The weather on Sunday was best forgotten as the morning was dull with thick cloud from the nearby depression. The first spots of rain were observed at 12.02 but no measurable rain was recorded until just after 13.30 when it was almost continuous, heavy just before and after midnight, producing a daily total of 18.0mm. This additional rainfall took the monthly total to 56.3mm when the long-term average is 68.0mm. There was a period of heavy and continuous rain between 23.00 and 01.00 and another just after 05.00 today.
However, it was another mild day and night with the maximum of 10.6C logged at 12.43, just before the real rain started, being 4.3C above average and the minimum of 8.3C recorded at 06.59 early Monday being 6.4C above average.
The wind increased in strength during the afternoon and into the early evening with a peak gust of 33mph 18.57, before slowly dropping away.
Monday at first light saw the back end of the weather front, with its associated thick cloud, slowly edging eastwards. The rain stopped just after 07.30 and the cloud began to thin. The rain radar shows a narrow band of heavy rain, currently crossing mid-Wales, and possibly heading towards us on a southwesterly air flow, that might produce some precipitation around midday.
The day will improve as the cloud cover continues to thin and break. The barometric pressure charts show the likely hood of a temporary ridge moving in on Tuesday to give a fine day before sunshine and showers return on Wednesday.