Rain just started falling

It's been weeks since we had any rain. For 8 days in June, not a drop. Not a drop for a couple of weeks before that and things have started dying even with daily watering. But somehow the vineyard has survived. We are to get several mm over the course of today as a result of the fringes of Storm Oscar. But the temperature is also to climb so it may just all evaporate. I don't recall the air ever being so dry here before. 

The kite is flying over the berries and we've had great strawberries so far but the gooseberries are tiny and the leaves have shriveled and dropped. Blueberries are on their way. Raspberries are just beginning to ripen. The vines have still not flowered but I have a feeling they will this week. 

The vine in the polytunnel is doing well with lots of clusters of grapes about pea-sized so far. 

Met Eireann and other leading forecasters have warned that temperatures will only get hotter over the coming days with next week particularly warm.

Temperatures as high as 28C degrees as a humid airmass moves across the country with a high risk of thunderstorms.