Where Did It All Go?

[albert]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13722013

So parts of England are officially facing drought conditions and i am wondering why?

Haven't we just had one of the worst winters on record? Now I'm no expert but i know snow melts into water So where has all the water gone from the record snowfall?

 

[Bunka]

It's all evaporated and been whisked off to another country. Thieving *******'s

 

[Danm54]

There's not a lot of water in snow really.

You melt a cup full of snow and you dont get a cup full of water.

 

[Cosimo]

A little bit of melted snow does not equate to months of missing rainfall.

 

[AGD]

Not really surprising - it hasn't/hadn't rained for AGES in some areas in the south. Hence drought.

 

[Sunbed]

Less rainfall, more urbanisation > more runoff > less seepage into groundwater aquifers

 

[Gackt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13722013

So parts of England are officially facing drought conditions and i am wondering why?

Haven't we just had one of the worst winters on record? Now I'm no expert but i know snow melts into water So where has all the water gone from the record snowfall?

When the snow melts it doesn't just funnel into a massive tank or resevoir. It melts into the ground/evaporates away. And by just had, you mean the one six or seven months ago.

 

[Hairybudda]

It's all been floating up to glasgow and making our summer miserable

 

[OriginalJonty]

Round here we've only had a little bit of rain. Been pretty much uninterrupted sunshine and warm weather for weeks.

 

[Westyfield2]

Gray and rubbish here today. Either rain or be sunshine FFS!


I do have a question though... they say it's "the warmest spring since 1990". I wonder since 1990 how many houses have been built and how many reservoirs have been built?

 

[ron3003]

Ahmedinnerjacket accuses the west of stealing irans rain

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...adinejad-says-Europe-stealing-Irans-rain.html

Moments after him making the accusation it started to rain....LOL

 

[Hank_Marvin]

Had nothing for months in norwich, can think of probably 2-3 occasions in 3-4months

 

[XPE]

Bloody hell in the west of Scotland we are having the traditional summer weather (rain )

And a not to long drive from here they are having bloody drought warnings, couldn’t make this stuff up

 

[[TW]Fox]

Haven't we just had one of the worst winters on record?

No, we had basically a month of snow and everyone in the UK getting self important and declaring the world had ended.

 

[cheets64]

lol its been cloudy, wet up here since royal wedding in April, Last Friday/Saturday was hot

Same old crap English weather

 

[Greebo]

Where has the op been? A lot of the country has had the driest April and May for decades with rainfall been less then 20% of normal for some areas

This is normally the time the reservoirs fill up to try and last through summer. Crops are failing all over.

This is going to be a long hosepipe ban for some people.

 

[Limpnoodle]

here in the south west i rains allmost every day :/

lucky people.

 

[bigjimmyauk]

no drout here in leicester just had one of the biggest hail storms i've seen in quite some time lol . They will still slap our area with a hose pipe ban in a couple of weeks, you know when it's summer when severn trent appear on local news complaining there's no water.

 

[kwerk]

Maybe the jet stream is going to dump it all on pakistan again this year.

 

[Cat_In_Pyjamas]

Been having frequent rains in Manchester since...end of April?