The rain and drizzle eased mid-morning on Friday that allowed some brightness and brief sunshine to break that lifted the temperature to a peak of 19.5C early in the afternoon at 13.43, but this was 3.2C below the average. However, rain was observed falling again at 14.45, very light but increasing as the afternoon and evening progressed. There were two intense but brief rainfall periods at 02.15 then 06.45 early Saturday when the precipitation fell at 33mm/hour and 30mm/hour respectively. The daily rainfall total was 24.3mm making it the wettest day since 17th February (27.1mm) but this is supposed to be summer!
Saturday dawned slowly with the rain continuing as the wide rain band eased eastwards.
The small but intense low pressure system that formed over East Anglia yesterday was the culprit for the many hours of rainfall, which is easing slowly into the North Sea but will dominate our weather over the weekend. Although the wind will continue from the west it originates much further north thus has a colder component so another cool day in prospect.
