Here we go again - lack of rain !

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Dave C

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Feb 21, 2023, 7:56:53 AM2/21/23

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Now 4 weeks since last rainfall here in S.Essex and only 4mm in last 35 days. If we don't get a wet Spring I can envisage some major summer water shortages in the summer and other environmental impacts considering last year's major Spring and Summer drought.

Julian Mayes

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Feb 21, 2023, 6:32:15 PM2/21/23

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11 hours on from your message Dave and you may have triggered something - instability ahead of the cold front giving widespread showers this evening - raining here (just SW of London) now. Norfolk and Suffolk seem to be the worst affected areas though, with a long-term deficiency, marked by very low river flows (Waveney especially) - I came across some interesting comments on twitter today from that neck of the woods.