As the complex system of low pressure approached the UK on Tuesday it brought strong winds and eight hours of rain in the afternoon and evening. The rainfall for the past day amounted to 10.8mm making it the wettest day since 31st March and took the monthly rainfall total to 38.2mm being 67% of the 39-year average.
The wind gusted very strong in the afternoon with a peak gust of 36mph from the southwest. The limited sunshine meant Tuesday was the coolest day for a week with a maximum of only 12.2C being 1.9C below the average. The rain ceased just after 21.30 and the sky began to clear allowing the temperature to fall away to a low of 3.2C at 06.50, which was 0.5C below the average.
Wednesday initially brought weak sunshine then strong sunshine between the fast moving clouds, huh lifted the temperature to 5.5C at 08.00.
The complex low pressure system bearing down on the UK has six centres of low pressure, the lowest on the west coast of Scotland. It has been named Storm Noa by Meteo France. The local barometric pressure at 08.00 was 995.6mb, the lowest since 31st March.
Update at 17.45: maximum gust of 46mph recorded at 11.25