Storm Bert brought us another day on Sunday with many continuous hours of steady rain that gave a daily total of 32.1mm. That took the monthly total to exactly 88mm being 3.7mm below my 40-year average for November. Storm Bert brought us in total 59.3mm of precipitation. The day started at 08.00 with a temperature of 16.8C that crept up to 17.1C at 08.41 and then began to very slowly fall away as the day progressed. That maximum was 6.9C above my long-term average. The minimum occurred at 07.55 on Monday with a low of 8.3C, which coincided with the thick cloud easing away over the eastern horizon followed by a clearing sky. A maximum gust of 40mph was logged at 14.01.
Monday after dawn saw the last of the weather front departing the eastern horizon to leave much blue sky and the end of the almost 48 hours of continuous rainfall.
Storm Bert is now centred off the northeast of Scotland and will continue to feed a southwesterly airstream but thankfully no rain and much calmer conditions. The barometric pressure has already risen 7mb since 07.00 on Sunday.
