mariesnowgoose
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Portugal weather
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Pauljenny
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Hurry up and get back to Portugal, then .
We need rainmakers..
My rainwater cisterns will be empty soon. I'll have to pay for a tractor load of well water, perfectly drinkable, but hard.. And expensive..!
Then it will start to rain , as the tractor leaves...
And I'll have no storage for it.
Then my Yorkshire tea bags don't taste so perfect.
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just over a week i reckon paul we came to gibraleon to do some laundry but the machines have gone , so we’ll check out punta umbria cross into portugal monte gordo then look at retur where we had lees birthday might have mine there then move up towards you , is the gypsy market planned for february
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Does this laundry machine locator map help?
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Obviously the climate is always changing to some degree, but I have measured rainfall here on Arran for the past 14 years and there is no apparent pattern at all. Annual rainfall has varied between 1,065mm and 1,469mm with the least in 2010 and the highest in 2011. Last year was 1,255 so just average. I would guess winters have got milder and less consistently windy and summers not as hot and shorter with an extended autumn.
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Have you tried Yorkshire Teabags for hard water? I use them near Pontefract & they're just the business. Look for green box rather than orange/red of ordinary ones....
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We have put a tap in the water pipe which comes across the valley, usually gets to kitchen and bathroom by gravity. Not enough pressure for that but gets nearly there. So buckets for washing water etc and village tap for drinking water. At least it is free! Now looking for a pump to work inline to get the pressure up to tap.
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look at this pump - may suit https://www.waterpoweredtechnologies.com/papa_pump/
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Link to read full article: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149469/iberian-peninsula-drought
A severe drought that began in November 2021 has worsened significantly, prompting officials in Portugal to limit the use of five hydroelectric dams for power production and irrigation after some reservoirs reached significant lows.
In Spain, the driest January in 20 years has depleted reservoirs to below 45 percent of their capacity, with Andalusia in the south and Catalonia in the northeast experiencing the worst drought conditions, according to Spain’s State Meteorological Agency.
The dry spell in Portugal started in November 2021 and worsened in December; by late January, nearly all of the country was experiencing moderate to severe drought conditions, according to the Portuguese Institute of Meteorology. In the middle of what would normally be the wet winter season, 54 percent of the country was experiencing moderate drought, 34 percent was in severe drought, and 11 percent was in extreme drought.
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Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley.
But never before has the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety in the middle of the usually wet winter season.
This year, amid record levels of low or no rainfall at all, farmers in both Portugal and Spain, who are growing produce for all of Europe are worried that their crops for this season will be ruined.
In the last three months of 2021, Spain recorded just 35% of the average rainfall it had seen during the same period from 1981 to 2010. But there has been almost no rain since then.
A severe drought that began in November 2021 has worsened significantly, prompting officials in Portugal to limit the use of five hydroelectric dams for power production and irrigation after some reservoirs reached significant lows.
In Spain, the driest January in 20 years has depleted reservoirs to below 45 percent of their capacity, with Andalusia in the south and Catalonia in the northeast experiencing the worst drought conditions, according to Spain’s State Meteorological Agency.
The dry spell in Portugal started in November 2021 and worsened in December; by late January, nearly all of the country was experiencing moderate to severe drought conditions, according to the Portuguese Institute of Meteorology. In the middle of what would normally be the wet winter season, 54 percent of the country was experiencing moderate drought, 34 percent was in severe drought, and 11 percent was in extreme drought.
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Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry years, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley.
But never before has the skeleton of the village emerged in its entirety in the middle of the usually wet winter season.
This year, amid record levels of low or no rainfall at all, farmers in both Portugal and Spain, who are growing produce for all of Europe are worried that their crops for this season will be ruined.
In the last three months of 2021, Spain recorded just 35% of the average rainfall it had seen during the same period from 1981 to 2010. But there has been almost no rain since then.
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Need a constant water flow for these so not suitable unfortunately...looking at something with a microswitch which just comes on when tap turned on. Which can sit in the pipe till needed. But any suggestions welcomed from you knowledgeable lot....plus where to get the thing. Doesn't need much power but we can run electric to it as fairly near the building. Looked at negative head shower pumps and caravan booster pumps (she says as though it isn't all gobbledy gook!) Learning as we go...
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Just read this Ken..
The next market is a week on Sunday.. The 27 th.
Leave the rain behind you for that morning
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Unfortunately our nearest dams are still not producing hydroelectric as too low. But we have water coming out of the tap now so it is a bit better.