Okay, so this is in no way a forecast of what's going to happen but an insight into our thinking this morning as to how rainfall develops this week. I know many of you are trying to make hay or haylage and so it's critical as to when rain arrives. Thinking right

Something we have not done for a while is take a look at the North Atlantic Oscillation forecast from the CFS. Here's the forecast (black and multiple colour lines) through to early November. Interesting to see the CFS wants a neutral NAO from late August which suggests a return of westerly winds