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What BBQ? What sun? Grr.... there hasn't been a day that it wasn't raining on since I came back from my holiday.... And I have a lot of stuff to do outside.
 

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It's been a touch warm here: 39C two days ago and 38C yesterday. Even at 8:00pm it was still 36C.

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So we broke out the Barbie! Yay!!

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The weather broke yesterday evening though. A wind blew up and we had a slight amount of rain over night. Today it's a very pleasant 31C. Temperature is due to rise again tomorrow to 34C but a storm is forecast for Tuesday.
 

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Batten Down the Hatches, the conveyer belt has started.

In the UK, storm watch Before Sunday is out, then three more in close succession, Harvey, Irma and Jose.

One Hurricane and 3 Tropical Waves to Watch in the Atlantic

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Just make sure they've all passed over by the time we get back next month please.
 

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Just make sure they've all passed over by the time we get back next month please.

....and that they've avoided Northern France..
 

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image.jpg Harvey is doing what hurricanes do, Irma creeping up slowly.

NHC Active Tropical Cyclones

I wonder which insurance broker this company is with ?
 
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image.jpeg Coming back to the coast.
 

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The outdoor thermometer has been nudging the 28 degree mark all afternoon, it's only now started dropping, but no wind means tonight is going to be a roof open affair. Hopefully mosquito free.
 

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Masters also answers the question why Harvey is still producing so much rain despite being mostly over land. He says Harvey has dropped so much water over such a large area of south-eastern Texas that the storm is pulling that water back up into itself and dumping it again as more rain.


“You only need about 50% of the land to be covered with water for that to happen,” Masters told the magazine. “Obviously we have more than that in Texas.”


Tropical storm Harvey: Texas's entire National Guard activated – live
 

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image.jpeg Harvey now hoovering up more water ready for Louisiana.
 

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Early next week
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The outdoor thermometer has been nudging the 28 degree mark all afternoon, it's only now started dropping, but no wind means tonight is going to be a roof open affair. Hopefully mosquito free.


Another 4 degrees and the thaw can commence.
 
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