Portugal weather

[mariesnowgoose]

This posted yesterday in a Portuguese gardening group on FB.

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#seca2022
On the way to the worst drought on record?
Is it raining ? what is this? No forecast for the next 10 even 15 days I think I can risk it, and even 20 days... just in case... it's not at all too risky to say it's not raining...
Unfortunately the lockdown is to last and last... and the temperature rises well at the end of the month
I spoke at 25 degrees at the end of the month a few days ago, and it will probably come to light
I also said it didn't rain anymore in January, this was 15 days ago, and unfortunately, it has come to reality
Let everything be wrong and let the rain come, otherwise we are on our way to something historic and the drought will be the most intense that there is memory
Foz d'Alge, last year and this year... Photos removed from VOST Portugal
Info at www.lusometeo.com

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[Tezza33]

It must be awful for them, but you have given Pauljenny and REC a chance to gloat, not a good idea

 

[trevskoda]

No rain here for weeks now, and its going to hit 9c tmo, norn here is about 2c to minus 2c and one year went down to min 16c.

 

[2cv]

No rain here for weeks now, and its going to hit 9c tmo, norn here is about 2c to minus 2c and one year went down to min 16c.

Trev, there are many lovely things about your part of the world, but even linux couldn’t sell it on the weather.

 

[2cv]

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[Wully]

All this talk of weather is getting too me so I’ve just booked a holiday.

 

[2cv]

Our usual escape at this time of year, at least 25 degrees every day. Sadly not this year.

 

[REC]

The local dam is so low that the flooded village ruins are now exposed. Is pect it is waiting till we get there for the rain to arrive!

 

[n brown]

and when it rains ,it rains proper ! sometimes for weeks

 

[rugbyken]

before i retired i managed 4 weeks in portugal got there first of april to be told it hadn’t rained since christmas next day it rained for three days we were on manta rota and it flooded ,! the next year we arrived mid february you’ve already quessed haven’t you , but generally the weather would probably have feb in portugal equating to june in uk i love it

 

[Wooie1958]

Getting that way here in Penwortham, hasn`t rained since yesterday afternoon at approx 2pm, expecting the " save water " emails from United Utilllities soon

 

[jacquigem]

January has been quite wet over here on the East Coast of Spain. For Spain that is !

 

[REC]

My sister in law from NZ visited mid June for a week while based in Uk. Beautiful weather till we picked her up from the airport and as soon as we dropped her off to fly back to UK. Didn't stop raining for her entire visit! Had a lot of trips where we discussed how lovely it looked in sunshine, picnics in the car......gone down in family history now.

 

[witzend]

This posted yesterday in a Portuguese gardening group on FB
On the way to the worst drought on record?

Old News Barragem levels been dropping for years now

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Old News Barragem levels been dropping for years now

Of course, but this latest on rainfall and water levels is being reported by Portuguese farmers on the ground directly experiencing the effects, not meedja journalists looking for a scary story.

I rather suspect they know their own environment intimately, don't you think?
Their livelihoods and everyday life depend on it after all.

I take an interest in info like this, being a gardener.

FWIW, this is the driest, hottest January I have ever seen up here in the North East of England.
Watching it every day, studying the plants, water levels, insects, birds, mammals right on my own doorstep.
I don't need some expert scientific study to tell me that things have not been right the last few years.
I can see it with my own eyes, and have done for the last 20 years. But maybe my eyes and brain are not working properly these days?

Not all news is fake news or media hype. This information isn't coming from a corporate news source, but people who actually know their stuff.

But I guess none of this will worry anybody lounging on the beaches or by the swimming pools

 

[REC]

Yeah, it has rained today! Not much for a long while but now fairly steady even though not heavy. Never seen the water levels so low for the fifteen years we have been here. The risks of wildfires later in the year increases with this sort of drought so it is very worrying.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

We're due a rain drenching and a gale/storm force battering according to today's Countryfile weather forecast for the week ahead.

Starts on Wednesday going through into Friday, Gulf Stream moving right over the UK.
Some places worse than others as per, but not looking good for West and North Scotland (some snow in there) and even here in the North East.

Floods and damage predicted.

 

[trevskoda]

We're due a rain drenching and a gale/storm force battering according to today's Countryfile weather forecast for the week ahead.

Starts on Wednesday going through into Friday, Gulf Stream moving right over the UK.
Some places worse than others as per, but not looking good for West and North Scotland (some snow in there) and even here in the North East.

Floods and damage predicted.

Tin hat & tighten the nickers girl, read it today, not happy as loads of stuff outside.

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Tin hat & tighten the nickers girl, read it today, not happy as loads of stuff outside.

Will be battening down the hatches later.
Need to weight down the cold frame lids and make sure everything is tied down/wedged somewhere.
Proper PITA.

It's chucking it down here just now.
Desperately need the rain here, so 'mustn't grumble' as Pauljenny would say

 

[Drover]

Well it's raining in Braganca (Portugal) now.......