UK weather: Summer’s over and Olympics visitors brace themselves for a soaking

August 1st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Although there will be sunny spells tourists are likely to be rained on too
Saturday will be especially bad with a 40 per cent chance of rain in London
Elsewhere will be mixed with heavy rain expected in the North and Wales

By
Emily Allen

PUBLISHED:

05:03 EST, 31 July 2012

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UPDATED:

12:26 EST, 31 July 2012

Don’t put away the brollies… it’s back.

The rain which has drenched Britain
for weeks throughout June and July is making a re-appearance – and
ominous grey clouds are already starting to loom across the nation.

It looks set give the thousands of tourists who have flocked to Britain for the London 2012 Olympics a good old taste of British weather.

Meanwhile, millions of commuters battling the daily grind, as well as children on their school holidays up and down the country, will have to endure yet more showers.

Showers: Spectators watch the women’s Group A hockey match between Netherlands and Japan in the rain, at the Riverbank Arena at the Olympic Park in London this morning

Wet: Sports fans huddle under umbrellas and ponchos at the hockey match between Netherlands and Japan. The wet weather looks set to continue for the rest of the week and heavy downpours are expected on Saturday

Last week saw a welcome reprieve from the wet weather when the sun shone brightly for several days and temperatures topped 30C.

Millions flocked to
the coasts to bask in the rays, others took to open air pools to cool off while farmers who have been poised to begin harvest for weeks rushed to the fields with combine harvesters.

But summer, it seems, was short lived. The bad weather began in earnest for many this morning, when they woke up to pavements full of puddles.

Forecasters
said it cleared up slightly this afternoon so those with tickets to
outdoor events such as beach volleyball, hockey and archery did enjoy a bit of sunshine.

Ready for all weathers: Two spectators sits in the rain in the stands prior to the show-jumping phase of the equestrian eventing competition at Greenwich Park this morning – ready with brollies and wet weather gear

Those watching Zara Phillips and her fellow riders from Great Britain’s
equestrian team bid for gold at Greenwich Park experienced a
soggy start to the day but they saw a bit of sun later on.

Temperatures were expected to peak at 19C (66F) to 20C (68F) in the South
East today, while other areas such as Weymouth, Dorset, where the
sailing took place, were due to be around 17C (63F) to 18C (64F).

Meanwhile, throughout the rest of this week, scattered
showers, some heavy in places, and the odd rumble of thunder are expected
to make an appearance. Saturday is likely to see heavy downpours across
much of the UK with a 40 per cent chance of rain over London.

Washout: Spectators were also forced to get their brollies out as the heavens opened over Wimbledon during the Olympic tennis today

Rain stopped play: This pair looked particularly despondent at the drizzly conditions in SW19 which prevented some of the tennis

Clouding over: Spectators had to bring unseasonal amounts of layers while watching the tennis at Wimbledon this afternoon

Brollies at the ready: The map on the left shows the by lunchtime today rain will begin to soak parts of central and northern England, while by 1pm tomorrow, rain clouds will begin to move south heading for London

Wet: By Thursday lunchtime (left) rain looks set to soak much of the south coast, including Weymouth, where Olympic sailing events are being held, and by Friday, right, more cloud and scattered showers are expected

Tomorrow and Thursday will see a 20 per cent chance of rain in the
capital, and strong gusts of wind of between 20mph and 30mph.

A Met Office spokesman said: ‘There’s
going to be bright and sunny spells around in London tomorrow but
there’s a chance of some showers.

‘It’s not looking like last week with the strong, hot and humid conditions which will probably be a relief for many athletes.

Wet weather gear: Two soggy but happy looking Great Britain fans sit alone in the stands as rain falls before the Team Eventing Jumping Final on day four of the London Olympic Games at Greenwich Park

Misery: Spectators huddled in flags and waterproofs wait as rain falls before the Team Eventing Jumping Final on day four of the Games at Greenwich Park, London

‘For the rest of the UK will be
wetter and the bulk of the train will be in Scotland, Wales and the
North West. It’s mixed weather elsewhere and temperatures about
average.’

The only saving grace is that
temperatures are expected to remain around the comfortable 18C to 24C
mark for much of the UK, particularly in the South and South East.

This year’s washout summer will strike fear into the hearts of brides after the rain has destroyed a huge crop of flowers used to make confetti.

Photos taken of a Worcestershire farm this time
last year show fields of colourful delphiniums in full bloom and ready
for harvest. The flowers are used to make confetti and are thrown at thousands of weddings around Britain.

Sad: The rain has destroyed huge crops of delphiniums at Wick Manor Farm which grows the petals for
the Real Flower Petal Confetti Company in
Worcestershire

Blossoming: Fields of different coloured delphiniums in full bloom at the same farm in July last year when the sun shone in July – unlike this year

But
a picture taken exactly a year later shows the same 12-acre field of
delphiniums looking more like weeds after seven weeks of constant rain
shredded their fragile petals.

Many of the roots are also rotten as a result of the ground being waterlogged for such a long period of time.

The pictures were taken at the Real Flower Petal Confetti Company’s Wyke Manor estate, Wick, Pershore.

Growers have been forced to delve into leftover petals from previous years after the summer downpours ruined this year’s crop.

Confetti producer Nancy Preston, 41, said yesterday: ‘This year’s
crop is all but ruined. We didn’t have the sunshine in the beginning of
July when we usually harvest the flowers.

‘There’s a lot of rotting at the roots and the petals don’t like the
rain. We could have coped with days of rain but not weeks. It was heavy
rain every day.

‘The
petals have been bruised by the constant rain and the petals can only
be handpicked in the sunshine but even on the dry days there hasn’t been
any sun so the petals remain sodden.

‘They never really came into
full bloom in mid July like they normally do. We have been able to get a
tiny harvest but it’s not as good as previous years.’

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Lyn Edmunds, Ingleside, Ontario, Canada, 01/8/2012 00:17 I spent a month camping in your beautiful country one July and it rained for 20 out of 28 days – so it isn’t always hot and sunny in your summers either. No-one can do anything about the weather, so lets get on and enjoy the Games, and celebrate and spread some happiness, with sunshine in our hearts.

– Betty, Lewes, 01/8/2012 03:52

It must have been fairly light rain in the south. Doppler radar showed the heaviest rain falling over Ireland, Wales and northern Britain. When I last checked there wasn’t even sufficient rainfall to show up on radar. The jet stream forecast and high pressure ridges over Greenland do suggest more unsettled weather for a while.

– Weather Watcher, Oklahoma, Where Everyone Is A Meteorologist, 01/8/2012 03:51

According to the local forecast, there are going to be a few showers in London over the next five days.

– John S, Bromley, 01/8/2012 00:58

Male UK. I cannot comment on Russian weather, but I can assure you that Canadian weather, Ontario and Quebec, especially in the summertime, is on a par with southern Europe and believe it or not, very often as warm as or warmer than the Caribbean. Canadian weather is very polarized, what gets very cold, can also get very hot.
Our seasons are very defined, and you do know what month it is! I’ve just gotten out of our backyard pool, it’s 6 pm and the air temperature is 30C., with the present humidity, it feels like 35C. There again, come here in December or January and enjoy the the bitterly cold temperatures and the brilliant clear blue sunshine skies and I do mean bitterly cold- -15 to -20C. Incidentally, our high temperatures are not a flash in the pan, they are with us, more or less, throughout the summer.

– Lyn Edmunds, Ingleside, Ontario, Canada, 01/8/2012 00:17

Get used to it – this year’s weather so far is a foretaste of what we can expect during the predicted solar minimum. Fine weather will arrive across the country around 18th August as the jetstream moves even further south. Current wet weather due to a coronal mass ejection from the sun on 28th July. More solar activity expected for the weekend.

– Gerry, Surrey, 31/7/2012 22:23

Comments about the weather are in the other papers also. You just happen to be reading DM.

– R E Cox, Halesowen, England, 31/7/2012 21:54

Ah…”SUMMERS OVER!!!” Another “my glass is always half empty”DM headline…..

– jax, Essex, 31/7/2012 21:39

Do people know that the Soviet Union and Canada have had the Olympics? They have worse weather than Britain

– male, uk, 31/7/2012 20:39

Do people remember the commonwealth games in Manchester? I am from Manchester and thought it was funny.

– male, uk, 31/7/2012 20:31

So rain in Britain is news. Did people think we could have the Olympics in Britain without some rain? I am from Manchester and remember the Commonwealth lol

– male, uk, 31/7/2012 20:22

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