Monday daylight hours into the past evening and night were very mild that saw the thermometer rise from around 11C to a maximum of 12.0C at 03.00 Tuesday making it the warmest start to a day since 13th November. This was due to the recent stream of mild air from the southwest
The rain began to fall just after midnight triggering the automatic rain gauge at 00.15. An amount of 5.6mm of precipitation was measured in the 5″ copper met office rain gauge at 08.00, that took the monthly rainfall toll to 75.9mm that being 82% of the 39-year average.
Tuesday was even darker to start the day under the very thick, low cloud base with rain continuing to fall. The recent anticyclone has moved further way with the barometric pressure at 08.00 down another 10mg with a current reading of 1019.2mb. Two cold fronts have passed our way since midnight that will see the wind temporarily veer from the southwest into the northwest so temperatures will be slightly down on recent maxima.
