Yesterday after a week of sun and temperatures around 30°C (86°C) we got another dose of rain. This time the weather change came in quickly and roughly. We had some serious storms this summer but not like the one we had last night. The storm came out of nowhere, with a storm cell forming directly over us even before the big cloud formation got to us. This small cell brought us some hail, but luckily it was mixed with rain so it didn’t do a lot of damage. It was from pea to hazelnut size and it lasted for 10 minutes.
After the hail came, a big cloud formation brought us strong winds, lots of rain, and constant thunder and lightning. We got 40 liters of rain in less than an hour, and the temperature dropped from 27°C (80°F) to 15°C (59°C) in just 30 minutes.
I won’t be able to go and check the garden for at least 2 days. It’s too slippery to walk without falling, but from what I can see I don’t think there will be much damage. The directly hit plants will probably be a bit beaten up, but luckily the storm came from the southwest and the garden is on the north side and protected by the forest and the house so the garden doesn’t suffer too much when the storms come from this side.
I’m not sure cape gooseberries will survive this. There have been dozens of seedlings in the barrel and maybe there will be one or 2 plants that will stay alive. The wind broke the pole that was holding them and the carrot flower and pulled out the plants. I already threw 4 seedlings into the trash which were completely torn and on the floor and the rest is badly damaged.
The real damage won’t be visible until the broken plants start drying, but I’m hoping there won’t be too many lost plants. Still, it could have been much worse so we’re happy.
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