Work in progress...
Further to my recent ramblings along low or absentee rivers in southern England, there now follows a series of entries comparing some of my recent photos of the Lavant, Meon and Salisbury Rivers with those I took during the more abundant years, including the floody winters of 2012/13 and 2013/14. They go to show the variability of the British weather which has seemed particularly pronounced during recent years, even if the highs and lows on the shorter timescales have reflected blocked weather patterns lasting weeks or month on end. The weather flows can be divided up into phases as follows
Winter 2009/10 - Summer 2010 - Fairly typical
Winter 2010/11 - March 2012 - The Low Life
The Abundant Times / The High Life - April 2012 - Winter 2015/16
Ongoing new lows - Autumn 2016 onwards
Earlier High and Low Life (with Reference to Frosted Earth's Weather Books for Surrey, Hampshire and Sussex published during the 1990s)
The Long Low 1988 - 92
The River That Roared (River Lavant in Flood, January 1994)
The above were followed by the Millennial Sog - 1998 - 2001 - predominantly wet, especially over the winters, most notoriously so autumn - early winter 2000.
The Early C21 Dry 2002 - 2006
