The night the heaven’s opened

Although Sunday started dry, very heavy rain fell after 13.00. However, between approximately 01.00 and 02.00 Monday morning the rain was intense and prolonged, at one point the rain was falling at a rate of 136mm/hour. The total rain amounted to 49.7mm.

Monday arrived with misty conditions with a temperature of 13.8C at 08.00. The high pressure of the past week has disappeared to be replaced with unsettled conditions as a sequence of rain bands and intense showers cross the country.