Ex Hurricane Bertha

The worst of the projected storm passed by Marlborough. With heavy rainfall for a couple of hours, starting just before 0600, the rainfall total amounted to 18mm and with a maximum gust of wind at 1720 measuring 35mph, it was not as bad as had been projected. Shortly after midday the skies began to break as the barometric pressure started to rise after a continuous fall of 20 millibars. A reading of 991mb was the lowest since early March 2014.

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