The warmer Atlantic air from the southeast on Sunday morning lifted the temperature steadily throughout the day and last night as the cold seeped out of the ground. The last twenty-four hours has seen a rise of 14C.
The maximum of 12.1C at 06.24 on Monday was the highest since 26th November and 4.0C above the long-term average.
Sleet began to fall at 09.00 on Sunday that began to form a very slippery surface. However, as the temperature began to rise the sleet turned to steady rain that was heavy in the afternoon and continued with brief breaks throughout the night and early Monday morning. The total precipitation was 28.1mm making it the wettest day since 21st October (31.1mm).
I cannot say Monday dawned as it arrived with more rain from heavy, low, thick cloud making it very dark also strong winds from the southeast. There was a maximum gust of 31mph at 06.06. The wind is forecast to veer into the southwest during the morning. It is the warmest start to a day at 08.00 (12.0C) since 7th November. The meteorological right-angled soil thermometer at a depth of 5cm has seen a rose in temperature from -3.8C on Friday to 5.4C today.