1970]

A normal hot summer is usually interspersed with thunder storms and rain, this summer it hasn’t rained down here since the 7th May and is starting to become an issue with the grass failing and poor crop growth

[mikeprice]

Yup - I think my grass is pretty much done for - which is OK as it is all getting dug up in a few weeks when the back garden is landscaped

 

front garden may be more of a problem

 

landscaping has been delayed several timed as the firm doing it have been having problems with other jobs where they can;t lay turf etc due to no water

 

still - hosepipe ban coming in a couple of weeks

if only one of the many many leaks (26% of water they bring from the lakes) was near my lawn

 

p.s.would I be able to use a water pump and a hosepipe to pump water from a water but (attached to the shower) and use that to water the lawn????

[elsiegee40]

You can’t use drinking water from the tap through your hosepipe during a hosepipe.

 

If you can rig something up from a water but using a pump that’s fine... as long as the water but is filled with rainwater or waste water.

 

We’re experts at it in this part of the world as we get so little rain anyway.

 

Southern Water has done a lot of work fixing leaks and building a pipe between the river Medway and Bewl Water so they can fill the reservoir from the river when the river runs above a certain level.

 

As a result, we started the drought with the reservoirs at 94% and they’re currently at 90%.

 

Somewhat ironic that the place where it rains least and has a high population density has considerably more water than the place where it rains all the time (usually)

 

I think this heatwave is showing how United Utilities has got away with spending little on maintenance simply because it rains a lot in the NW. Chickens have come home to roost!

[Arthur]

It's a good thing BETT isn't during the summer. One of the hottest places in the UK was the ExCeL Centre! 😱😰

 

http://mappinglondon.co.uk/2018/heatwave

 

London’s been sweltering under a heatwave for the last couple of weeks. Mapping London co-creator Dr James Cheshire has created this map from the latest (29 June 2018) Landsat 8 thermal imagery of the capital.

 

ExCeL is a particular hotspot – its large, flat, metallic roof was showing a temperature of 38°C, having been baked by the sun. The map uses a striking thermal colour ramp – ranging from hot to super-hot.

 

 

[mikeprice]

 

Somewhat ironic that the place where it rains least and has a high population density has considerably more water than the place where it rains all the time (usually)

 

I think this heatwave is showing how United Utilities has got away with spending little on maintenance simply because it rains a lot in the NW. Chickens have come home to roost!

 

SOMEWHAT hardly sums it up

 

we get rained on all year then when it stops the **** water company spurts out 26% of it into who knows where

 

and just up the road from here there is a sink hole under a road

wonder what caused that - answers on a postcard to United Utilities complaints dept

 

 

I used to live in North Wales - even more rain but lots of reservoirs - there was a plan to build a pipeline from there to the south of England to balance things up

well that went well - the local paper was chock full of complaints based on -

"we get rained on so we get the water

you build too many houses for the water available - enjoy your walk to the bowser"

(ok - it is the planning, local gov. central gov etc etc but you see the point)

 

anyway - next time my Water Contract comes up for renewal I'm switching company

 

Oh - hang on - remind me why the water companies were privatised.

[Andrew_C]

And Cuadrilla are about to be supplied with thousands upon thousands of gallons of water for fracking that the locals rejected. You might think that there was something seriously amiss with our govt.

[elsiegee40]

 

and just up the road from here there is a sink hole under a road

 

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We have loads of sink holes. There's one in a main road in Maidstone that is taking weeks to fill in ... but Kent is largely chalk and there and many unknown caves in it

[hardtailstar]

Our school field is brown. Some of the fields/parks near me you can see where pipes under the ground are.

 

We had huge black clouds this morning and they moved on without raining. This afternoon the sun was out in force!

[Dos_Box]

It's not all bad though:

 

[vimagoes]

So, Dartmoor National Park was brown on May and after two months it becomes green? I think this image's been tempered. 🧐

Grass fields are turning brown but no trees or natural reserves. It's too brown IMHO. I'm not buying it.

[6Foot2]

This might not be in the UK, but the dog's reaction is too good: Had to post it somewhere!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBnWtJkNAVM

 

[hardtailstar]

dog video

 

 

The way the dog gets out of the pool!

[Rob_D]

And Cuadrilla are about to be supplied with thousands upon thousands of gallons of water for fracking that the locals rejected. You might think that there was something seriously amiss with our govt.

Did you know you can frack for water?

[Andrew_C]

Did you know you can frack for water?

No, I didn't, but is it efficient? More out than in?

[Rob_D]

No, I didn't, but is it efficient? More out than in?

I would hope so.

It sounds like a do it once to permanently increase output, type thing.

Hydrofracturing is a water well development process that involves injecting high pressure water via the well into the bedrock formation immediately surrounding it. This procedure is intended to widen existing fractures in the bedrock and/or extend them further into the formation thereby enlarging the network of water bearing fractures supplying water to the well. Water well stimulation is a cost effective means of increasing the yield of existing wells with insufficient production rates, or existing older wells with decreased production rates due to incrustation or mineralizations of existing bedrock fractures.

[AJWhite1970]

I know it's the first run of a 10 day forecast so it's highly likely to change but it's predicting 36c...!!!

That's too hot even in old money....

[Rob_D]

What site is that from? Our head showed one of those temp maps in the staff briefing, and her temperature forecasts always wind up being rather 'optimistic'.

[Dos_Box]

We are due rain (heavy at times) from midday to about 10pm. Very much needed here.

My garden will appreciate it greatly!

[elsiegee40]

We are due rain (heavy at times) from midday to about 10pm. Very much needed here.

My garden will appreciate it greatly!

 

Our garden is like concrete; any downpour will simply flow off the surface. We need steady rain over days to sort it out.

 

Flowing straight off is good news for NW reservoirs, less so for those at risk of flash flooding and trying to extinguish peat fires.

 

I am not optimistic that the rain will reach us in Kent in any case. It seems everyone else will be getting more than their fair share and it will be used up before it gets to us [emoji57]

[6Foot2]

Our region is due heavy rain/storms today too. Due to their anticipated patchy nature, it could be biblical on one place, while a couple of miles down the road it could remain bone dry!

 

Buckle up!

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[HarryMonkey]

We're due some light rain but they've said that before and it's failed to materialise. Just have to wait and see I guess. Just as long as the weekend's nice

[Arthur]

What site is that from?

netweather.tv? (based on the text in the bottom left).

 

I find Forecast.io (Dark Sky) a bit more realistic. It's predicting 31°C next Friday.

 

https://maps.darksky.net/@temperature,2018-7-27,12,45.460,27.334,4